In the last few weeks, I have attended multiple functions that came directly out of communication through twitter, facebook and meetup.com. In early January, I was invited to be a part of a round...
Blog posts from Daily life
LoneRider Brewery tour
Last night seemingly half of the Triangle area showed up at LoneRider Brewing Company near Brier Creek for their first open house brewery tour. We arrived about 10 minutes early (thanks to no...
a snowy inauguration day
We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland! Eric quickly checked the weather hotline and learned that he had a snow day, which means he gets to stay home with me to watch Obama's inauguration! I...
art reception at local wine shop
I will have some of my pastel paintings hanging at the Hope Valley Bottle Shop (4711 Hope Valley Rd in Durham, NC) for the next few months and tomorrow night (Tuesday) there will be an artist's...
a little more about Ireland
Eric reminded me last night that I never created a page for our Ireland trip last November. This is partially because I spent December traveling back and forth to Florida and time just got away from...
in business for one year!
On this day, one year ago, I opened up my business bank account and began the process of registering my business name and making my freelance web design career "official." Even though there have...
anyone there?
Hello! Between Eric being sick over Christmas and me currently on the tail end of a sinus infection, nothing much has been done around these parts. We don't even have that many photos from Christmas...
work in progress
I have been painting a few hours a day when I've been home because I have five commissioned dog portraits to complete before we leave on Christmas holiday. I am effectively doubling the amount of...
One sad mug
How's that for a look? Leandra has been back in FL visiting her sick grandmother, and Riesling has sorely missed her. Lots of moping, checking every car that drove by just in case... and quite a few...
Florida sunsets are suberb
We're enjoying Thanksgiving in FL, and last night we went to watch the sunset at Emerson State Park in Palmetto, Florida. Riesling came with us and had a lovely time sniffing everything on the beach...
text message etiquette
I sent a text message to my sister early yesterday morning so she would call me on her way to work and the following conversation ensued... Me: [Call me!] Her: calls me immediately, worried, "What's...
those days you live and don’t get a chance to blog about
Yeah, it's been one of those days. I only got halfway through the Ireland post I was going to write because I got two calls today about a total of four dog portraits I am being commissioned to do...
my laptop battery
This message showed up on my computer in mid-August after I had lost three of the nine cells in the internal battery that came with my laptop while we were in NY this July. I would like to point...
lunch at Jujube in Chapel Hill
Friday was beautiful here in NC, with great fall color, sunshine, and a high of 72, so when Leandra picked me up for lunch we definitely wanted to eat outside. Several places in downtown Chapel Hill...
amusing signage at A Southern Season
All the deli items at A Southern Season have little icons to let you know if it's a sheep or cow milk cheese and little flags to tell you if that jamon you are buying is actually from Spain. (Some...
ways to earn a little extra spending money
Back in August 2007, we started including an ad from BlogHer to the sidebar of our blog. The point was to see if we could make a little extra money on page views without annoying the heck out of our...
NC Center for Non-profits conference
At the end of last week, I spent two days in Raleigh hobnobbing with a ton of great non-profit organization people from all over the state. I gave out a bunch of business cards, but more...
mmm, smoked pig
Every year our neighborhood gathers for a pig pickin' hosted by the resident Pig Man, Don (on the left). It's a great chance to say hi to the neighbors we see only briefly during walks with pup or...
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)
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)