This is what passes for travel around here....

A Berkeley adventure! Wow, that must be almost 30 miles from home! Still it was a treat and a blessing. Breakfast at Bette's Oceanview Diner - pumpkin pancakes with bacon-sweet-potato sausage (you heard me) and a blood-orange mimosa? Yes, please. Toy store, book store, Urban Ore? Yes, yes and yes. Sticking with love? Yes.

Friday, I'm in love....

I love talented people who make beautiful things.

Photo-shooting.

(Amsterdam)

1. Find passport.
2. Is it expired? No. Do a little dance of joy and benevolent versions of a perfect storms. Make it a quiet dance because we're still being quiet about (Amsterdam).
3. portrait of a US passport by Julie Lequin.

Around here....

My horoscope for 2013 says: a benevolent version of a perfect storm is headed your way.
Really? Well now it's true because I'm looking for it. And my standards are pretty low. If my kids don't wake me up with a fight and I can zip my jeans, I think that's a perfect storm of euphoria and soap bubbles.
That should be everybody's horoscope All The Time. Can you imagine what a beautiful world it would be if everyone was walking around looking for a benevolent version of a perfect storm? Lovely. Lovelylovely.

Friday, I'm in - meh, I don't know.

Could be worse, right? I'm finding it hard to care about Emerald. And I would count myself in the small group of people who would normally care about what Pantone's color of the year is.
What's Your color of the year? I would rather care about that!

It's a sickness.

Honestly. Somebody stop me.