2013 in pictures: week 15
flowers • park • German pancakes • necklace • coffee • twins • flower • latte • mini-garden •… Read more
The little reminders
Today is my great-aunt’s birthday. She would have turned 91. It’s hard to accept that I won’t be able talk to her today. In a way, since I’ve lived so far away form her for so many years already, she’s still over there somehow. This morning, I remembered the pashmina scarf. It...
Currently Vol. 11
Current Book(s): I just got “BossyPants” by Tina Fey for a bargain on my nook and can’t wait to start it. Current Playlist: NPR. Ha! I don’t find much time to listen to music right now. Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure: Kinder Chocolate. Current Color: purple. Current Drink: fresh, hot steaming...
2013 in pictures: week 14
Landing Grill & Sushi Bar • Triple Berry Crumble • beach walk • sandy feet • lunch • clouds • stitching • pretty • Saturday morning •… Read more
A different kind of goodbye
When I was perusing the Antique stores last weekend, I came across a set of china which kind of stopped me in my tracks, because it was so familiar to me. This is the china that I will have inherited from my great-aunt. A full dinner and coffee set, that...
Easter weekend
Easter came and went and was spent in SoCal, including some much needed girl time with my friend Maegan. I had Good Friday off (although it was just my regular day off, not a holiday) and we used the day to run our usual errands, do the laundry and I attempted...
2013 in pictures: week 13
pizza • sunrise • lemon-poppyseed muffin • mirror • mail • salad • blue skies • the two cuties • sunrise •… Read more
Friday Link Love
All adventurous women do: On being Hannah Horvath by Kate (Suburban Sweetheart). Is the series “Girls” too real? There is no going back home by Riayn (Geek Mädel). As a fellow expat, I can very much relate to that. On… the value of a person by Melissa (Press Play). This...