My workfriends are so awesome. I’ve been hemming and hawing all week about whether to take tomorrow off for my birthday or come in to take advantage of an unusual dearth of meetings and actually get some work done. So they totally surprised me today with an assortment of Kickass Cupcakes (mmm, chai and black […]

Hello from stormy D.C., where we have been visiting the Villain’s family and catching up with friends. Our plans today have been at least partially scotched by an unexpected ice storm that would make driving to rural, hilly Maryland treacherous at best, so I am right now somewhat decadently lying in a fancy hotel bed […]

My beloved Red Sox defying pundits, mile-high altitude and air, the humidor, and conventional wisdom to sweep their way into the World Series. Granted, I’d have really loved to have three more games to savor before the long dark void until April. But I just adore Lowell and Papelbon and Ellsbury and Pedroia and Beckett […]

Terri and I attended a longstitch journal bookbinding workshop yesterday afternoon, and here’s what I ended up with. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out, and I would love to try my hand at more.
After the class, Terri was in need of caffeine, so she had a chai latte at Simon’s Cafe. After […]

For the past few days, I’ve considered throwing my camera into my satchel on my way out of the house. And each day, I’ve left it on the coffee table, thinking, Eh, what are the odds that I’ll see something photo-worthy?
Today i wished I had it to take a snapshot of the parking meter showing […]