For those of you who might be interested, here's the rough schedule for my very exciting, but very short, LA visit...
-Wednesday night I'll be staying Venice
-Thursday night we'll be down in Huntington Beach for a little vacay from my vacay
-Friday and Saturday nights back in Venice but roaming around Hollywood, the Valley and Mt. Washington at various times. Friday night Matt got us tickets to see Point Break Live! which I'm super psyched about. Saturday, we've got fabulous BBQs to attendy courtesy of Ms. Ulseth and the amazing Penn/Havel duo, so hopefully I'll see some of you and one of those.
Also - FYI - I had a really awesome Saturday in sunny, fun Toronto, which I will tell you about one day. But I will give you one clue - I did not spend the day in my office.
And in case you were wondering, I'm not too sad about traveling and missing Canada day celebrations tomorrow because: a) I have no BBQ, b) there is a garbage strike right now and it's getting a little smelly around town, c) it's supposed to rain, and d) they've canceled the fireworks displays due to the strike (in addition to garbage, it's also lots of other city employees). Woo hoo - festive.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Alert, alert!
I'll be in LA July 1st-5th! Huzzah!
Also, from now til the end of my work on this project, I will have one 4-day weekend per month. This means if you would like to visit me - because Toronto really is lovely, especially when it's above 0˚, let me know what month and I will schedule the long weekend to match up with your visit. Or if you would like me to come your way, I now have little blocks of time to make trips. I'm very excited about this new "arrangement" and hope that it allows me to reconnect with my various fabulous lives (LA, London, Indy, NY, etc). I'm not going to go into detail about how this came about but I'm guessing if you're reading this, you probably have a pretty good idea. =)
xoxo
Also, from now til the end of my work on this project, I will have one 4-day weekend per month. This means if you would like to visit me - because Toronto really is lovely, especially when it's above 0˚, let me know what month and I will schedule the long weekend to match up with your visit. Or if you would like me to come your way, I now have little blocks of time to make trips. I'm very excited about this new "arrangement" and hope that it allows me to reconnect with my various fabulous lives (LA, London, Indy, NY, etc). I'm not going to go into detail about how this came about but I'm guessing if you're reading this, you probably have a pretty good idea. =)
xoxo
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Mini Vacay
4 days off - in a row! Not sure what's going to happen to me with 4 straight days of not sitting at a computer, but I'm pretty excited to find out.
I'm going to Indy to see my parents over the weekend. I can't remember the last time I was with my dad for Father's Day so the timing is pretty awesome. I had already booked the trip before I knew I had the extra two days off, but unfortunately it would have cost $800 (!!!) to extend my trip at all. So I'll be sticking with my original flights and be back Sunday with the whole day Monday to explore the city I've been living in for nearly 5 months now. If it's nice, I want to go down to the lake, go for a run or even rent a bike. (please don't laugh - it could happen) ...Maybe even picnic on Toronto Island. I know, awfully big plans for a woman who's been running on fumes for over a week. But I figure 2 days of lounging around with the fam should fix me right up.
Before I head to the airport tomorrow I booked in a massage at Hammam - supposed to be really nice and my back desperately needs some kneading. Then the apartment could use a solid cleaning. Or maybe I should clean before the massage? Hmm. That would probably be a better plan. I'm also pretty excited to do a huge grocery run but will save that for Monday. My fridge currently contains: milk, ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, lime juice, butter, Bailey's, 1 Corona, 3 packets of string cheese, some tomato sauce which needs to be thrown out, and frozen broccoli. Slim pickings. But makes more sense when I tell you that I've eaten every single meal for the past 3 weeks in my office. I've had to throw out a lot of spoiled produce. Poor little carrots, spinach, cilantro and peppers.
Also, many many mucho thanks to those close to me (not necessarily physically) who've let me lean on them (again, not physically) pretty heavily lately. I'm lucky to have you and I know it. So, thanks.
Oh I saw "The Hangover" last night. Freakin' hilarious. Not sure if I'd recommend it to my parents but the four of us who went all loved it. So for the 20-40 year old set who aren't morally opposed to the city of Las Vegas - I highly recommend.
Laters.
I'm going to Indy to see my parents over the weekend. I can't remember the last time I was with my dad for Father's Day so the timing is pretty awesome. I had already booked the trip before I knew I had the extra two days off, but unfortunately it would have cost $800 (!!!) to extend my trip at all. So I'll be sticking with my original flights and be back Sunday with the whole day Monday to explore the city I've been living in for nearly 5 months now. If it's nice, I want to go down to the lake, go for a run or even rent a bike. (please don't laugh - it could happen) ...Maybe even picnic on Toronto Island. I know, awfully big plans for a woman who's been running on fumes for over a week. But I figure 2 days of lounging around with the fam should fix me right up.
