We’ve only been living out here for about, oh, 14 years or so, and we’ve never been to Yosemite. No sense rushing into things, is there? So we finally packed up the kids and the camp box and went to check it out. WOW. It’s so hard to put up a photo of it, since …
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Do you Hulu?
We’re hooked on hulu.com. You can watch movies and tv shows free, and it’s been fun looking up some old favorites. WKRP anyone? (“On the air? I AM the air! And the wind!… Thanks for the lid, Art.”) I loved the movie Serenity, but never saw Firefly, which is the series that came first. Well, the episodes …
I love ballet!
I started taking ballet classes at 36, because one day last year, I looked in the mirror and realized that if I didn’t get on the stick, my dancing career would be Out The Window. Fortunately, this amazing dance studio in my town offers beginner level dance classes to adults, so I was in luck. …
Punk’d
Last April Fool’s day was on a Sunday. Using our powers for evil, we woke up the kids and went through the morning pretending it was Monday. Our poor daughter kept shaking her head sadly and saying, “I was sure it was still the weekend!” We packed lunches and tried to move with that clipped …
Upgrading Kleenex
I had some time on my hands this morning, so I decided to improve our Kleenex situation. It only took a couple of hours to sew up new covers for all the tissue boxes in the house, and make custom 200-count cotton tissues to match the colors in the bathrooms and bedrooms. They look so …
People in your neighborhood
Some of the friends who came to our party on Sunday: architect photographer programmer teacher surgeon artist writer mother dog groomer event guru scientist father IT specialist finance wizard inventor project manager program director human resources graphic designer lawyer sales director accountant musician journalist entrepreneur This isn’t everybody, and some of these people hold more …
Easter Treats
Some of my fondest memories are wrapped up in tasty packages. In fact, not that long ago some friends of mine started listing their favorite food memories, and I quickly realized that my list was embarrassingly long. It was also wonderfully rich, though, since the items were all paired with specific people. When I dream …
Happy Easter Egg Day
It’s been too long since the last post, and that’s because I had to work on our taxes. No one wants to see a picture of our taxes. Or me working on them. I’m such an art student – we have a bookkeeper for work AND an accountant who actually prepares the taxes for us, …
The time has come, the Walrus said
Let’s start with the ships. We took a drive over to Alameda last weekend with my parents, to check out the insane flea market there – talk about many things! It’s always fun to look around there, but ultimately I was foiled, since I was hoping for square dance petticoats, but unwilling to spend $40 …
Now Showing
Hey all you arty people – get yourselves over to the RISD Northern California Alumni Biennial 2008 at the Oakland Art Gallery! It opens tonight, March 4 (happy birthday Mike D!) and runs till March 29. When you get there, make sure you check out our friend Peter’s photographs – they’re fantastic. Have some lame excuse, like …