Category: Trips Down Memory Lane
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Somebody Must Have Broken Rule Number One
I’ll admit it – yesterday’s post kind of sucked. I definitely phoned it in. Which is a real shame because it was my boyfriend-in-training XFE’s birthday and well, he deserved better. But, in my defense (and when am I not a bit defensive?), the post sucked because it was written in the midst of fighting.…
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Rufus’s Tower
I know I promised no more cat posts, but I feel like the timing of this little video below was designed to turn me into a blubbering puddle of a mess. First, some background, via the Los Angeles Times: In the beginning of the video, Australian commercial and music video director Billy Browne explains that…
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I Can’t Make It Rain, But I Can Make Money Disappear
My personal interior-decorator-for-life XFE and I spent the weekend doing lots of really glamorous stuff, including shopping for new toilet seat lids and a trash can for the new house. What we didn’t realize is that we would need to get a bank loan before making these types of everyday home purchases. First off, toilet…
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Tips for Parenting from a Beer Festival
I hate Father’s Day. And Mother’s Day. In fact, I hate any recognition holiday that celebrates traditional family structures. When you are born, you have a 50/50 chance of having at least one decent parent. My younger sister and I struck out completely. We got crap for parents, on both sides. Our dad peaced out…
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Petunia’s Future as a Flying Feline
Sometimes, I’m given to bouts of melancholy. The blues, if you will. Pity party, table for one. This is particularly true when I think about life without my sweet Princess Petunia Potpie. I know cats don’t last forever. Particularly overweight, lazy cats like my little Toons. And when I think about it, I get quite…
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No Golden Fetuses Were Used in the Making of this Non-Travel Post
Fun fact: my favorite travel buddy and I were supposed to be leaving for a long weekend in Singapore. My travel agent/boyfriend had found a great deal on tickets to Singapore a couple of months ago. He, of course, jumped on it. We were supposed to leave Thursday night and fly back on Tuesday. Just…
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How to Know if You’re a Pretentious Foodie
I’m at a three day work event where I’m sitting right next to my boss, elbow to elbow, in a basically subterranean bunker with practically no cell phone service. So no personal Twitter, no Web surfing for weird blog fodder, not even texting with XFE. This must be what solitary confinement is like. Oh, plus…
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Weekend in Pictures
Very good weekend. We were waaaay social. Like we actually talked to other people. And hung out with them! I’m sure they’ll never call us again. We actually went out Friday night for dinner, Saturday afternoon for drinks and cornhole, and Sunday we went to a vineyard for the afternoon, just the two of us.…
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I Guess That ‘Here Comes the Bride’ is a Pretty Catchy Jam
Poor Reese Witherspoon. Parents are, indeed, a neverending embarrassment. According to several media reports, Reese Witherspoon’s dad got married back in January. But before you pull out the congratulatory champagne, keep in mind: he wasn’t divorced from Reese’s mother. The Tennessean had the story first on Thursday: The Hollywood star’s mother, Mary Elizabeth Witherspoon, who…