I stayed up late last night, and today I’m paying for it. My sister and went to see Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra in Portland, and I spent a good deal of time comparing the concert experiences of my early years with the experience of being a 39-year old mom out past her [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things, Celebrities, Mad Mom on September 29th, 2012 | No Comments »
It’s really amazing, isn’t it, when two people so completely different have the same favorite place? Ours is Timberline Lodge and we stayed there for our anniversary a few weeks ago. We arrived in the afternoon so there was time for picture-taking (me) and bird-watching (him). Though temps were still warm in the valley, On [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things, Not painting, Timberline on September 14th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
My husband and I had big plans for our anniversary last month. Well, big plans considering we are on a budget and have two kids at home, and jobs to go to the next day and. And. And. We’d watched Blood Into Wine, a documentary about winemaking in Arizona and had planned to buy a [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things, Wine on September 9th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So, does a person’s vacation start on Friday when they’re off work? Or on Monday when you don’t have to go into the office? Whatever the case, I’m on vacation this week and I could really get used to it. The kids and I kicked off our Week of Fun with a little car show. [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things, Mad Mom on August 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
If my eyes are a little red and puffy today it’s only because this weekend I went to see Les Miserables on stage in Portland and I. AM. RUINED. My aunt and I go to The Theat-ah (pronounced in a grand Transatlantic accent with raised eyebrows) every few months to see the traveling Broadway shows [...]
Filed under: Beautiful Things on August 9th, 2011 | 2 Comments »