Our Seattle trip was one of the shortest in memory, but we DID get to have breakfast with solcita after making plans with her when she was in town in May. Her life is a little more chaotic than the last time we saw her, but we got to have a long talk over a leisurely breakfast at the Portage Bay Cafe (which kicked ass BTW) and get caught up. After ( Read more... )

Vanilla, The Girl and I escaped to Vancouver Island on Friday morning for a well earned four day holiday. We had a family wedding to attend on the Saturday afternoon, but we were otherwise free to do as we wished ( Read more... )

Both Vanilla and I have been feeling less than 100% this week, and dispite our best efforts, we won't be heading to Seattle this weekend. This makes us both sad, but we feel that for this weekend at least we will try and stick close to home and get better ( Read more... )

I am sitting in my living room, all by myself while Vanilla has a nap. Bing Crosby is singing Silver bells. I am busily ripping all our xmas music and building the appropriate playlist. The smell of our recently erected Charlie Brown tree fills my living room, along with the scent of the fire in the fireplace. All I need now is snow ( Read more... )