Kings of the Road

It has snowed pretty much all day, so we’ve been nesting. From my fifth floor view, the snow doesn’t seem that deep, and the roads are just wet, but that’s coming from a Midwest girl. According to the D.C. government, it snowed enough to warrant a snow emergency. For 3 inches. I won’t be [...]

I just heard the song “Mother’s Little Helper” by the Rolling Stones. It reminded me of when I was a kid. Not because I was much of a Mother’s Little Helper (sorry Mom. I still suck at mopping the floor.) And not because anyone had a pill-popping problem. It’s because we used to listen [...]

Around here, birthdays are week-long celebrations. In fact, if it’s an extra-special year, it might even turn into a month-long celebration. So, this weekend began the celebration for Larry’s upcoming birthday on February 14 (yes, it is on Valentine’s Day. But we don’t mention that holiday—it’s only Larry’s birthday. No Valentines.)
Yesterday we went to [...]

We have an original Renoir hanging on our wall!

It is Renoir’s Dance in the City, and it was a wedding present from Bill and Lori. It is counted cross-stitch, something like 65,000 stitches. It took Lori over a year to make it. Look at the details:

We finally got it framed (hooray for the 50% off [...]

Let me start by saying that I really like Yo La Tengo. I was excited that we had tickets to see them at Sonar in Baltimore last night.
I had never heard of the opening band, The Rosebuds, but I ended up really loving them! Their songs were catchy little indie-pop numbers with lots of sha [...]

Our amazing wedding photographers Stacy and Mary post a different picture to their webpage every day, as a fun little way to get people to their site AND show off their photos. Well, guess who is on their front page today? Me and my Grandpa, dancing a polka!

(**I hope Stacy and Mary don’t mind that [...]