York Street voted ' Most Picturesque'.
Which is lovely: I've been there (thanks to downtide and trueriver!!!) but it's voting from Google Street View, which freaks me out a bit. lol.

London from above, at night - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Shared via AddThisnot in lieu of, but in addition to, what i will (yes, i will) be posting about Europe 2009 (and a bit about 2008, and still to tell bits about 2007). ILU livejournal- without the help of friends past and present, i'd never've made it ( Read more... )

So it feels like I can actually talk about my big trip some more ( Read more... )

So, finally.

I started my trip on May 23rd by staying down at my son's house in San Francisco. He came, picked me up, and away we went.

The next day, before seeing me off at the 'New' San Francisco International Terminal (where I enjoyed the Calling the Earth to Witness exhibit of statues of the Buddha over the centuries) we went to the Annie ( Read more... )

still not used to the keyboards, z for y all the time. but sunny (sunnz!!) weather today and warm, and all things fun and calm and lovely and each new thing a joy. walking through streets older than anything caucasian in California. tiny refigerators that just make SO much more sense than monster modern beasts. beautiful horses and green fields, ( Read more... )

we're doing something else, but I needed to check e-mail so am dropping in here to say hello, made it safe and sound, everything is lovely, and I'm getting the change and will be getting the rest I need ( Read more... )

OMYGOD.

my son will be here in an hour to pick me up, and i will officially be ON MY WAY.

tonight will spend the night at his place in san francisco, and tomorrow go to Annie Lebowitz exhibition, and maybe to see the Harvey Milk bust at San Francisco City Hall [i got to see the three finalists a year and some ago, so this is exciting ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning
I had a scone and a large house blend
And then a little conversation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends
I said I’m sick and tired of winter
And I wish that it was spring
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast
Began to sing

And he sang...In other news, political science is OVAH except for two quizzes on California ( Read more... )

I have, by virtue of making my arrangements for Europe 2008 (c), come into possession of a voucher allowing "Any BMI passenger and a guest" into the business or diamond club lounges in the airports of Belfast City, Brussels, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Heathrow terminal 1, and Manchester terminal 3 ( Read more... )

The really grand news is: my student loan money came through again [never mind that my debt is now up to $45,000- i'll pay it off between now and when I die] and so I was able to do two really important big things:

buy my macBook to have at work, and to take to bed with me when sitting becomes tedious [and, possibly, depending on how good the ( Read more... )