I have a friend visiting next week. We just firmed up plans to tick something off of her "35 Before 35" list. Which reminded me that, back in the day,…
So pretty! And the flowers look nice too. Yesterday was the « Fête des Mères » here in France. You see signs for the holiday in shop windows (especially jewelers and chocolatiers),…
A belated happy VE Day to all who celebrate! (Given that it's also called Victory over Fascism Day, we should all celebrate). Brunch with my Bestie We're halfway through a…
This is me, after a day of drinking, eating and watching football. Mostly eating and watching football. In other words, this is me with a headache. We had a bunch…
We went to lunch today to celebrate my Grandfather's 94th birthday. What can I say? People in my family live for EVAR. The lunch had gone well and we had…
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks is not your typical book from the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings.…
(Dustin, this totally counts as a blog off post, because I'm talking about politics) On Wednesday, I called my U.S. Congressional Representative. This was the first time in years that…
I've decided that one of my new life rules is to avoid eating any foods that have catastrophic names. That means that steak bombs... are out. Dairy Queen Blizzards... are…
Welcome to the Blog Off, round two. This time, it's double or nothing. Dustin thinks that he's getting out of digging up my backyard this Summer. But, really, he's going…
Well, errr, tell you about it. Because motivation to get out my camera, I lacks it. (Was that enough LOLcat speak for you? Too much? Too much...) Basically, I decided…
I was going to tell you about my crappy morning (let's just say that it involved a missed bus, a truck that wouldn't start and me being two hours late…