Tag Archives: Friends
The Tea Timing Bit
Happy New Year! So has everyone survived the holidays? My season was full to the brim with planning, shopping, parties, events and a week-long road trip – plus two get-togethers that gave me a much-needed opportunity to slow down and appreciate life in the midst of very hectic times. I attended two teas. Tea and […]
The ‘Twas Another Year Bit
A Merry December to you! Thought I’d attempt (in the style of the Night Before Christmas poem as I did for last December) to give a rhyming wrap-up of my recent travels and adventures, working backward through the year! Also in keeping with my last effort, there’s not a New Year’s resolution in sight… Here […]
Burbank: The “Home is Where The ‘B’ Is” Bit
What a season full of disasters it’s been… Earthquakes. Fires. Hurricanes. My heart goes out to all those affected. And my own experience seems trivial by comparison now, but I have to say my heart also missed a beat when the recent La Tuna fire – apparently, the biggest ever in the city of Los […]
The Bit of a Camping Conundrum
Recently, I faced a pretty big decision about continuing a relationship. Not one with a person – but with a place. See, last summer my lovely friend Suszi invited me to spend a week with her and her crew at the Lair of the Bear. It’s a camp for UC Berkeley grads near Pinecrest Lake […]
The Night Before Christmas Bit
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through my place (One bedroom apartment – a cute little space), Not a creature was stirring – good thing in my rental; Cuz if I had a mouse? I’d go totally mental! Despite all the quiet, sleep still was in vain, For something annoying kept nagging my brain! […]
The Mind’s Eye View Bit
It was an ache. A longing kind of pain in my chest that told me I was already missing a place I hadn’t even left yet! Sheltered beneath a stand of sweet-smelling pines to escape the growing heat of a summer’s morning, I was nursing a coffee-to-go and recalling how much better I’d come to […]
The Bit Where Belushi Leads Us To Our Cup
Ah, that championship year! To try and survive these doldrum-y, hockey-less (and hence, meaningless) days between NHL seasons, I sometimes resort to watching video of Stanley Cup conquests past – especially the two by my LA Kings! But just now, I’m actually recalling a championship run from my own “career” as a recreation hockey […]
O Fortuna: The Cal-mina Bear-ana Bit
O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis So begins the fabulous musical work Carmina Burana with the declaration that fortunes change like the waxing and waning moon. Boy do they, right? And sometimes a major change of fortune can come from a trivial choice. Like when my decision to join a university chorus and sing these words caused […]
THE PARTING SHOT GLASS BIT
So my New Years resolution for 2015 has been to get my apartment in order – and that is no small task. On the “to do” list is paring down bunches of items I’ve collected over the years – including the small hoard of shot glasses acquired through my travels. I already tried sifting through troves of books, […]
THE ZIP WHINING BIT
I was so thrilled to be going to a wedding on Catalina Island this Fall – I knew it’d be a blast! Ferry ride on the ocean. Welcoming party. Zip lining. Outdoor ceremony. Country club reception. Naturally, I’d have been honored to see dear Ms. Peden tie the knot anywhere but, you know, Catalina would be especially nice and – wait, what? Zip […]
TESSEROLOGY 