Chris needed a quick facebook shot but I couldn't resist doing a couple that were a little less straightforward. :-) Look at this handsome man!
 

There are so many bonuses to living in the Bay Area: ocean, mountains, diversity, environmentalism, progress...and it's a foodie's dream! Two incredible cupcake bakeries: Sprinkles & Kara's justed opened up in Palo Alto and I'm in heavvven!! It's like a dream come true-- I'm not kidding you. I gladly waited in line at Sprinkles for one full hour to taste the intensity...and then dashed to Kara's for the ultimate, side-by-side taste test. The household conclusion: Kara's: 1, Sprinkles: 1. I'm thinking the Lemon Cupcake will break the tie, which according to Sprinkle's handy Cupcake Chart, is available Mon/Thu/Sun. (Yumm...that's tomorrow...)

This phrase means so many different things to me right now.  First off, it's been one week since I attended Jesh de Rox's moving workshop where he asked us to take a photo entitled: hello, beautiful.  When I presented my photo to the group, I was so overcome with emotion.  I broke down.  Hard.  It was kind of like what Oprah calls her "ugly cry" (but it really should be "gorgeous cry", shouldn't it?).  So that is the first meaning for me these days.  The second meaning is how I feel when I look at my new blog by Into the Darkroom.  Kitty and Brad worked into the night to get the puppy rolling for me.  Thanks guys.  I'm excited to deck it out with goodness.

Hello, beautiful:

I recently returned from a great summer trip to the Rockies. Boulder, Denver, Breckenridge...ah...it was nice being back in the place I called home for awhile. Here's a slice of Breckenridge. Look at that July snow bank!