Category Archives: workahol

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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Better Than Expected

Posted on June 20, 2011 by la_florecita

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

Posted on June 17, 2011 by la_florecita

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)

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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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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Linkage

Posted on May 27, 2011 by la_florecita

Because it’s Friday and I’ve been staring at this blank screen for 25 minutes. I apparently have no more thoughts- or at least none worth publishing. I stole a good six of these for my future desktop background photos. Also, … Continue reading →

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[UPDATED] Working Retail

Posted on May 12, 2011 by la_florecita

A few weeks ago when I was having a cranky day I mentioned that I hate the holidays. And my sister in law commented that maybe I could find aspects of them that I love. And it made me think … Continue reading →

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[Future] Life List Thing #7

Posted on May 10, 2011 by la_florecita

The third thing on my life list is to take Dave to New York City. I went for a coed bachelorette party in January of 2007. I just went through my archives to link to it, but um, I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Design Ranch, part 3

Posted on May 1, 2011 by la_florecita

You can find my first and second Design Ranch posts here and here. I didn’t write in my journal on Day 3 and I’d wanted to write this post relatively soon after Design Ranch but here we are on May … Continue reading →

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Design Ranch, part 1.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by la_florecita

This past weekend I was lucky enough to be able to attend Design Ranch, a weekend retreat for designers out in the Texas Hill Country. Before moving to Austin, I’d never heard of Design Ranch. And my coworker basically runs … Continue reading →

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