2019 was the year I explored Brooklyn. Starting with my prenatal classes, which took me to Prospect Heights; my hairdresser moving to Crown Heights; a bachelorette party in Greenpoint and Williamsburg; mommy-group took me all over Bed-Stuy and Park Slope and everything in between; and swim lessons in Tribeca (that's extra-northern Brooklyn). I even ( Read more... )

My mother had started threatening to take my son to Disney World without me and since I wanted to be there for his first time and I knew my travel would be pretty restricted for the next year at least, I bit the bullet and planned a last minute birthday trip, despite the cost ( Read more... )

I've been to Disney at least 4 times as an adult, once even with my parents, but this time was different, both because I had more time there and because I was there with an 8 year old. It was the longest the three of us have spent together: the prior record was a weekend + a night when Jon was convalescingJon was terrified of how busy the parks ( Read more... )

I wasted a lot of time in the preceding two weeks trying to get out of town for MLK weekend: it's been 5 years since I =didn't= go to NH for ice climbing and Mt. Washington that weekend. In the end, I probably got enough social-time, if not enough adventures ( Read more... )

Poll "As you wish"

Just got back from Asia yesterday. It says something about the evolution of social media that I was addicted to WiFi so I could update Twitter, Fitocracy, and Facebook (ok, mostly Fitocracy), but I couldn't come up with sufficiently coherent observations for LJ while I was gone ( Read more... )

Poll This poll is obviously just an excuse to link some awfully funny posts
Edit: The random period on Q5 should be ignored. The poll didn't post this morning, so I was trying all sorts of different things. LJ needs better error-checking is all I'm saying.

Edit2: btw, the link on Q5 is so made of awesome, you really need to check it out (if you know your Disney or even just have small children).

Maybe the secret to life is to do what you know you should and eat lots of avocados, olive oil, and nuts. While listening to country-Disney music.The last thing I dreamed last night was that I had just gotten to the place where we were meeting for gear check before going up the mountain and I was talking to someone about how I'd been there so ( Read more... )

It was absolute heaven to get out of the terminal at MCO and be hit by a blast of heat. And then my parents picked me up in their rental car and gave me big kisses and hugs and drove me to Walt Disney World. Life doesn't get better than that.

Sat was Animal Kingdom and I had A Plan. ( the rides at AK )

I punted on a date to go climbing, mostly bc of work, but also bc I think I'm oversocialized, which is ridiculous bc I haven't done any this week. But when your response to a series of admittedly dumb emails is "I'm going to kill you all mf'ers", maybe it's time to not see people, ya know ( Read more... )