Life has seemed to be out of control the last few months. I think it started with the sabbatical coverage-coverage that I did this summer starting in June, and just picked up when I returned to my normal job in August. The last week of my coverage I was out in Phoenix with a customer [...]
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Busy busy bee
Posted in travel, vacation, work on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Back to Paradise, part 3
Posted in travel, tagged Turks and Caicos on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 4
Since this would be our last full day on the beach, Olivia and I decided we had to get everything on our to-do list done. We needed to go kayaking, “sailing”, and beach volleyball. We had to eliminate snuba from our list because we had asked our personal concierge to make a reservation for us, [...]
Back to Paradise, part 2
Posted in travel on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 2‘Twas a lazy day full of relaxation and just taking in the beach. Olivia and I woke up and nabbed breakfast to go from the morning buffet. We made spa appointments for deep tissue massages and headed to the beach. A shared caesar salad served under our umbrella on the sand held us over [...]
Back to Paradise, part 1
Posted in travel on September 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I took a few trips recently and thought I should revive my blog by writing about these adventures. The first of these trips was one to the island of Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos islands.
One of my previous posts is about the trip I took there last year. And last year, I had the [...]
A weekend at Stefanie’s
Posted in cooking, food, recipes, travel, vacation on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago we had an OSU girls reunion–the Midwest version.
Stefanie and I lived with May our sophomore year of college. She’s always loved cooking and eventually got her Masters of Science in Food Science & Technology from Oregon State. When she graduated, she landed a job as a food technologist at Kellogg’s (yes, the [...]
Vacation fun
Posted in favorites, pictures, travel, vacation, weather on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
December is quickly becoming one of my favorite months.
I take two weeks off and get to catch up with family and friends in my hometown of Portland. We throw a huge Christmas Eve party where almost all of my maternal relatives gather. It is the only way to spend Christmas for me.
Though it got off [...]
I’m Thankful For…
Posted in favorites, pictures, travel, vacation on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Among many things I am thankful for, I’m especially thankful for my big, crazy, loving family. I grew up spending major holidays with my parents, brother and sister, cousins, aunts and uncles and I’m happy to report this past Thanksgiving was no different. i spent the second half of my 2+ weeks away from Chicago [...]
Where were you when history was being made?
Posted in chicago, politics, travel, work on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Either way the election turned out tonight, it would have been a historical moment. What a day. Today was the first time I walked to the polls to cast a ballot in person. I’ve always been spoiled by the mail-in voting system in Oregon. But it was surprisingly easy and fast. It was a rare [...]
My First NFL Football Game
Posted in sports, travel, work on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t say that this job doesn’t take me on some interesting adventures. A couple of weeks ago my job duties took me to Phoenix to attend an Arizona Cardinals football game. They were playing the Dallas Cowboys on this day, and I was told that I couldn’t have asked for a better game for [...]
Yay visitors!
Posted in chicago, dessert, dining, restaurants, travel on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Big fat sigh. I am alone in my apartment for the first time in like 6 days. I’ve had visitors here this past week and it was a ton of fun. We did lots and there were quite a few Chicago firsts for me.
Signature Room
The Signature Room is a restaurant/lounge on the 96th floor of [...]
