What I’m Listening To: Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Today is a gray, chilly day in Santa Monica.  I am catching up on work, doing our taxes, and listening to Billie Holiday. Gibson is doing this. Years ago, I received a Billie Holiday box set for Christmas.  I promptly … Continue reading 

Still Thankful

sweet potato casserole

Oh my gosh. After weekends like this one, I swear off drinking for a few days.  Then I get home from a long day at work and see that bottle of wine with just a couple glasses left in it… … Continue reading 

Movin’ On Up

with Gibson

The best word to describe our new apartment?  Calm. Even being on a busier street in Santa Monica and always having cars going by, this new place is absolute calm.  And after the nightmare that our last place turned into, … Continue reading 

Return of the Patio!!!

dog smelling the herbs

Did I mention that we got our patio back? After all of the lawyer-talk and the filling out of forms and sending the emails with nasty undertones – it looks like it may have actually worked.  We will be patio-less … Continue reading 

Maryland Summer Break

crabs and old bay

My legs may be absolutely covered with mosquito bites, but I just had a really amazing trip home to Maryland. And not just because of the potato chips… It started off with this little guy, who greeted me wearing the … Continue reading 

Finally, Our Music Collage Wall

framed wall collage

Remember a while ago I was attempting to create a concert ticket collage and instead I ended up making a restaurant collage? Well before I veered off into that secondary project, I was hoping to create a collage wall of … Continue reading