Wednesday, August 11, 2010
@Heilmann Regional Park in Atascadero, CA
Our inner children coming out to play!
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@Quarryhills Botanical Gardens in Glen Ellen, CA
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The UK Trip!
Huzzah! We have an itinerary!
December 26th: Virgin Atlantic flight to London! (Good thing we used Virgin Atlantic...)
December 27th: Arrive in London, get picked up by Linda, drive to Norwich
December 27th-30th: Norwich! Celebrate Nan's 90th birthday, celebrate cousin Ali's newborn kiddo, general family time.
December 30th-January 4th: Puncknowle! The Southwest, where cousin Stevie lives, is full of nature good enough for some longish walks, perhaps a daytrip out with Bonnie, the Havanese doggie! General drunken disorder due to NYE.
January 4th-7th: Edinburgh! We're staying at a cute little Victorian townhouse in central Edinburgh. And I'm surprising my love with a 1-year anniversary dinner at a place that looks just so delicious and cozy.
January 7th-12th: London! Celebrate friend Sam's 25th birthday, give her a kick in the toosh for not concentrating on her schoolwork, sightseeing around central London (Buckingham Palace, Parliament, the Eye, Portobello Road, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, etc.)
January 12th: Virgin Atlantic flight back to San Francisco... Sad face...
December 26th: Virgin Atlantic flight to London! (Good thing we used Virgin Atlantic...)
December 27th: Arrive in London, get picked up by Linda, drive to Norwich
December 27th-30th: Norwich! Celebrate Nan's 90th birthday, celebrate cousin Ali's newborn kiddo, general family time.
December 30th-January 4th: Puncknowle! The Southwest, where cousin Stevie lives, is full of nature good enough for some longish walks, perhaps a daytrip out with Bonnie, the Havanese doggie! General drunken disorder due to NYE.
January 4th-7th: Edinburgh! We're staying at a cute little Victorian townhouse in central Edinburgh. And I'm surprising my love with a 1-year anniversary dinner at a place that looks just so delicious and cozy.
January 7th-12th: London! Celebrate friend Sam's 25th birthday, give her a kick in the toosh for not concentrating on her schoolwork, sightseeing around central London (Buckingham Palace, Parliament, the Eye, Portobello Road, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, etc.)
January 12th: Virgin Atlantic flight back to San Francisco... Sad face...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Imagining Future Travel
In an effort to stay connected while one of us was out East on business, we had a Skype conversation and talked about where we would go next, next year after England that is.
We decided that looping around the US and Canada would be actually quite fun. I know I've only traveled through some states, stopping only to use a truck stop's restrooms. And other states have been my home, like California and Wisconsin. I've only been to Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, New York, Washington D.C., Illinois, and Minnesota. And I've only ever been to Victoria BC, never Vancouver and never to the East to visit Nova Scotia.
I remember falling in love with the idea of Canada's Eastern shore when I read the Anne of Green Gables series as a child. But I also have friends in Philly and Boston - so I have to see them at some point too, no?
So, we decided to break up the massive amount of places we'd want to see into circuits: Northwest, Southwest, Midwest and Northeast. We decided to not plan a Southeast circuit, since we really would only want to visit the Carolinas, and maybe the Everglades or New Orleans - that can be its own adventure.
It's fun to dream of traveling and to map out your adventurous conquests as a couple. I think it only serves to bring you closer together. Half because it's a big task to map out a travel route and you have to make decisions and compromise. And half because it really is that much fun. It's fun to imagine yourselves as a couple in the future - that is if you're a couple who wants a future together. I think it's only natural to imagine that kind of thing.
We decided that looping around the US and Canada would be actually quite fun. I know I've only traveled through some states, stopping only to use a truck stop's restrooms. And other states have been my home, like California and Wisconsin. I've only been to Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, New York, Washington D.C., Illinois, and Minnesota. And I've only ever been to Victoria BC, never Vancouver and never to the East to visit Nova Scotia.
I remember falling in love with the idea of Canada's Eastern shore when I read the Anne of Green Gables series as a child. But I also have friends in Philly and Boston - so I have to see them at some point too, no?
So, we decided to break up the massive amount of places we'd want to see into circuits: Northwest, Southwest, Midwest and Northeast. We decided to not plan a Southeast circuit, since we really would only want to visit the Carolinas, and maybe the Everglades or New Orleans - that can be its own adventure.
It's fun to dream of traveling and to map out your adventurous conquests as a couple. I think it only serves to bring you closer together. Half because it's a big task to map out a travel route and you have to make decisions and compromise. And half because it really is that much fun. It's fun to imagine yourselves as a couple in the future - that is if you're a couple who wants a future together. I think it's only natural to imagine that kind of thing.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The Island of UK
The purchase of a plane ticket to an international destination always puts a sense of adventure into my bloodstream. We are about to buy tickets to England. We leave December 26th and would come back on January 12th. Not an extremely long time, but time enough to explore the island that is the United Kingdom.
We are visiting family in Norwich, hoping to spend New Year's in Devon, planning on seeing Edinburgh (or somewhere else "up there"), and finally ending up in London to celebrate a friend's birthday. I think we've got enough time... don't you?
The question is: Do we really go to Edinburgh? What do we see there? It's winter, but we like the cold. What can you do in the winter really...?
We are visiting family in Norwich, hoping to spend New Year's in Devon, planning on seeing Edinburgh (or somewhere else "up there"), and finally ending up in London to celebrate a friend's birthday. I think we've got enough time... don't you?
The question is: Do we really go to Edinburgh? What do we see there? It's winter, but we like the cold. What can you do in the winter really...?
Friday, September 11, 2009
Wisconsin Photos (August bridal shower)
No visit to Wisconsin is complete without the Mars Cheese Castle!
The dress!
The blingy ring!
Emily's giant fake bouquet!
Pedicures!
Relaxed Em!
Amanda!
The chapel!!
Mother of the bride + Cake!
Presents!!
Amanda, the Matron of Honor
Shelley, the bridesmaid and cousin
The blushing bride... erm...
It's bleeping hot in WI!!!
This plus 80% humidity!! Wreckage....
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