Have you ever been to a real-life auction? Sure, you’ve seen them in lots of movies and commercials, usually with some poor slob accidentally winning an auction for a useless and really expensive item because they made inappropriate gestures during bidding. I went to an auction last Sunday for repossessed homes and I can tell [...]
Guess what I did this Saturday? Why I visited another mission of course (as if the title didn’t already give that away, man I make it so easy!). Rene and I went to see Mission San Gabriel Archangel (#4 of 21) in beautiful San Gabriel, California. I dressed up as Nicole Ritchie for the occasion, [...]
What do you think about when someone mentions the city Budapest? What about Hungary? For me, these two places brought to mind goulash (customary Hungarian fare) and Attila the Hun (blood-thirsty conqueror who lived around 500 AD and may have ridden elephants). Notice how I always think about the food first? Anyway, my trip to [...]
One of the things I miss most about my old job is the amount of travel I used to do. In the past two years my work has taken me to: USDulles, VANew York, NYLas Vegas, NVAtlanta, GACharlotte, NC AbroadLondon, EnglandParis, FranceHamburg, GermanyMadrid, SpainAmsterdam, NetherlandsRome & Florence, ItalyCopenhagen, DenmarkPrague, Czech RepublicBudapest, HungaryGold Coast, Sydney & [...]
I know I’ve referred to my dog as a Big Dummy in the past but lately behind those vacant eyes is a dog that knows how to get what he wants and he’s finally figured out a way to get it. Take tonight for example. I had no idea Chuy understood the word walk. My [...]
On Friday afternoon I felt so inspired by our new den setup that I decided to re-configure our living room furniture and dining room table and chairs, just to mix it up a bit. What do you think of the results? The only thing missing is wall decor, which is always hard to pick. I [...]
Rene and I made plans to visit San Diego on Saturday: first to see the San Diego Mission (first mission in California!), then the Balboa Park Botanical Garden, Sunset Cliffs beach, and a nice dinner in SD to cap off the day. Unfortunately our late start, combined with the crazy traffic on I-5, forced us [...]
On Friday night, I went to see the Dodgers play the Colorado Rockies with Rene, my sister Vieve and her boyfriend Ken. Unlike the $10 nosebleed seats, the tickets we got were close to the action. A big THANK YOU to my cousin Sharon for giving me the tickets and the preferred parking space (which [...]
Rene and I were tired of our den’s setup, and today we did something about it – well, mostly Rene did something about it. I moved a few boxes around and re-arranged stacks of magazines and stayed out of his way. Behold! I now have room in the den for my tiny desk and laptop. [...]
When J. Crew refers to a color as sherbret, please keep this in mind. I had imagined sherbret being darker in color, a vivid red perhaps, not ORANGE. Since this is a final sale, eg not returnable, I made the best out of the situation by throwing on a cute brown belt and peep toe [...]
