Posted in Thomas, Travel on Aug 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Doe Bay Fest 2010 from Decade ii on Vimeo. I’ve had a helluvatime explaining to my kids where we’re going this weekend. Every year for the last seven or eight years, we’ve attended a small music festival on Orcas Island. This year that music festival was canceled, but we’re going to another music festival. On [...]
Posted in Travel, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jul 5th, 2011 No Comments »
We went camping with friends this weekend, which was the perfect way to wrap up an incredibly busy and stressful June. Sunrise Game of Catan / Photo by Bryan Zug. I love the way Bryan loves me, the way he continues to woo me in marriage. He invites me to himself – to follow, to [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Travel on Nov 20th, 2010 No Comments »
We went to Disneyland with my brother-in-law’s family our 2nd weekend in California, and I can’t imagine a more perfect experience. First of all, after a week of temps over 100 degrees, it dropped down to the low 70′s that day. I’m so glad, because you did not want to read that blog post about [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Thomas, Travel on Nov 19th, 2010 1 Comment »
At LAX for our return flight to Seattle we were herded into a queue that took us to an escalator that led to the security screening on the second floor. As Thomas boarded the escalator, he didn’t make the turn wide enough for his wheely bag to clear the end, and it got stuck. As [...]
Posted in Travel on Nov 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
I’ll admit I was a bit of a romantic when I booked our trip to California for three weeks. I’d just read this article about the Crafton family who spent seven years at sea, and I’d just watched these videos of friends who hiked the Wonderland Trail for twelve days with their four young children. [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Travel on Nov 14th, 2010 2 Comments »
I’ve spent the better part of the last three days at the pool in my brother’s neighborhood. Ruthie’s finally tall enough to stand in the shallow end, and Thomas won’t leave the steps, which means I get an easy afternoon to watch the clouds float by. Oh wait – California doesn’t have any clouds. Haha! [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Thomas, Travel on Oct 31st, 2010 No Comments »
The picture to the left is Thomas’ vision. He was very concerned that Bryan could pull it off, given that it turned out a bit small in relation to the size of his pumpkin, and he was very adamant that the pumpkin have a pucker. Bryan, of course, pulled it off with his eyes closed. [...]
Posted in Fun Pile, Travel on Oct 29th, 2010 No Comments »
In Seattle you don’t die of heat stroke at the pumpkin patch. I mean, yes, it was 54 degrees and raining in Seattle yesterday so of course I love the sun and heat, but I was not mentally prepared for pumpkins. No, due to the gorgeous weather I was mentally prepared for a beach chair [...]
Posted in Everyday, Travel on Oct 28th, 2010 No Comments »
This is a working vacation for Bryan and I, so we’ve been swapping the kids back and forth every few hours so we can each check in on our projects. Yesterday afternoon I sat in a comfy chair on the back patio looking at this view while I responded to all my emails from the [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Oct 27th, 2010 No Comments »
My friend Giyen tweeted about a Virgin America sale back in August. One thing led to another and before I realized what happened I’d booked a three week trip to visit the Land of Zug. I was all, BRYAN CAN WORK ANYWHERE WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION! And then I was all, I CAN WORK ANYWHERE [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on Feb 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
Posted in Seen, Heard, Said, Travel, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Sep 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
We are in Los Angeles this week, helping with video at the 140 Twitter Conference. And by we, this time I really do mean WE – I’m the second camera operator. But since that sounds boring, and I can’t have a cool title like gaffer or key grip or best boy, I plan to call [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Travel on Jul 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Have you ever seen hydrangeas this color? I haven’t. Pinks! and Purples! These were along the waterfront near The Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.
Posted in BlogHer, Picture Book, Travel on Jul 23rd, 2008 4 Comments »
I know you’re wildly anticipating the video of my BlogHer Community Keynote reading, but I would first like to torture you with a few more pictures of my trip to San Francisco. (yawn). I friend I’ve known forever and ever drove up from San Jose to spend the day with me on Sunday, and we [...]
Posted in Picture Book, Travel on Jul 22nd, 2008 4 Comments »
Tell me, just tell me HOW I could have resisted buying this beautiful amber ring in San Francisco’s Chinatown, especially – ESPECIALLY – when my very savvy shopper friend says to the woman, "would you take FIFTEEN for this?" NEVER underestimate the power of a good bartering friend.
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