Month: July 2011

Helpful Hints By Jane Tucker

Helpful Hints By Jane Tucker

This weekend I met my dad in Fairfield for the great train museum, and found even more greatness in the restored old advertisements lining the inside.  I especially liked the series from Jane Tucker, domestic extraordinaire with a few tips out of left field.  I 

Gigantes y Cervezas

Gigantes y Cervezas

Great weekend!  I realize it’s Wednesday, but it’s taken me just that long to recover.  I can’t wait to share it with you!  Let me start with the Giants game on Saturday. My lovely diehard Brewer fan buddies from Wisco flew in for the weekend 

Make Your Own Backyard Fountain

Make Your Own Backyard Fountain

Learn all about it at Craftzine with my most recent post!

Thanks for the great tutorial, Hip House Girl!

How to Take Security Tags Off Jeans

How to Take Security Tags Off Jeans

I know this doesn’t look good, but it’s just because I got them from the naked lady party and the tags were still on.  Sometimes the clerk misses one and you don’t want to go all the way back to the store. If the tag 

Naked Lady Party

Naked Lady Party

Funny, on the east coast, we just call it a “clothing swap,” but in California, it’s a “naked lady party.”  Either way, it’s ingenious and I jumped when my roommate said she was having one.  Imagine taking all your old clothes and not only getting 

A Perfect Day Off

A Perfect Day Off

It’s been the summer that won’t seem to warm up.  Until today.  It was also one of my first days off in a while.  (This will change- I’ve decided I need a day off every week.)
Fewer days off means they’re that much sweeter when they do come.  A chilly morning sent me to my favorite coffee shop with the girls.  Some coffee, a little gossip and a great book was more than enough to make today perfect.  
But they brought kayaks!
They launched the boats and we drove ahead to the end of the river to meet them.  Then the sun came out.

We swapped places and Lisa and I took a turn paddling.  We checked out the local real estate and checked out the birds coasting inches over the surface.  My river cabin of choice is the charming fixer on the right.

When we got back to shore, the Jen Tucker Band started playing on an open-air stage.  Gorgeous day, great live music, friends, dogs to pet, wine, and a tuna sandwich.  Does life get any better?

My First Post!

My First Post!

I just started posting for Craft.  I couldn’t be more excited.  Check out my first piece on Caja Jewelry here!

Technical Support

Technical Support

Tonight I had a marathon Skype session with my friend Matt in New York.  We used to have regular Skype nights on Fridays when I worked nights and weekends, where I would save up all my computer questions for the week and then bombard him 

My Mama Takes on the Colorado

My Mama Takes on the Colorado

This came out a little blurry, but I got an excited email from my mom sharing a shot of her rowing, one of her hobbies for the summer when the ski slopes are closed.  I think it’s rad!  I don’t know much about rowing myself, but it’s a tremendous upper body workout while soothing and meditative.
I can’t wait to try it some day.
Go Mom!
7/11

7/11

I almost forgot what day it was today until a work colleague reminded me.  Free slurpees all day at 7/11.   “All day?”  I asked.  “Are you sure?” He was certain. So a couple carloads of the work crew synchronized break times to get our