Just a teaser...When I have more time, I will write a post on the exciting things that happen when you decide to call in sick and head to the high desert.

So something pretty cool happened on goodreads today. I checked my email and this guy, Alfred, requested to be my friend. I had no idea who he was, so I checked his profile. It turns out that he is actually Ryan Nerz, the author of "Eat This Book." I was super excited, friended him right away and then wrote him an email. I told him how much i ( Read more... )

Andrew Zimmern...the host of "Bizarre Foods" on the travel channel. It's my new favorite show. I love Andrew, because he is both funny and adventurous ( Read more... )

I still need to do a bunch of vacation posts, but here's a quick post before heading to work...something I thought was funny ( Read more... )

The day after our Oahu trip, everyone went to the Tasty Crust for breakfast. The Tasty Crust is the most divy, local place that you can imagine. The seating is communal style and the tables are always sticky with syrup. It's also delicious and always packed. They have the best pancakes on the Island ( Read more... )

On the last day of our Oahu excursion, we ate breakfast at the Hula Grill. Yummy mango oatmeal and sliced pineapple ( Read more... )

On our second day on Oahu, we woke up at five-fifteen for our Home of the Brave Tour. This was a tour company that was originally created to give tours to military and military families. The tour proved so popular, that they expanded it to the general public ( Read more... )

We have actually had a fairly dramatic last few days, but I think that I will hold off and post my vacation entries in order ( Read more... )

Aloha from Oahu!!! I am sitting with my laptop in the cafe at our hotel, The Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber. Just saying hi...still having fun, but now I have bug bites in addition to the sunburn. One bite is on my neck, a vampire mosquito!!! Tomorrow night, we head back to Maui. I will write a full Oahu update in a few days. Time to get some sleep, I ( Read more... )

I have a really bad sunburn. The kind that give chills and hurts to move. Marc and I spent today on a snorkeling excursion. The marina is a fie minute walk from our condo. On the way over, we saw a rooster crowing. I found out tonight that the roosters nest in the trees. I didn't know that before, kind of weird ( Read more... )