On the road again…
April 25th, 2012 § 2 Comments
This has become a pretty common view over the past few weeks. Georgia last weekend for Molly’s sendoff, and this past weekend out to the west coast for something totally different.
A bachelorette party for Alix in a particularly ridiculous house in Hood River, OR.
That’s Alix. And yes, those are her sheep.
While a weekend trip to Oregon did mean a little travel time (total: 12 hours on the way out, about 36 hours there, and a 14 hour trip home), it also meant a little bit of this:
(believe it or not, that picture took 3 tries to get us to look “normal”)
…and this:
(a nice little/pretty strenuous hike up to where the hills are alive with Mt Hood in the distance)
…and this:
(which resulted in pretty much everyone being completely fried the rest of the trip)
…and this:
(beer!)
…and a lot of other stuff that I don’t have pictures of yet–including, but not limited to, an afterparty with an up-and-coming boy band (“we’ve never had girls just come up and talk to us before!”) and karaoke at a bar with a guy named Frijoles. I may end up posting a few pictures as they come in if there are any particularly amazing ones.
So, despite getting home at 2:30am on Monday morning and having to go to work the next day, then traveling to Louisville on Tuesday & Wednesday for a conference, which resulted in me getting sick today, the day before I head to Florida with Allison for our first race of the season (where I fully plan to rub bike tires with Lance Armstrong), it was clearly worth it. There’s nothing like spending a weekend with old friends. My body might be tired, but my soul is rejuvenated.
So tomorrow we drive to St. Anthony’s. Long ride. It’s a big race for Allison, but considering the state I’m currently in I’m hoping to make it through without hacking up a lung. So send fast vibes her way.
Also, one additional bonus the weekend: the weather on Sunday was RIDICULOUS, making for really spectacular sights like this from the airplane window:
(Mt Hood, I think)
Can’t really complain.
San Francisco Love
August 26th, 2011 § 6 Comments
My mother went on a scanning spree the other day.
Fast forward 27 years…
Weekend Home
March 1st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
After a harrowing trip back that involved an attempt to fly through some nasty thunderstorms in the South only to turn around and head back to Chicago, sharing a hotel room with a stranger from my flight, and over 20 hours of delays, I am back in Kentucky. Though it rained on Friday, there was no snow in Santa Barbara while I was there, and Saturday and Sunday the weather was BEAUTIFUL…
…as was the bride at the wedding we attended.
Saturday morning we woke up to clear skies, so first I went for a run along the beach…
…then joined my parents for stadiums at SBCC…
…then met up with another old friend who just happened to be in town at our old stomping grounds…
…for a swim.
Then we headed to the wedding and reception down at the Bathhouse…
…and the next morning drove back down to LA to begin the 36 hour trek back to Kentucky.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous
February 18th, 2011 § 2 Comments
12 North Carolina copies later…it came. And on the very last page, squished in between 4 other photos, there we were.
Autographed copies available by request.
Update: The photo also featured on our photographer’s website. Lilia rocks.
Wedding mags, anyone?
January 19th, 2011 § 1 Comment
About 2 months ago a photo editor from The Knot emailed me and let me know that The Knot Northern California wanted to run a picture from our wedding in its Spring 2011 issue. The issue came out last month, so I went online and ordered a few copies, thinking it might be nice to send copies to our parents or Granny or whoever. When they arrived yesterday I wasn’t home and Paul, not knowing what they were, opened up the box and was like, “Ummm…are you planning on getting married again in the South?”
Northern California…North Carolina….Dammit.
Update: Turns out this was their mistake, not mine. I called them and they apologized and said the copies or Northern California are on their way. The box arrived yesterday…4 more copies of North Carolina. Seriously.
Updated update: Replacement box #2 came, we now have 12 copies of North Carolina.
Sick Moves
July 25th, 2010 § 1 Comment
I attended the wedding of a family friend this weekend with Paul’s family (where we were seated at the German table, because the family of the bride thought it was hilarious….and super fun for the 2 of us sitting there that didn’t speak German…to sit all the foreigners’ families together). Somewhere in between the German conversations, Makers Mark, and moving rendition of Hillbilly Deluxe by the groom and his friends, we realized the array of dance moves you can pull off with one arm stuck at a 90 degree angle is kind of amazing. Here are a few.
The Twist:
Stop In The Name of Love:
The crowd favorite, The Sprinkler (a modified version):
The Robot:
The Ahnold:
And the Hillbilly Jig (poor shot but believe me, you can do it):
The Lawnmower and Truck Driver also work, but didn’t get caught on film. And I’m throwing this picture in here just because the two guys in the background were in such fine form:
A+. Kentucky weddings rule.
Random wedding post
January 14th, 2010 § 1 Comment
So i got married in December and just had to put a little promo (for all the heavy traffic on this site) for Lilia Photography and Jaclyn Jean hair and makeup.
Lilia rocks. Not only is she fantastic at what she does, she is also a great person to drive around the city with (we spent some quality time in the car on the way to Crissy Field.) She was very flexible and offered up a lot of ideas for locations, and her city hall special is a fantastic deal.
And Jaclyn. Jaclyn is amazing. I was lucky enough to catch her up in the Bay Area (she is based out of LA), she woke up at 5am to make the trip over the bridge from the East Bay into SF to get my hair done on time. Despite somewhat of time-crunch, she was super calm and kept telling me it would be no problem to fix my hair if there was anything I didn’t like about it. Couldn’t have made better choices, two thumbs up, highly recommend them both.
