3 posts tagged “life”
Hey blog-friends, long time. It's been a busy month since last we spoke. I spent a very fun weekend in New Orleans with my parents, sister, and younger brother, just hanging out before said younger brother ships out to Afghanistan for six months. He's going to miss Christmas, making 2009 the very first one where we're not all together, so that will be really weird. Of course we will get together upon his return, and will probably even press him into service in the kitchen! but it won't be quite the same.
In other news, it really feels like summer at the moment. It's a rare day in the Bay Area that sees me leaving home without a jacket, but I did it twice this week - woo! Also, I biked to work yesterday and finally found a really fully enjoyable, low-traffic commute. It adds a little bit of time to the ride, but round trip was 8.8 miles, so it was really a piddling little lovely ride.
Still knitting: I just did my first felting project! I used bulky, all-wool yarn, big needles, and then purposely shrunk the sucker. It's amazing.
Before:
And after:
Pretty cool, huh? I was delighted with how speedily the project went, as well, after several things done with small needles and thin yarn.
This is the weekend of barbecues: work, friend, and friend events. I've spent a week mulling over the dessert I'm bringing to the third event: I want to do some kind of twist on the traditional strawberry shortcake. I'm thinking basil & strawberry. I'm thinking balsamic vinegar. I'm thinking rosemary and maybe some lemon.
Stay tuned! I'll get pics, I promise. I'll even be timely!
What is your daily commute like? What is the weirdest thing you've seen on that commute?
Submitted by E.
It's three-and-a-half miles on surface streets, through FAR too many traffic lights - I just tried to count, and I got thirteen?? That can't be right.
Anyway the weirdest thing is definitely a guy I sometimes see on the way home, loitering in front of a house, with his hair in a braided spike that sticks about two feet into the air above his head. My sister guessed he's a drug dealer; I've certainly not seen any other explanation for his behavior.
Show us what the weekend has in store for you.
Camping! In Big Sur! (picture from wikimedia)
In May 1995 I drove up the California coast from around LA all the way to the northern border with Oregon (and then on to Portland, where I experienced love at first sight). I was traveling with Steve, a friend from college, and I don't think we'd ever spent that amount of time together before, but the trip was amazing. I have black & white photos from the Big Sur stop hanging in my living room even now, and the burger I had at the Big Sur Lodge lives in my memory as one of the best I've ever had.
This time the whole trip is Big Sur - four nights, from Thursday through Monday morning. I'm excited! Watch for pictures!