Before I head to the airport tomorrow I booked in a massage at Hammam - supposed to be really nice and my back desperately needs some kneading. Then the apartment could use a solid cleaning. Or maybe I should clean before the massage? Hmm. That would probably be a better plan. I'm also pretty excited to do a huge grocery run but will save that for Monday. My fridge currently contains: milk, ketchup, mustard, soy sauce, lime juice, butter, Bailey's, 1 Corona, 3 packets of string cheese, some tomato sauce which needs to be thrown out, and frozen broccoli. Slim pickings. But makes more sense when I tell you that I've eaten every single meal for the past 3 weeks in my office. I've had to throw out a lot of spoiled produce. Poor little carrots, spinach, cilantro and peppers.
Also, many many mucho thanks to those close to me (not necessarily physically) who've let me lean on them (again, not physically) pretty heavily lately. I'm lucky to have you and I know it. So, thanks.
Oh I saw "The Hangover" last night. Freakin' hilarious. Not sure if I'd recommend it to my parents but the four of us who went all loved it. So for the 20-40 year old set who aren't morally opposed to the city of Las Vegas - I highly recommend.
Laters.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
So... how are you?
Have I mentioned how great the years of 2007 and 2008 were? Really great. And 2004-2006 too.
Yup.
I did have a very exciting phone call a couple days ago where someone (who I will keep anonymous so this person doesn't feel bad if they can't actually come after all) loosely said they may come for a visit in August. Which would be super amazing and I will be like the BEST host ever!!! We'll eat at tons of great restaurants, we can go see a baseball game or soccer or pro lacrosse or we could go to a cottage on a lake for a weekend or lots of other awesome things. But I'll try not to get my hopes up... =)
Last week, I did have a delicious dinner out with some peeps from work. We went to Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, near work. It's tapas style - but not really Spanish influenced...maybe North American? International? Not really sure. But I do know that is was delicious! And I finally had some yummy poutine (official dish of Canada - not really). Basic poutine is french fries, with gravy (but thin not thick) an melted cheese curds. JKWB's version also had shredded corned beef on top. MMMmmmmm. But everything else we tried there was excellent too. Can't wait to go back. As their name suggests, they also have a pretty extensive wine list and recommend pairings for each dish. Even better, they offer small (3oz) glasses - in addition to 6oz, 500 ml and full bottles - so you could actually try the ones that were recommended for each plate and still walk out on your own two feet.
Also, on Sunday I got out of work before the shops closed and went for a little walk. There's this cool silver shop, The Devil's Workshop, where they actually offer silversmithing classes. I took a jewelry class in high school, which i loved (though i wasn't really very good) - but I'm thinking I might sign up for a course. Provided I can get permission to leave at 5:30 one night a week - what do we think the chances are?
Not much else to report, I'm afraid. Hard to believe I've been here 5 months and a couple baseball games, a few dinners and one day trip to Niagara Falls is all I have to show for it. Oh well.
xoxo
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
I will not write about work
So... how are you?
Have I mentioned how great the years of 2007 and 2008 were? Really great. And 2004-2006 too.
Yup.
I did have a very exciting phone call a couple days ago where someone (who I will keep anonymous so this person doesn't feel bad if they can't actually come after all) loosely said they may come for a visit in August. Which would be super amazing and I will be like the BEST host ever!!! We'll eat at tons of great restaurants, we can go see a baseball game or soccer or pro lacrosse or we could go to a cottage on a lake for a weekend or lots of other awesome things. But I'll try not to get my hopes up... =)
Last week, I did have a delicious dinner out with some peeps from work. We went to Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, near work. It's tapas style - but not really Spanish influenced...maybe North American? International? Not really sure. But I do know that is was delicious! And I finally had some yummy poutine (official dish of Canada - not really). Basic poutine is french fries, with gravy (but thin not thick) an melted cheese curds. JKWB's version also had shredded corned beef on top. MMMmmmmm. But everything else we tried there was excellent too. Can't wait to go back. As their name suggests, they also have a pretty extensive wine list and recommend pairings for each dish. Even better, they offer small (3oz) glasses - in addition to 6oz, 500 ml and full bottles - so you could actually try the ones that were recommended for each plate and still walk out on your own two feet.
Also, on Sunday I got out of work before the shops closed and went for a little walk. There's this cool silver shop, The Devil's Workshop, where they actually offer silversmithing classes. I took a jewelry class in high school, which i loved (though i wasn't really very good) - but I'm thinking I might sign up for a course. Provided I can get permission to leave at 5:30 one night a week - what do we think the chances are?
Not much else to report, I'm afraid. Hard to believe I've been here 5 months and a couple baseball games, a few dinners and one day trip to Niagara Falls is all I have to show for it. Oh well.
xoxo
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