Last night the kids and I hung out, went to dinner at Venezia. They're running a promotion, free termites with every meal! They're swarming up in mid-city now, trying to fly into my cleavage while I was waiting outside for our table ( Read more... )

Attended a lecture on the history of the red-light district in New Orleans. Always an interesting topic, and although the material presented was all stuff I'd heard or read before (including a lot of the visual aids) it was a nice refresher. The lecture was completely crowded, so I sat on the floor. Got to see drunah, dlightful, and marathoner452, that's a yay ( Read more... )

In high school I had a friend named Craig whose dad owned a race car-- a stripped down, souped-up stock car, used for racing on dirt tracks such as the one we frequented in Belleville, IL. I used to go along with Craig and hang out in the pit with the crew members and ride along on the warm-up laps (and even drove the warm-up around the track ( Read more... )

So, I made flight reservations for a trip to Albuquerque in June- heading out with friends for a camping retreat in the mountains. I'm psyched- haven't really been to the desert southwest in a while (and driving through on evac didn't really count, since we were too stressed and loaded up with animals to enjoy it ( Read more... )

Pied Beauty ( Read more... )

CHOOSE SOMETHING LIKE A STAR ( Read more... )

got a new pair of Chucks. Haven't had them in a while, wanted something to kick around in that was less bulky than my mary janes.


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I spent most of the day at Super Sunday, checking out the beautiful suits. W had to work so I went with my friend Mike and we had fun hanging out. It was a bit of a wait for the Indians- they get there in their own sweet and colorful time- but it was worth it. We paraded for a while, then went back to the park to wait for the procession. ( Read more... )

stoled from drunah:


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NPR's Talk of the Nation is airing a show on time travel. This has always been a source of fun daydreaming for me (and I'm sure I'm not alone)- so I'm wondering, if you could, where and when would you go?