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Almost Summer

In sickness and in health, Mark and I trudged through these last few weeks of a nasty little virus I picked up at work. We’re still trying to figure out who was Patient Zero in the newsroom. Outside of work, we took it easy - pampering each other and making sure we ate regular meals. [...]

 

Fierce Bodyguards and Free Hugs

Last weekend, I dived into a Kill Bill Party dressed as Oren’s bodyguard, Gogo. I know I don’t have long hair, white tube socks and a metal ball hanging from a wicked chain. However, I had a blazer, a kilt skirt and an authentic Catholic school white button shirt. I figured I could pass for [...]

 

Happy Bunny Day!

I thought this would be the Easter Sunday when I get to prepare a lovely dinner for Mark and Daisy…and enjoy a relaxing celebration of Spring, the Lord and all that jazz.
Well, I fit in plenty of relaxing with a long nap in the middle of the day. Then I spent the early evening hours [...]

 

Happy news….

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is back home…
I love covering happy stories. I know we still had crime, carnage and politics to pay attention to - but these shuttle stories are always thrilling to me. Wave of the future and all that jazz!
At 5:22 — when I watched Atlantis touchdown on Earth, I could feel this [...]

 

I found a url at Berkeley….

I picked up this url: “amiordinary.com” - I think I found it at Jupiters…So, I surfed over to the site and took the test: “am I fab or drab?”
Here are the results…

Level 2 - Slightly Less Ordinary
you’re dangerously ordinary. predictable and blasé. a person who rarely if ever ventures beyond routine and familiarity. you’re often [...]

 

In the land of the hairy female armpits…

BERKELEY — Working on my resume tapes at Haas. The lab is closed for the weekend. We saw people walking to graduation ceremonies. I thought they didn’t have those on Sunday, but they do.
Yesterday - we ate a lot. Each time we spent time with friends - it was either for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
In [...]

 

Sandeman Port from Portugal

just finishing up the port we picked up from Dublin….yes…they sell Portugese port in Dublin.
And it’s good.
We saw Chicago last night at the Adelphi Theater…..totally thrilling! It was a bit hard to get into the characters since I saw the film first with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger and Richard. Still entertaining - the Bob Fosse [...]

 

Go Bears! from Prague!

Sweet….ok…some lead up….
We’re in Prague - visiting Sara……she has a lovely place and it’s so darn cheap to live here. It’s a welcome relief for our wallets after our dollars took a pounding in London. Damn the pound….just wait until the UK switches to the Euro…
Ok…Prague. I wanted to go to mass today….I really really [...]

 

blogging from a cyber cafe in Rome

it inside the Museo del Corso…sounds like an improv jazz concert in the other room…Mark and I are sipping chianti….
Mark: “All roads lead to Rome…but not all flights…we had to take Ryanair to get here and Easyjet to leave…”
You don’t want to take too much luggage on Ryanair…they smacked us with a $200+ charge for [...]

 

so romantic…

the wedding of betina and hans

wow…they’re husband and wife…to have and to hold…and all that jazz. it was a beautiful ceremony and betina had three fab dress changes, in addition to her amazing wedding dress from France.
sure…I got all chocked up….

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