The thing about Los Angeles, like New York, is that anything can happen. There is just something in the air that is different; everything is on an elevated wavelength. “Famous” people live all over the world, but there is just a higher… Continue Reading
Since Coralie has been taking strolls down memory lane, it inspired me to go through my digital collection. I found some great ones… but one, in particular, made me laugh out loud. So, here is my throw-back and my truth… Continue Reading
Fun Things To Do While You’re Waiting has been going strong for a little almost four and a half months now! Say WHAAA??? That’s a third of a year?! We’ve published 153 (154 including this one) posts and are STILL going strong. As… Continue Reading
Our Chicago apartment was on the 14th floor. All my dreams of freshly-grown herbs were always dashed as wind chimes and window boxes are things that just cannot exist successfully on a 14th- floor Chicago balcony. Now that we are… Continue Reading
We have been in our apartment for a little over a week now. A few days after we moved in, Jojo and I went to Home Despot and got some paint-sample, colored cards. One of the suggestions I’ve read in… Continue Reading
With most of my shoes in storage, I’ve relied heavily on a select few pair of shoes this summer. One of which have been my fluorescent-pink Old Navy flip-flops that matched my favorite toenail polish of the summer. I’ve flopped… Continue Reading
Manners are important; especially in my family. Being a good hostess is one of my top priorities so when I become a guest, I am particularly conscious of my actions. Jojo and I have recently been houseguests for over a… Continue Reading
Hooray!!! We’re moving into our apartment today!! One of the only advantages of us getting an apartment and not having furniture in it for a month is that I can paint! Painting is such a cheap and effective way to make an… Continue Reading
I loved Coralie’s great article about Top 10 Thing’s To Know When Dining Out yesterday! Didn’t you? It answered my #1 question of, “if y’all are so full, why are there empty tables?!” I love when people do exposes of an… Continue Reading
I’ve been wanting to do this post for awhile but wanted to gather enough data to sufficiently do it justice. Before I left Chicago, my dear friend Marlene gave me an UP by Jawbone which was an extremely generous gift. For… Continue Reading
I’m sorry for all the “thoughty” posts lately… Being without my stuff (cooking, craft, or otherwise) has made the traditional FTTDWYW post’s more difficult. And that is where this post comes in. On Wednesday, I announced to the world that Josh and I had… Continue Reading
Josh and I have been in California for a few days under a month now; it feels both like forever and no time at all. Since we have been here, we have been so fortunate to be able to stay… Continue Reading
Baby Crafting: the Final Frontier. This is the tale of the crafter Leigh. Her two-month mission: to explore strange new techniques, to create something for new life in her civilization, to boldly go where some people have already gone before. *Cue Star Trek music of your choice*… Continue Reading
My Grandmother is an avid letter writer. One of my favorite types of letters she would construct would be to break out a legal pad and a pen and pass it around to everyone at a gathering and ask each… Continue Reading
Family Vacations. There is a reason why some of your most vivid memories are from family vacations. You are simultaneously in surroundings that are strange and new but also surrounded by people whose genetic makeup and background are identical to yours. You… Continue Reading
It is a weird realization when you figure out that not all families are like yours; that the weird things your family does aren’t what all families do. Every year, on the third weekend of June, my extended family on… Continue Reading
The Internet is down in Valencia and has been since noon. And what started out as an excuse to do things not attached to my computer has now turned into a thing… with a deal. When Jojo got home, he… Continue Reading
Growing up in Georgia, I didn’t know there was such a thing as being able to live without a car. Georgia is just a car culture… as are most places, other than highly-developed urban areas. I had a car in Chicago… Continue Reading
The past few years have been amazing, albeit untraditional, for me. For those of you who DON’T know, I resigned from my day job in 2010 and have been on a spiritual walkabout ever since. “How were you able to afford to… Continue Reading
As I’ve mentioned before, leaving Chicago (one of the arguably coolest cities) is both sad and exciting. A lot of people have come to visit in the eight years I’ve been here and seen the majesty that is the… Continue Reading