hip hop dressage

I need to start every day with this video.

Color

If the Color Run comes to your city, you should sign up.

So fun.

a story for tomorrow

{thankful thursday}

Today I am thankful for my two older sisters, shirts with sailboats, and super sweet memories.

Sistertime in San Francisco

I've been to San Francisco exactly five times now, but it wasn't until this past weekend that I completely fell in love with the city itself. Perhaps it's because the weather was insanely perfect, I was with two of my favorite people in the world, or just because I badly needed a vacation.


We didn't do anything particularly crazy. It was the perfect mix of relaxation and excitement. We sipped on good wine, frequented coffee shops, and ate delicious food. We shopped, scooted, went running, and got our nails done. It was a wonderful three days.

S is for

shoes

sisters

sunnies

smiles

silliness

& saturday

Target's shoe aisle is most fun when shared with sisters.

Happiness for Friday

I woke up a bit of a grumpdawg this morning, and based on conversations with friends and social media status updates, it seems that I'm not the only one.  My 'tude is getting better as the day goes by, and this picture from my sister certainly turned my frown upside down.

Happy Friday!

Just Daydreaming

and wishing I was back in SF, 

roaming the streets and snapping pretty photos.

Hope you are all having lovely weeks, 

lovely like that tree up there.

Tahoe (Twit)pics

Last weekend B and I spent an amazing four days in Squaw Valley and San Francisco, where we visited my sweet sister.  You know those vacations where everything just fits perfectly together?  Well that was last weekend.  Aside from a pricey speeding ticket, a couple of flight delays, and a faulty sailboat motor, the trip was simply fabulous.  

We flew into SFO and drove straight to Tahoe, arriving at 4am early Friday morning.  Our late/early arrival in our beds didn't stop us from hitting the slopes a few hours later.  I thought some sort of exhaustion would hit, but it never really did.  I guess we were running on so much positive energy, and that lasted the entire weekend.

Of course I took loads of pictures (like, 400) but all I have for now are the ones I uploaded on Twitter.  As much as I loved Tahoe, I was just as excited about spending time with my sister.  We could have been in Idaho and still laughed our big heads off.  (No offense, Idaho.)

California has so many beautiful, breath-taking spots.  

Lake Tahoe is most definitely one of them.

I busted out some yoga snoga moves on the mountain.  

This is Warrior II.

We had two sunny/snowy/cloudy/rainy/sunny days on the mountain, and I was pleased that we didn't have to share it with too many other people.

Both ski days ended with beverages at the bottom of the mountain.

This wine was a really great treat, one of Napa's very own.

Just looking through these pictures has me excited to share the rest of them.  After Tahoe we spent a night in Berkeley, had the most delicious coffee Sunday morning, sailed the bay Sunday afternoon, and sipped red wine while people-watching from a lovely little table under a heat lamp in SF Sunday evening.  B and I explored the city on foot Monday, and ended with a lunch at Twitter before heading to the airport.  Did I mention it was an amazing time? 

Flash Dance Friday

I am so looking forward to a sunshine-y weekend with little to do, yet ample opportunities for fun.  A girls night out with some drinks + dancing is in order for this evening to celebrate a good friend moving away.  She will be greatly missed, but any excuse to go dancing is fine with me.  One of us has already started warming up her moves, which she learned here:

Tomorrow kicks off some Saint Patrick's Day celebrations with a Saturday parade and probably something green too.  Green eggs (and ham)?  Green beer?  A new green shirt?  Maybe we will work toward our grass getting a little greener?   Who knows, but I'm in the mood to be festive.

Sunday plans include relaxing, trips to the park with the pup, catching up on some shows, and spending some time in the warm(er) weather.  If we're feeling really crazy we might even finally take the Christmas lights down.  Yeah, we're those people.

Cheers to happy weekends!

We Rode Go Karts

and they were just as fun as they were when I was eight.

"Fine. I'll Find a Different Man."

A Weekend Away

Presidents Weekend brought for us an annual rendezvous with Bryant's extended family up in Wisconsin.  Three days spent hot tubbing, snow mobiling, eating, napping, drinking, snuggling, conversing among fabulous people, hiking, movie-watching, telling tall tales to the little munchkins, and playing dress-up with colorful hunting gear all made for a grand ol' time.

How sweet is that jacket?

Yep, I'm clear for take-off.

Oh, you're beautiful.

Such a lovely neon orange I am sporting.

Pausing for a photo op during our hike.

How amazing is his cousin's garden?  So.

 I am a child.

The family (B's aunt & uncle) who owns the place we stayed at have quite the set up.  Their hospitality is always so welcoming and you can tell by the way the home is designed that they had guests in mind when they built it.  There are bunk beds in the basement and a basket of fresh towels next to the hot tub.  The fridges are stocked and all dogs are welcome.  It is the perfect place for roughly thirty people to come together and catch up on each others' lives.  

The entire weekend was filled with such good vibes.  Good people.  Good trip.

La Vita è Bella

Have you seen this?  I cannot believe I am just now learning of its splendor, aside from the brief clips of it I remember from a college film class.  It's an Italian film directed by Robert Benigni that is tragically heartwarming, unexpectedly comical, and lingers in your mind well after it is finished.  I sent our rented copy back in the mail this morning but fully intend to purchase it.  I am in love with the plot, the cast, and the clever dialogue.  Plus, it is in Italian, so it's fun to listen to them speak.  If you have not yet seen this movie, I suggest you add it to your queue.

 

Weee, it's Friday!

[Coney Island, September 2010]

Joy.

If it weren't 70 degrees today, I would be tempted to go ahead and watch a favorite holiday movie tonight.  But it is 70 degrees, so they will have to wait.

 

 I feel that hosting a holiday movie marathon is in my near future.  Oh, joy!

F, as in

Everyone have a splendiferous Friday + Halloween weekend!