Entries from June 2008

June 23, 2008

second favorite part of trip (hint: booze involved)(yeah, shocker)

Hidden in Alameda, CA, is one of the coolest distilleries I’ve ever encountered.  If you go, I highly recommend borrowing a GPS to help find your way.

St. George’s Spirits is known for their very nice vodkas – the brand is Hangar 1 – flavored with real whole fruit – the Buddha’s Hand citron flavor vodka [...]

June 23, 2008

my favorite part of the trip

Big Sur. Of all the places in the world, it is among the most beautiful. Teh Smitten and I drove down from Carmel to Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park on the 9th. My parents took my sister and I out there and drove US 1 from LA to San Francisco when I [...]

June 16, 2008

back

We have made it back.  We are seriously jet-lagged.  Woke up at 1 am last night and didn’t know where I was.  Fun was had.  I was maid of honor at friends’ wedding.  There may be video of me spilling plum sake on the bride and into a koi pond.  Things we love:  Big Sur, [...]

June 6, 2008

gah

We are leaving this hellhole just in time.  The temperature will hit 99 F tomorrow, and with the heat index Monday could see the 100s.  INSANE.  Of course, we are none too pleased to have to worry about getting ourselves and our excessive amount of luggage all the way to Dulles tomorrow while trying not [...]

June 4, 2008

daydream believer

Picking up from Obscurorant, an oversharing meme:
1. Name the singer/band/performer you are most embarrassed to admit you actually paid good money to see in concert.
This is easy.  My mom made me go see The Monkees with one of her friend’s daughters when I was in HS.  Mortifying.  It was at The Fox Theatre, which is [...]

June 3, 2008

four more days

I can’t believe its only Tuesday. Today seemed to last two entire days. Crap at work hit the proverbial fan: I have to move offices while I am on vacation – the lack of control over whether my stuff makes it to my new office across town is causing my heart to [...]