This is one of my favorite views in the whole world. Portland took awhile to grow on me, but this condo and patio did not take any time to grow on me—they are the second home of my second family. I am incredibly grateful for my facebook gf and her parents, who really treat me…
I’m going to blame this delayed gratitude Feel Good FridaySaturday list on any number of things, not the least of which is my amazing friend (pictured) getting me last-minute Ducks playoff hockey tickets! A frantic bike ride home from work ensued, followed by an adventure through the streets of Santa Ana with a new companion…
“Are you proud of yourself?” my mom asked me, on my patio, earlier this week. “Yeah!” I replied, happily. “I am.” Work has been crazy, but I am proud of the work I do. Hosting brunch and fire pit nights and rose all day fests keeps my crazy busy, but I am proud of my…
It’s almost 5 months into 2017, a year I ambitiously declared the year of clarity and then set to work on while also crossing all my fingers and toes hoping it would come true … this week, a few things crystallized. I’m transitioning from my awesome, badass job that I love to an entirely new-and-different…
Bike rides. Sabroso. Baewatch. Mozambique. Sweet potato eggplant lasagna. x2. BROga. How to Break Up With Your Girlfriend. OCMag’s Best Restaurants event. Guys We F*cked podcast. This has been a really good week of just going with the flow. Not pushing the river. Embracing spontaneity without going completely YOLO.
If you follow me on instagram, you’ve no doubt seen me chronicling the trials and tribulations of Nali getting bit at dog beach last Sunday. I think it was far more traumatic for me than her, as she remained as cool as a cucumber while I struggled to hold it together. After ten years together,…
Fire pits = a place to gather for great conversation with friends. Grateful for mine, on my patio, by the beach. Mesmerizing. ALSO! Grab 6 FREE Primal Blueprint Dark Chocolate Almond Bars, with $3.95 shipping [affiliate link, but fwiw I eat these bars like they’re going out of style].
YOLO Weekend was awesome, confusing, and gratifying. I also have to confess that the skiing in Big Bear was phenomenal—20″ of powder will do that—and I loved skiing with the crew I was with, on the super-fun untracked wooded bowl we found off the backside of a run. Nonetheless, I might be pulling back on…
This is a mashup of how I feel today. Vulnerable, a little sad, a little restless. A lot grateful for friendships. But a whole lot of that learning to be a friend thing—always learning. Most of my learnings of late have come from the sharing part of friendship, the part where I need someone’s help or…
Who rescued who? Denali was sick this week—and that turned me into a crazy hypochondriac mom who was certain she had cancer—but she is on the mend and healthy and I am so incredibly grateful. Despite her skittishness and other issues, she’s an incredibly easy dog. And she is SO full of personality … Grateful…