Personal and Professional Musings
I was officially 40 weeks yesterday, which means my due date was October 20. Not October 24, as we had originally thought. Funny story: the ultrasound tech had told us October 24, and that was the last date we heard, so we went with it. My doctor always operated in weeks, so I just assumed…
Fair warning, this post is entirely mundane It rained yesterday (for about a millisecond) and it is currently misting and gray and I love it. We have had nothing but sunshine and 80+ degree days for the longest time and I have to admit: I’m over it. It’s a terrible thing to say; to complain…
I’m officially 22 weeks into this pregnancy! We had the 20-week ultrasound earlier this month and we (and by “we,” I mean “me”) were able to resist the urge to find out the gender of this little nugget, but according to the tech at the hospital, she wasn’t sure she could have confidently told us…
It’s no secret that one of the things that I miss the most about Europe are their farmers’ markets; there was always a place to go for gorgeous, fresh and seasonal produce and a few fun, specialty items for sale, which is why I’m so excited for our Napa Farmers’ Market to start back up!…
About this time four years ago, Dave and I found out he had been accepted into the Masters program in France and we decided to embark on a two-year adventure that included living in France and Italy. At the time, dropping everything to live in a foreign country for that long seemed exciting, but that…
Safeco Field (Seattle Mariners): 8 In honor of Major League Baseball Opening Day 2016, it’s high time I got around to publishing my thoughts on the Seattle Mariners stadium, which I visited alllll the way back in October for the last regular season series against the Oakland Athletics. I made plans to meet Kate, of…
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great time ringing in the New Year! We were in Queens with some good friends, playing Cards Against Humanity, laughing hysterically, and marveling at the stamina of a 4-year-old who was awake until 11:30! Dave and I took a long holiday break, only just returning to California…
It’s been some time since I’ve had a real Christmas tree. Dave and I both agreed we wanted to find a real tree with “real Christmas tree smell” for our first Christmas as a married couple. We headed out on a crisp December Saturday and wandered amongst rows and rows of firs, looking for the…
In honor of #ThrowbackThursday, I’m taking it back to last year around this time, when Dave and I set out on our last Italian adventure before moving back to the States. We toured around Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany after harvest, but before all the vines were bare. Our stay in the little village of Pontignanello (in…