The Office premiered last night and it was so worth the wait. There were many funny lines including the above quote, Michael claiming that he was not superstitious but was more reasonably...
Blog posts from Daily life
not terribly exciting, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging…
(ha ha!) Eric's dad helped him hang our new light fixture over the weekend and it looks much more modern and reasonable than the old one. We will probably sell the candelabra on craigslist because...
groundSPARK
Today while Eric and his parents were scoping out the farmer's market, I spent an hour sweating in the hot sun painting with chalk on the ground for groundSPARK, a street painting festival in...
buying random things online
The beauty (and the problem) with online shopping is that you wake up in the morning and have no plans whatsoever to buy anything and then your husband sends you a link from SlickDeals about...
I’ll tell you where to go!
Eric surprised me with a Garmin StreetPilot c530 portable unit as an anniversary gift this year. He told me to be expecting a UPS package because he ordered an extra drive for his computer. Silly me...
4100 pages later…
Seven novels in five weeks. My Harry Potter marathon is over and wow, am I glad to have experienced this slice of pop culture. These stories are fantastic and having seen the movies in advance did...
haircut woes
Several months ago I mentioned that my current hairstylist (who I loved) was going to have a baby this May... well, she's been on maternity for four months and the salon can't tell me if she's ever...
Terminal E
On our flight back from Montana, we had a layover in Atlanta (thank you Delta). We both remarked that we hadn't been to this airport in ages. I don't think I'd been there since we moved away from...
eating locally
Last night I went out with a bunch of friends to Panzanella, a restaurant attached to a local co-op market that we have been members of since we arrived in NC. They had a few special additions to...
Harry Potter progress report
Ok! I am done with the second and third book and about 150 pages into the fourth novel. I've already noticed a large change in tone from the first three... this one seems quite a bit older, if that...
happy tales for Riesling
Our one year anniversary of Riesling's rescue was on August 12, while we were on vacation. A whole year. She's such a huge part of our life now and at the moment is curled up next to me seeking...
Lake Blaine
We've arrived in Montana! It is a little smoky, but at least it is cooler than Durham (which was 101 yesterday).
RDU BarCamp
I attended my very first un-conference today. The setup is as follows: a whole bunch of like-minded people show up (in this case, mostly programmers), and pitch ideas for sessions which then go up...
different definitions of productive
In the last two days I've read an entire Harry Potter book and completely redesigned my personal website. I am waaaay behind on the Harry Potter craze and although I have seen (and loved) the first...
wii!
When deciding on a game console a few years back, both Eric and I thought long and hard between the GameCube, Xbox, and PS2 and because we are such fans of the Nintendo-brand games (Zelda, Mario,...
Get paper published: check!
Papers published in journals are important scientific milestones, and this weekend I received the official acceptance on a paper in review for the past few months. This copyright form is the last...
not sure what to write about
I have a few things floating around in my head, but nothing I feel like writing a whole post about... We are going to Montana in two weeks and I am busy putting together a waterfall itinerary for...
sweet corn
One of Eric's favorite things about summer is fresh corn from the farmer's market. His schnauzer growing up, Mandy, used to eat corn off the cob, so we gave it a try with Riesling... She loved it!...
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Doha, Qatar (May)
Bristol + London, UK (Jul)
Long Island, NY (Jul)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)