happy birthday, little boots

new favorite things

i made a few discoveries during our trip and developed a love of a few simple things that had somehow eluded me till now.

drip coffee
aspen trees
chipmunks and their cute little striped bodies
convertybeetle living
desert at nightfall
long underwear
chile rellenos
cherry 7up
straw sun hat

and really, the list can go on. my love also grew for perennial favorites like spending money and adding to my coozie collection.

victorious

L, crew needed. R, shoot dates.

i pitched alone forever at the scary cow pitch meeting this sunday and was successful in recruiting a buttload of awesome people to fill out our crew. as is customary, my insides turned gooey and i had to take some notes before i went up in front of everyone to do my bit. hilarity!

rainy day hiding

san francisco is none too happy about the storm that barrelled through the region yesterday, but i sure enjoyed staying warm and cozy tucked away in the shoebox.

this was the first time in a while that i could keep out of the rain and have the apartment all to myself, so i indulged in some of my favorite rainy day activities, many of which are holdovers i guess from rainy days at school when i was teen.

what are your favorite rainy day activities?

mine are reading, watching movies, padding around in slippers, and drinking hot cocoa. typical!

old news, but

hearty congrats to my favorite restaurateur!

trip index

guess where

in the spirit of one of my favorite reading activities, harper's index, i give you our road trip in indexed form...

states traversed over eight day trek, including california: 4
portion of days we drove with the top down on the convertybeetle: 8
freeways, highways, and interstates we drove on: 19
chipmunks i almost ran over: 3
mosquito bites sustained: 0
lodgings we stayed at: 4
portion of lodgings touting historical notoriety: 2/4
casinos we strolled through: 7
casinos we "patronized": 5
amount of money spent gambling: $250
winnings: $30
las vegas buffets we glutted ourselves at: 2
lowest temp v. highest temp: 49° v. 107°
trips to walmart: 3
times we used the convertybeetle's a/c: 1
days we would have needed a/c if we weren't speeding in a convertybeetle: 8
books i brought to read: 3
books i read: 0

en route to the gc

just before dusk on the 67

where the deer are

arizona desert before it gives way to the pines

california desert

one of my absolute favorite moments on the trip was driving towards death valley our first night. the sun was setting in the desert, we were heading to nevada with no idea where we would later be resting our heads. we'd been in the car for hours, i'm talking 10+, but we were still digging the road. we listened to pulp, goldfrapp, and joy division (plus elegia from new order). the music was depressing, but we were so happy.

yosemite