October 2, 2024
Overnights are a highlight of the job. Sometimes they last only for a good night’s sleep, others last a couple hours short of an entire day. Even quick overnights offer at least some good natural light from the large hotel windows to take selfies. Others offer at least the palm Read more…
October 1, 2024
My job offers me the opportunity to explore so many cities. An one of the things I like to add to my list is cemeteries. Beautiful historic rural cemeteries offer me lots of steps and lots of pictures. To follow, one such cemetery close to my hotel in Hunstville, Alabama… Read more…
September 29, 2024
At the shop helping with errands. Date night and possibly the most shrinkflation-y avocado roll I ever did see! “where’s the beef?!” This wacky picture my Mom printed and framed now has a home by the side door. Ah I remember making these smoothie bowls. I miss so much stuff! Read more…
September 28, 2024
I told you I would use a lot of my pumpkin puree while home and I was not kidding. I used Rainbow Nourishment‘s delicious recipe, but made a few tweaks. And I used the Ghirardelli Non-Dairy Dark Chocolate Chips I had in the freezer. I really love the chocolate flavor, Read more…
During our mushroom hunt, we all worked up quite the appetite. So we consulted the list of “kids eat free” eateries we had compiled, knowing that there were deals on Sunday. It would be the third of such explorations with the kiddos… because feeding 5 is expensive! After calling to Read more…
I once knew a guy who knew all about mushrooms. It was just one of a collection of deep knowledge bases he had, though completely impractical in his daily life. He was far ahead of his time but cemented in an overall rejection of the now. He was so much Read more…
September 27, 2024
And bam! I’m back home ready to partake in autumn baking. The huge pumpkin I processed last autumn gave me tons of puree… and it sat in the freezer waiting patiently. Today I would put some to use. But first a thaw and a reduction, cooking down much of the Read more…
September 22, 2024
As one might expect, DC has the best museums. And many of the best, the Smithsonian family of museums, are free! These are some shots from The Smithsonian American Art Museum. So much beautiful art… it can take up many afternoons of perusing. I liked her face… …and the quote. Read more…
We stumbled upon a gorgeous garden in an alley way in Washington DC… and there, the Stick Pea flower which I became obsessed with. This post is just a quick study of its beauty Even the bees were into it Some none-Stick Pea stuff… this massive hibiscus And these things. Read more…
September 21, 2024
We could say that it was for my friend’s birthday or my upcoming birthday or just because, but we splurged on an elegant 5-course meal at Elizabeth’s in Washington DC. The innovative and playful meal featured plants in surprising forms, forms so transformed and undetectable from their original state that Read more…
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC is the largest Roman Catholic Church in North America and one of the most beautiful man-made places I’ve ever seen. The divinely ornate mosaic domes top this tallest habitable structure in DC–home to 82 Marian chapels celebrating Read more…
September 19, 2024
Just a quick stop at the all-vegan Mad Rabbit Cafe, just a short walk from my hotel. After hours of snacking on airplane nuts, it is nice to sit down and get serve a hot, delicious vegan sandwich. I got the No Harm, No Fowl—fried chik’n, chipotle sauce, cabbage slaw, Read more…
Just a quick drive from Madison, Wisconsin is Verona–headquarters to the software company Epic. The sprawling campus is quite the draw as it features structures meant to evoke the imagination. Both the exterior buildings and the inside workspaces are themed! Though I just walked about on my own, opting to Read more…
September 16, 2024
Four years ago today I had my last contact with my dear friend Ellen. It was the evening she passed away. When you lose someone close to you, you find ways to keep their memory alive. Silly insignificant things hold meaning in the context of loss. So my text strand Read more…
September 14, 2024
It was time for another trip… this meal prep would be easy peasy. Bread, almond butter, jelly Fruit is a necessity … these kiwis only lasted a day. I ate them all up one after another! Long time, no uniform! An abandoned hotel on my walk in Albany, my first Read more…
September 13, 2024
Another cloudy day would be the perfect time to meander in another historic rural cemetery in DC. Oak Hill Cemetery was very pretty with lots to see on a smaller scale than by say Rock Creek Cemetery. That face Checkerboard tiling was a nice touch Baby boy Allow me to Read more…
September 12, 2024
In honor of James Earl Jones, I returned to Washington National Cathedral to locate the 7th story Darth Vader grotesque, a part of the Gothic architecture since 1986 following a contest announced in National Geographic For Kids. The gargoyle was designed by a 13 year old boy from Nebraska and Read more…
September 11, 2024
DogTown‘s veggie burger Our favorite, Swillburger This year’s portrait session. I really love how they came out. Hope to see you soon, Home.
September 9, 2024
I’m going home! With the duty of assisting during my guy’s first colonoscopy it would be an adventure… of course marked with some thematic baking. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Prep day, I baked! Chocolate-chocolate of course… The fudgy frosting There she is, full of shit. The jug Read more…
September 8, 2024
I finally got to The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Being from New York and dropping in on NYC’s American Museum of Natural History since childhood, this museum has been on the backburner. With time to kill on short call reserve, I finally went. I was impressed, as were Read more…
September 7, 2024
Established in 1834, Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore is one of the earliest rural cemeteries in the country. And it is breathtaking. After taking the hour drive a few days after learning of it, I was taken by its beauty. Relatively compact, it has so much to see. This was Read more…
September 5, 2024
This bizarre radar dome was part of Nike Missile Launch Site W-83 back during the Cold War days. Time moved on and grew a community in the space that once were the grounds, but this thing remains. It is out of place next to some baseball fields attached to an Read more…
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia might be one of the best museums I’ve ever been to. I mean, they have the Space Shuttle “Discovery” INSIDE the hangar, as well as 3,000 other artifacts–HUGE & small. My Dad would know the names of all these planes. Wish he Read more…
September 3, 2024
You know I love a sunflower field… even a dying field of sunflowers. Because in my history of stumbling upon sunflowers who’ve had their fill of sun and bow their heads to wither away, folks do some fun things to their cute faces. And it was no exception in Tennessee. Read more…
September 2, 2024
Where in the world am I? With a workplace up in the sky, sometimes I forget the where and the when. It’s an occupational hazard… But today, I’m in Memphis! And here are some pictures from my quick stay. Like other cities in Tennessee, Memphis is a musical place: Al Read more…
Reminiscent of my beloved Green-Wood, Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery with some gorgeous patina to hunt down. Opening in the 1850’s, Elmwood was part of the Rural Cemetery Movement to which I owe many hours of exploration to–nation-wide. Registered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, Read more…