My mama is the best. Everyone who knows her thinks so. I am lucky enough to get to call her all the time—and some times, I do mean ALL the time. Tiny frustrating thing at work? Call the mama. Sort of exciting news? Call the mama. Possibility of exciting possibility? You guessed it: call the…
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…
I’m super boringly lucky, right? Like I’m still grateful for my friends and family and dog and body and work and life. Rrrrreat. (or whatever the sound of a record stopping is) Listen, my life is not sunshine and rainbows all the time. But I am trying with all my heart right now to live…
There was a moment during my Tahoe trip last weekend for the Fourth of July when Matt, who is basically acting Dad as he was the weekend planner and former Tahoe resident, said, “When we’re on a trip together, we’re family. You take care of your family.” The context doesn’t matter, the point was that us…
Happy early wear loads of red, white, and blue day. I’m on a boat (maybe). Last weekend, however, I was on a float! Seattle! I was visiting the person I still call my roommate though she now lives in another city in another state with a different roommate aka her boyfriend. It was an absolutely…
I wasn’t nervous to hike 23 miles, 10,000+ feet of vert, and for 10.5 hours, although it was something I’d never done before. No, as we set off into the Grand Canyon, I was most nervous that I’d miss out on spectacular views because we’d be too busy hiking. Thankfully, this didn’t turn out to…
Happy Memorial Day weekend! I’m somewhere on my way to hiking the Grand Canyon, with some friends I am very grateful for, but today I want to talk about being grateful for Game of Thrones. And Silicon Valley. Because I watch these two shows with a very important friend of mine, and I am grateful…
I love the rain. I love the contrast to the sunny California days, I love the excuse to snuggle up with a good book or a thousand TV shows, I love the feeling of rain on my body. I LOVE the rain on the beach. It’s been a rainy few days in Newport, and I couldn’t…
A most perfect trip. From start to finish, everything was perfect. Once-in-a-lifetime. The Kentucky Derby crew: THE. 141st. KENTUCKY. DERBY. The Derby Outfit (shoedazzle came in at the last min with killer stupid comfortable wedges): The day before the Derby, we had a girls day at Kentucky Oaks, where I wore my Derby hat I…
At it again … searching for an apartment. This will be my 10th place in 8 years. Blame that wanderlusting, adventurous soul who says, “pick up and move to a new place? OK!” This time, though, I thought we might have some tenure in my fab apartment with a stellar roomie—who is now moving out of…