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Growing

Yesterday was emotional. Cousin’s funeral, seeing family I had not seen in a long time, reconnecting with my sandbox buddy, my cousin Kathy. Or is it Cathy? I will know soon enough. Today I rode up Coxcomb hill, a daunting ride I had been half-dreading, half looking forward to doing. I leave Friday to ride [...]

Happy Birthday 2009

I was scheduled to work in NYC the week of my birthday. This was good, I wanted to the day to pass quietly, as the past year was such a roller coaster, I felt like easing into 34 without any big commotion about it. There was a burner party planned the day my class ended, [...]

Helvetica, Netflix, Design, Jenny Holzer

Last week, while leaving the Country Inn in Berkley Springs, WV,  (healing waters / George Washington’s bathtub), I struck up a conversation with a guy in a parking lot, after correctly guessing he was a designer. (the Helvetica shirt was a sure tip off). He had just been to SxSW and reminded me I needed [...]

Playing in the dirt

I noticed my mileage on my car was approaching 155,555. I wondered where I would be at the time and if it would hold any symbolic meaning for me. Well, I was discussing selling my house to my aunt and moving back to the city. A friend recently got a steal on a house for [...]

It’s like riding a bike

Lots of changes the last few weeks. Im a silver lining kind of gal, so all I can say to summarize is that I have learned a lot of lessons from my recently ended personal relationship, and only hope that all parties involved can find happiness. So, my focus is on better organization: with my [...]

Virgin Post!

After helping clients and friends get their blogs going,  Im finally getting around to setting one up for myself.  Might not be spending much time on making it purty or full of content, but at least it’s something. Most likely this blog will be used to document musings on wine, technology, and life.