Category Archives: travel

Life List Thing #8, Part 2: Section A (Eating Our Way Through New York, Day 1)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by la_florecita

Apologies for not posting this last week as promised. Sometimes life trumps blog. [And that's why this isn't paying for my kid's college. Or breakfast tacos.] So our new camera that we bought for the NYC trip has a food … Continue reading →

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Life List Thing #8, Part 1

Posted on July 13, 2011 by la_florecita

I don’t have time to write a long post because we’ve decided to go watch Transformers 3 tonight before Harry Potter kicks it out of the IMAX theater on Thursday. One of us really feels sentimental about the Transformers films … Continue reading →

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What You’ve All Been Wondering

Posted on July 6, 2011 by la_florecita

. . . is, Does Shellac nail polish really live up to its promises? A few weeks ago I blogged that I had a store opening coming up and let’s see you get through THAT, Shellac! And, um, it did. … Continue reading →

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Hello!

Posted on July 5, 2011 by la_florecita

Traveling again. This time for work. Er, again. We ate our way through New York last week and we both have the 3-4 extra pounds to prove it. Which is saying something considering we probably walked 5 miles every day. … Continue reading →

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Gotta Get Through This (Day 1)

Posted on June 13, 2011 by la_florecita

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?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by la_florecita

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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The Social Network

Posted on June 6, 2011 by la_florecita

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

Posted on June 3, 2011 by la_florecita

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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Tiny Deciders

Posted on May 31, 2011 by la_florecita

So on May 1st I decided to blog every day this month, except weekends. And Memorial Day, apparently. And here we are on May 31st and I don’t want to throw my laptop across the room. Turns out it’s totally … Continue reading →

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