I guess it started way back when. Way back when getting engaged caused me to take stock of my life. When it grabbed hold of my free time and began cutting off all the fat and then some, like an overzealous butcher. Suddenly, there was no time for anything except that which was productive. And [...]
Well, the second week of National Blog Posting Month has just started and just for the record, this challenge is officially kicking my butt. I mean, I’m doing it. But it’s a true challenge for me. And while I definitely believe it is a good thing, I sometimes wonder if the time I spend putting [...]
Dancing until we were out of breath, Eating until we were out of breath. And yes. Of course there was cake. Party, replete with squealing little girls, And new friends. And the coming together, Of two different worlds. Then memorial after memorial, And pictures and museums, On the prettiest of pretty fall days. Wherein shadows [...]
Coconut Cake, Hominy Grill. Charleston, SC. Taken with Nikon D60, 40 mm. Happy weekending, friends. We should be down in Maryland by now, shaking our shoulders with the friends and the family. Stuffing our faces, raising our glasses. I’m planning a full recap tomorrow but for now, here’s hoping you find your weekend full of sleep-filled [...]
I’ve decided to do a little Friday mini-series here on the spotted duck for NaBloPoMo called Friday dreams, where we take a moment to virtually travel to some lovely place in the world. Just ’cause. {Le Grand Saut, by Elliott Erwitt} A couple weeks ago my parents went to Paris for their 25th wedding anniversary [...]
Why does it always seem like the one weekend I’m going out of town/unavailable is the weekend where EVERYTHING WONDERFUL IS HAPPENING?! Like the weekend we got married and went on our honeymoon? The So You Think You Can Dance tour came to Boston AND so did Regina Spektor too. This is my luck. And [...]
This is from the Quotable’s 2010 color calendar. I saw it in Brookline Booksmith yesterday after therapy and I have to admit, it kind of spoke to me. Actually, it really spoke to me. Wish this was available as a print – I’d be all over it.
In honor of National Blog Posting Month (which I’ve decided to participate in, in case you missed the big news), I thought I’d highlight some of my favorite blogs RIGHT NOW. These are the blogs that set my heart a-flutter when I see their names in bold on my Google reader. Of course all my [...]
Flower in Napa. Taken with my Canon PowerShot SD750, March 2009. So here’s a kind of cool thing. I was crawling my Google Reader this afternoon (as I do multiple times per day) when I came across this post on blog favorite Chookooloonks. Apparently, this month is known as National Blog Posting Month (www.nablopomo.com) which [...]
Andreas and I, Halloween 2009 When you get married, you assume that you’ll get to enjoy certain… benefits. Married-people benefits. Like for example, I thought Andreas and I’d finally coordinate Halloween costumes this year, now that we’re, you know, married and it can no longer be considered super geeky (right?). Well, apparently not. Because when [...]
