Every time I’m working on a guidebook, my mom is more than eager to come “help out,” stay at fancy hotels and eat five-star food. She’s just very generous like that. Last summer when she was here, we hit up Yosemite, South Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes. This time, we headed down south. I didn’t [...]
Isn’t it Ironic?
February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Last summer when my mom was visiting, she offered to buy SVV and me a dryer, as we currently only have a washer. We never did take her up on it, mainly because we looked at a couple secondhand ones off of Craigslist, none of which were up to par, then got lazy and, frankly, [...]
Cloud Nine
February 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ever have one of those weeks where things just couldn’t! be! better!? Well, despite the tropical-storm-like rains we’re currently being pelted with here in San Francisco, I’m experiencing such a much-needed stretch of time, following a rather stressful couple of months riddled with a loss of more than a couple regular clients, a tough living [...]
Photo Friday: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
February 20, 2009 By 28 Comments
I’ve only been to Hawaii once, and I’m a total cliche: I LOVED it and couldn’t get enough. It was an extra special trip, because SVV and I were reuniting after seven months apart. When we said good-bye in Copenhagen the previous June, I didn’t think I’d ever see him again (we hadn’t discussed the [...]
Two Minutes of Your Life You’ll Never Get Back
February 19, 2009 By 16 Comments
Alternate Title: In which Kristin Has Absolutely Nothing Witty to Say Today so She Fools Around in iMovie and Comes Up with This Video Displaying Both Her Inner White Girl and Terrible Ski Form (but that was too long to type in the subject line). The Ski Adventure, 2009 from krysleigh on Vimeo.
A Winter Wonderland at Alpine Meadows
February 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Wow, things sure are getting a little dusty around these parts, but that’s because I took a few days off from the Internet to hit the slopes and the best snow of the year in Tahoe. And you want to know what epiphany I underwent while there? I don’t actually LIKE skiing. Not one teeny-tiny [...]
Photo Friday: Prague, Czech Republic
February 13, 2009 By 17 Comments
You all know I met SVV during my second stint living in Europe, but what you may not know is that I took someone over with me for support: my best friend from UT, Megan. After a couple short weeks in Holland, Meg and I quickly learned that our post-grad program was, in one word, [...]
Driving Me Crazy
February 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Oy to the vey. It’s been quite the week, and it’s only Tuesday. Sunday morning before the birthday brunch in honor of Senorita Burns (photos of the fete and Baby Wombat here), I was sending a couple gems of the thousands of Australia pictures to one of my editors. Only, when I went to attach [...]
Getting to Know You
February 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Since we’re all about getting to know one another around the Internet this week, I decided to participate in the ME Interview, as well. Not long ago, I was introduced to Kash’s riveting blog Manolos on a Mission via her adorable sister OHMommy, who writes Classy Chaos (another excellent read). Like me, Kash is an [...]
Photo Friday: Skagen, Denmark
February 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Several travel bloggers I read dedicate one day a week to a mere photo. I kind of dig that, particularly because I have tens of thousands of discarded shots on my hard drive that never see the light of day—and it’s like a trip down Memory Lane for me. Besides, it’s Friday and most of [...]
