on our second day in dublin, thu pulled us into a mcdonald's around the street from our hotel for potential wi-fi services.  we were thirsty and decided to see if anything different was on the menu.  thu ended up buying cheese melt dippers, something you can't find in the usa.  come to find out the cheese inside is actually camembert, and these are ( Read more... )

...and came back with a tan. who knew? so much for layering and boot wearing (came in handy for a day but that's about it!) my hair already misses the humidity though ( Read more... )

A couple of weekends ago, we headed north to Jackson, CA, in order to trek up to Plymouth, CA, that Saturday for Barbera Fest 2013. We were trapped in the grapevine for about 45 minutes b/c they had narrowed it down to 2 lanes (and this is 9p @ night), and we discovered the 99 is all kinds of construction we presume for expansion, so we didn't roll ( Read more... )

I am still in the process of figuring out my new bloggie and all the pictures i took btwn it and my cam phone from the dc trip last weekend forshelbyg's 20th reunion @ field school's 40th anniversary.

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tim burton exhibit w/ rose, roland, spencer, and julia.  dude likes clowns.  johnny depp is tiny.  don't think i'll make it thru tim's hansel and gretel w/o being sufficiently creeped out.  he had a red and white striped shirt fetish for his characters, so i had a lot of where's waldo? moments. some beautiful nightmare imagery i would love to have ( Read more... )

since i've been back from mexico, i've been schmoozing and catching up, regaining somewhat of a social life amongst the long lost circles ( Read more... )

i always forget how crappy i feel after these big meals. ..but then i realize i cut back more and more every single time these restaurant weeks roll around.  i've only done 4 so far, with a 5th one tomorrow for the final night.  and i still love dinela!

le petit cafe - the mushroom salad is literally sliced mushrooms mixed with a lovely garlic type ( Read more... )

i'd like to do this in pictures sorta.  of course those will be behind a cut.  i'm thinking i should also separate into days and categories.  i am too much of a capricorn sometimes.  summary in this entry, specifics next...

shelby graced me with 2 dozen red roses friday morning.  edith brought them into my office gushing w/ jealousy.  since shelbyg  and i ( Read more... )

rocksugar - another restaurant in the cheesecake factory family; crispy chicken samosas, potstickers, caramel chicken, claypot beef, coconut doughnuts, Caramelized Banana Custard Cake, argentinian malbec

citizen smith - mac n cheese, bbq brisket sand, rock lobster sand w/ fries, berries w/ chantilly cream, bread pudding, walnut brownie; completely ( Read more... )

the boom in food trucks in this town has been a nice change of pace from the usual food places around work...and town..lunch options have never been so intriguing when the food trucks tweet they'll be down the block for lunch or dinner.

my first experience was the grilled cheese truck.  it has by far been my favorite thus far, and i have many ( Read more... )