For anyone that may still be following this blog...please note that it's not dead, but it is going on a hiatus.  The Capt and I are heading out to sea for an undecided amount of time - when there's WiFi I'll be posting here: http://camanoe.wordpress.com/

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It's been a long week of activities and I'm on limited brain capacity, so here are some photos to show off my fun Pride Weekend.


Fun times with Anita Cocktail.  We heart her.


Photo booth fun...waiting on the actually shots to show up online...


So glad Gio invited me to check out the Pride Party with him. Good times and well worth the loss of sleep ( Read more... )

This month's 12 of 12 was a lazy Sunday for me. No real plans. No real need to get out of the house. Which doesn't really create a very exciting 12, but I did force myself out for a walk, so at least there's proof that the sun has finally decided to come back to the bay area. I was really beginning to think we'd go straight from winter into fall.

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Considering my blogging pseudonym means "to sing beautifully," I hardly ever speak of my singing performances and events.  Here's a link to my performance with Blackhawk Jazz (special group within the Blackhawk Chorus) that we performed last month at the Lesher in Walnut Creek.

See here: So Very Fun.   I'm in the front row, second from the right, ( Read more... )

Hello there. Who is still reading this??  Glad you're here though.

I actually did a 12 of 12 for April, but I didn't post it  You can view the photos HERE on my Flickr site.  In the meantime, here's one for May.  And check out the rest of the Twelvers at Chad's Blog.


6:45a* - Ready for work.



6:20p - Worked all day and didn't take a break so there ( Read more... )

Oh my God, the sun made an appearance today.  I think we had a full two weeks of consecutive days of rain.  I think I have S.A.D.  Seriously.

BUT, I got off of work early and shunned the gym or a work-out video for a chance to eat dinner outside on a patio.  The sunlight didn't last long, but there was enough for everyone to be out and about in ( Read more... )

I've never been anywhere like New Orleans before. I can't really explain it. It's a city with history and style and music and people with fierce loyalties to their hometown. It's also a city that still has a lot of pain and sadness from Katrina.  I know I was only there for a couple days but there's so much more to this town than just Bourban ( Read more... )

I went on vacation last month to see my best friend, Boom in Florida.  It was sort of spur of the moment but MUCH needed as I was about ready to throw my computer out one the office windows.  In the last few frantic days as I finished up work and tried to square things away before I left, Boom would call and tell me to keep breathing, and then she' ( Read more... )

It was a fun-filled Saturday for this month's twelve. I had to go over to the Berkeley Marina to make sure nothing happened with the boat during the tsunami surges the Bay Area got due to the earthquake in Japan.  All was good and I was able to take a quick walk along the shorline to get some shots. Then I headed out to Pittsburg for my little ( Read more... )

Was up early this 12 of 12 to help the Capt' in the boat yard in Berkeley, but I forgot to grab my camera until around noon.  Projects this month were to take out the mast to redo the rigging, pull and fix the rutter and then all of a sudden the Capt wanted to paint the hull. Again.  Good thing I was there to "help."  I was really more of a gopher ( Read more... )