Maybe nothing lasts- my twenties, my vacation, maybe even my relationship. Maybe one-by-one each will melt away like the glaciers we saw. But, for a moment at least, I shared a place and created memories that will never go away. No matter what comes, I’ll always be able to look back and say “remember when,” [...]
Before I write about the trip to Seattle and Alaska, before I share select pictures from our cruise and excursions and marketplace shenanigans; I feel compelled to confess an odd bit of sadness that I am feeling.
There is of course the typical and to be expected mourning that the “trip of a lifetime,” which went [...]
Tomorrow, I turn 30. 3-0. As in the age that I thought at the beginning of my twenties I’d be married and be done having all the kids I planned to have. Beyond that I hadn’t invested much thought. It was my small town mentality at work, my “worldview” as you could call it. And, [...]
Today I am wearing a really special pair of shoes. They’re not strappy sandals or brightly colored peep toes or even Tall Girl shoes. No. These shoes are a completely foreign concept…they’re comfortable and supportive and built for wear and tear. These shoes are what I plan to wear when I turn 30! next month, when [...]
I got the idea from reading Alice Steinbach’s Without Reservations, which I very much enjoyed and would recommend.
So, six weeks ago I sat down with a croissant, a café au lait, and a pen and I wrote. I wanted to capture the moment, the little and the great, the feeling of being there if only for [...]
Before I went on my beach vacation a few weeks ago, I thought I’d try something new. I’d get my legs waxed.
Like most women, I hate shaving my legs. I hate it for a lot of reasons, but mainly because I wake up really early to get ready and commute 90 minutes to work, which [...]
Once upon a time, this city girl- who now traipses around in five inch heels and skinny jeans, gets pedicures, and invests in pricey under eye creams- used to camp and hike in the deserts and mountains of our western states.
I’ve been unwashed and covered in DEET. I’ve woken in a tent to the sounds [...]
