I just got back from a long weekend with my sister in New Orleans. And while I won’t get into the trip just yet, let me just say that it was so much fun! I’m going through photos now (just got in this morning) and will have some stories to…
Well hello there 2011, you’re not looking so bad. 2010 wasn’t too bad either. But what is it about the start of the new that just gives one so much optimism? I used to refuse to make New Year’s resolutions. I used to say that if I wanted something to…
It seems everyone is posting about the past year, which of course makes sense given that 2010 is all too rapidly coming to a close. And for the most part, it was a good year, which is only fitting that it was the end of the first decade of the…
Every year it seems the holiday season gets shorter, but I know that it’s likely because my mind is busy with other things and I don’t have the same time to devote to the holiday excitement. Of course last year I think it actually was shorter since Thanksgiving fell a…
I love the holidays. It’s really the only time I don’t mind it being cold. In fact…it’s kind of better when it is. Then it just feels so right to bundle up when running some quick shopping trips, not minding the slight cold that will bring a little color to…
Today I found myself wandering the National Gallery of Art, without planning to go or even to be in that area. But after doing a small bit of Christmas shopping early on, I wandered around Penn Quarter and saw an add on the side of a bus. It was the…