I won’t stop pursuing sublime happiness. I don’t always know what that looks like, but I know it when I feel it. I won’t forget to be vulnerable. I forgot earlier this year that this was my goal, but I won’t lose sight of this need again. I won’t see all the places in the…
Tag: birthday
Happy 65th Birthday, Mama!
She may not care about her birthday, but it’s an important milestone, so I will care for her. To the best mama. … or maybe I care more because it means my 35th is impending??
35 Before 35 List
As if I haven’t already done enough (cough, buying a house, cough) in the days after my 34th birthday, I am brainstorming a list of things I want to do over the next year… Furnish my house – in a beautiful, cohesive way Build a bench for my dining room table with my dad Redo…
Established: 34th Birthday Eve on the River | Feel Good Friday 083118
I am 34 tomorrow. Thirty-four is somehow so much older than 33, and two weeks ago I prepared a post for this Feel Good Friday that didn’t actually feel very good, deep in the angsty throes of self-reflection about what it means to be a certain age at which I suddenly feel like I should…
Just Your Average Newport Weekend | Feel Good Friday 090817
You know what’s freakin’ awesome? When your “average” weekend includes a dress-up pub crawl (celebrating your birthday), at least five gallons of rosé, a random post-ocean-dip bike gang (beach cruisers natch) meetup that leads to an epic patio hang and ridiculous night out, brunch at Woody’s with bottomless mimosas (shhhh twice but don’t tell anyone, it…
Celebrate California’s Birthday with POPCORN! [Giveaway!][Winner Announced]
AND THE WINNER IS … JEFFREY!! Congrats, thanks for reading, and happy poppin’!! (send pics if you make the Popcorn Cake!!) I celebrated my birthday with a ton of Gaslamp popcorn—seriously, we’re talking these four bags here folks … and you can too! Or at least celebrate the okay state of California’s September 9th birthday.…
It’s My 33rd Birthday! | Feel Good Friday 090118
I’m grateful I’m me! I’m me thanks to my awesome parents, who were out last weekend to celebrate their anniversary. And these friends helped me celebrate them and are now helping me celebrate me with a thrifty thirty three thrift shop pub crawl. More to come on that. 33 is gonna be a good year.…
I LOVE ‘kinis | 70th Anniversary
The bikini was created/first appeared at a poolside fashion show in Paris on July 5, 1946. The then shockingly skimpy design, dubbed the bikini after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, took twenty-plus years to really catch on … and now we’ve moved to even more shockingly-skimpy designs with the prevalence of thong bikinis (remember…
Report Card: 31 Before 31 Bday List
I posted 31 things to do before I turn 31 a mere 28 days before I turned 31. So how’d I do?? 22/31 Here’s how I fared: 1. Idaho (at least book the trip) Booked! 2. [redacted] en route 3. Closure [redacted] yep 4. Stain coffee table done 5. Sand dumpster-diving entry table + buy…
31 Things Before 31
Y’ALL. I turn 30fun in less than a month. 30 has been good to me. Tumultuous, adventurous, full of love and laughter. Here are 31 more things to accomplish before I turn 31: 1. Idaho (at least book the trip) 2. [redacted] 3. Closure [redacted] 4. Stain coffee table 5. Sand dumpster-diving entry table + buy…