Posted in Knitting, Urban Life, Vacations and Travel, tagged Chinatown, coffee, Jamie Kennedy, The Beaches, Toronto on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We weren’t up early on Saturday morning. No, all that beer made us a bit…sluggish…the next morning. So, we got a late start on our trek to the eastern parts of Toronto.
We took the Queen streetcar and got off in Leslieville for brunch and the continuation of our yarn crawl.
I don’t recall this as a [...]
Posted in Knitting, Urban Life, Vacations and Travel, tagged Bata Shoe Museum, Kensington Market, ROM, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was easy to be a bit nostalgic about Toronto. But, as Rachael astutely asked, “Are you nostaligic about the city or about being 20?” I’d have to say: both. Definitely both.
As I predicted, Rachael’s 6:30 PM flight out of O’Hare was delayed, so I felt entirely comfortable taking a little trip on my own [...]
Posted in Vacations and Travel, tagged vacation on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Yeah, I know I haven’t been writing lately, but I’ve been either working a lot or sick. Last week I was in bed with that ”super virus” everyone else has had. What a nasty bug, and it still hasn’t totally left me. I seem well enough to fly, though, which is good ’cause we’re headed for [...]
Posted in Vacations and Travel, tagged Cumberland Island, vacation, Greyfield Inn on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Whew! The past couple weeks have been TOUGH. Mark and I have both been sick, work has been a real drag, and the weather is still bumming me out. It’s MARCH! Let’s have some reliable temps above freezing already!
Luckily, it looks like tomorrow and the rest of this week will be warmish. I’m excited about [...]
Posted in Gardening, Knitting, Vacations and Travel, tagged Arizona, Sedona, Socks on April 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t think there is a finer place to be in the world than sitting on my back porch on a sunny, pleasantly warm spring day. I’m not the only one with this opinion, either. My mother-in-law stopped by yesterday morning for a visit. We sat on the porch sipping tea, nibbling on fresh fruit, [...]
Posted in Vacations and Travel, tagged Arizona on April 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Greetings from Phoenix, Arizona. Mark and I flew in yesterday afternoon and will be spending a few days away from home and the girls (our dogs). For Mark, today is a working day. This trip was precipitated by business for him. Me, I’m just along for the ride right now. Tomorrow we start our mini-vacation [...]
Posted in Food, Vacations and Travel, tagged Mexico on February 21, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve finally uploaded the few photos I have from my Mexico trip to my Flickr account. I didn’t take very many photos myself, and the following series was taken by Harriet (thanks!).
Raquel, one of the ladies on the spa trip, grew up in Mexico. One evening, she shared with us a type of fruit that [...]
Posted in Knitting, Vacations and Travel, tagged Mexico, Winter on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s February. Rah, rah. I’ve often said that February is the cruelest month, and this year I think many others will agree with me.
January is usually the month where we get all the bitter cold weather in Chicago. Then we limp along through February until spring finally starts to make an appearance in March. February [...]
Posted in Vacations and Travel, tagged Excuses on November 7, 2006 | 2 Comments »
We had two glorious days in Big Sur. Yes, I made the drive and didn’t totally break down or kill us (obviously). Driving down to the Big Sur Lodge was pretty difficult for me. When we got to the room, I had to lay down for an hour even though it was only the middle [...]
Posted in Vacations and Travel, tagged Excuses on November 3, 2006 | No Comments »
Today we were here
Santa Cruz Wharf on a grey, rainy morning.
And we saw this
Sea lions “bunking” under the wharf.
I was totally delighted by the sea lions under the wharf. I think Mark was pretty bored by it after a few minutes, but I walked around the pier listening for their “barks” and peeking at [...]
|
