Archive for the ‘travel’ Category

Out garden is totally insane. Cats and chickens are so happy to see us! The warm sunny humid Maui seems like a dream I can barely remember. Here it is a gorgeous and beautiful Fall day. I harvested about 10 baskets of cherry tomatoes this morning. My goals for the day: – UNPACK and do [...]

I am a non routine sort of person and therefore I desperately wish I WAS one. I imagine that my life would be so much easier if only I could stick to a routine. Laundry would all be done on Thursday, like clockwork. The dishwasher would be unloaded by 7am everyday and the counter would [...]

I’m a little hazy on what day it is. I was up half of last night due to a shitty cold. Well, a minorly shitty cold that really it is a sinus infection that is making my throat hurt. Jack is a little under the weather as well. No matter. I snorkeled for 2 hours [...]

Surf Report

Day Three Tim and Jack went tidepooling this morning while I got up and drank cold coffee and ate the last scone. I love going to sleep t waves and waking to waves and eating breakfast to the sound of waves. We took a gentle but rocky hike to the Nakalele Blowhole I am shocked [...]

Well, our trip to Monterey wasn’t exactly how I pictured it. It had some good moments but the museum trip was NOt one of them. I think we spent a total of like 2.5 hours there and then we had to leave due to excessive whining and general unfunness. The museum was too crowded. It’s [...]

We are in beautiful South Lake Tahoe right now in a giant house will a theater room, an indoor swimming pool and outdoor hot tub, in which every room has it’s own bathroom, and an elevator. The beds suck though. There are 18 people in this house and it doesnt feel crowded. The weather has [...]

I’m off to Seattle tomorrow at 7am (gah!). I absolutely HAVE to pack light for this trip since my suitcase has to be stuffed with 50 pounds of conference programs. Even though there are a few glaring problems with it it still came out fairly cute. What conference you ask? The Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs [...]

Everything is gonna be OK

IMG_5002 Originally uploaded by Minnibird Somehow we only have 3 more full days here. I don’t know what happened. We’ve been lazy. I’ve read 4 books, wrangled a whiny 3 year old too many times, drank about 3 tons of mai tai’s, and turned a lovely nut brown color. My bathing suits are holding up [...]

Traveling alone with a 2 year old… It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be either. Vim was off at a conference and so Mr. Pants and I headed down to Santa Cruz for a few days of loafing by the beach. [...]

I’m in slacker packing mode right now. I want to bring the teeniest amount of stuff with me on this vacation. We are flying to Detroit to go camping with Vim’s family. I don’t need even the vestige of something nice to wear. All I need are one pair sneakers, one pair of crocs, 2pairs [...]

I’m obsessed with my new iPhone. It’s so handy! I’ve read 5 books on it using the kindle reader and downloaded a ton more for free! for Stanza from the Gutenburg Project. You can get things for free or very cheap from amazon too, things like Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, read Badgers riveting [...]

Despite temperatures in the 40′s and cold cold cold rain I had a good time camping this weekend. It was fun to get cozy in front of the fire and to snuggle under blankets. Mr. Pants enjoyed the hell out of it not in small part because he got to hang out with his grandma [...]

I bought these at Sorelle Bacci in Florence. Those four are Liberty of London – two are lawns, one is a stretch cotton and the other is maybe a silk. The price was really good and I love these! Now, what to do with them? I’m thinking a skirt and maybe a nice short summer [...]

I managed to avoid jetlag in Italy. I feel into bed that first night and slept like the dead for like 11 hours and then was fine except for the occasional crappy night sleep due to rock hard hotel beds. Now, I am up at 4:30 wondering how not to wake up the whole house. [...]