“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard
Yesterday, for my birthday, my friend Kristen got me the book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. The book lists popular and not-so-popular destinations around the world, a quick [...]
Archive for July, 2009
15 Jul
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
14 Jul
My Birthday!
“Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened.” – Cora Harvey Armstrong
Today is my birthday. I have to admit, I’m not very excited about them anymore. I turned 27 today… 27. How did that happen so fast? This past year has brought around some changes in me I’ve [...]
11 Jul
Gotta Love Kids
“While we try to teach our kids all about life , our kids teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt
I am reading over my 8 year old son’s birthday list right now and wanted to share. Here is what it says:
My Birthday List
What I want for my birthday is:
1. Transformers
2. Lakers jersey
3. [...]
8 Jul
The City of Falling Angels
I just read a great passage in the book I’m currently reading, The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt. The book is non-fiction, but it reads like fiction. Beautiful.
The author discussing Venice:
“On one occasion I set about testing this notion by concocting a game called “photo roulette,” the object was to walk around the [...]
8 Jul
I Heart Shutterfly!
I just received my much anticipated Europe photobook from Shutterfly today!
It took me some time to create it and I included my blog posts along with the pictures to have a fully inclusive keepsake. I love photobooks; they are such a great way to use all the digital pictures that would otherwise collect dust on [...]
7 Jul
Remembering MJ
”This is a celebration of his life, of his legacy.” – Magic Johnson
Los Angeles is crazy today. Coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial is all over the place. We are watching the coverage and a small part of me feels like I shouldn’t be. It feels so personal. I’m not good with funerals in general, the [...]
3 Jul
Fantastic Libraries
“Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.” – Jan Morris
I recently happened across this Kansas City library and it is easily one coolest libraries I’ve seen. <–not an oxymoron.
In my opinion this creative design puts it alongside the other [...]
1 Jul
Sporadic Thoughts I’m Having
I am utterly in love with the show True Blood. I have never been a fangirl about anything, but I must admit I finally am…to True Blood.
I am pissed at my state’s bankrupt situation. I just found out they really did issue IOU’s to everyone in lieu of the income tax state refund! I was [...]
