Monthly Archives: June 2011

Better Than Expected

This opening isn’t as bad as expected. We’ve actually been able to eat dinner! At real restaurants! And leave before the sun sets, which is unheard of. (To be fair, we usually open in the winter.) Last night at dinner … Continue reading

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These few hours are my weekend

Yesterday I was at an airport 5 times. My day looked like this: hotel – rental car – airport – airplane – airport – rental car – work – rental car – airport – airplane – airport – airplane – … Continue reading

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Gotta Get Through This (Day 1)

Ha, remember this? So it’s Hell Week. Not only are we opening a new store next Wednesday and so not only am I working the next 11 days straight, with those last 5 probably being 12 hour days, but I … Continue reading

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Life List Twofer?

I have on my Life List to take Dave to New York (T minus 16 days) and I also have “take a vacation without overplanning it.” I attempted to do that in Chicago but we still packed in every single … Continue reading

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I know.

You’ve seen it. Because a day after it was posted, it went viral. That does not diminish its awesomeness. Or the fact that it’s from Austin and it’s our favorite the-a-ter to watch movies in. Mainly because beer.

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The Social Network

There’s a restaurant in my ‘hood that I drive by at least twice a day. The outside is stucco and hand painted with red and yellow triangles and it’s only open for lunch. It looks sketchy at best. I’d gone … Continue reading

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From Orange to Magenta, in pictures

I’m not an interior designer but I do like to be in visually-pleasing spaces. And when it comes to my home, I want it to look uncluttered but lived in and comfortable with a couple of nice things. When we … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Run

I’ve started running again a little bit. I’ve given up on the Nike+ training programs. It starts off too easy and then life gets in the way and I log in and I’m like, “Wait, what do you mean you … Continue reading

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