San Diego (6/20/08)

I'm really behind - oops!

So we travelled with our partners in crime, Mike and Chrissie, to San Diego for the weekend to attend Scott and DD's wedding.

It was an adorable weekend of "couple-ness." We flew down and back on the same flight, sitting together. We shared a great little suite and a rental car. We were tourists together. We were hours away from buying matching outfits. It was great fun.

The wedding was lovely. DD's dad is retired Navy, so the wedding was on base at the Officer's Club - which has beach access. I love having water in the backdrop of weddings (did it myself)... I think it brings a sort of harmony and connection to the ebb and flow of love and life... anyway... There were little Navy touches throughout the wedding - her dad was in his dress uniform, they used his saber to cut the cake. It was a great way to pay tribute to the life of a military family. It impacts a person very deeply. And honestly, I miss the life, a little.

We "jetted" on JetBlue. If you have the chance, definately fly with them. It was the best airline experience I've had in years!

This Weekend Has Three Acts (6/10/08)

Wow - found this draft that I meant to post back on the 10th - so here it is...

Act 1 - Stolen Identity

So someone out there is wasting entirely too much time and effort creating faux debit cards and vandalizing innocent folks sense of financial security and sense of self. Thankfully, our CU has a great fraud detection unit, and we were notified before it was too bad - but we've been dealing with the aftermath most of the week, and spent all of Saturday morning at the CU working on paperwork.

As my wondeful Zak said - for people who are smart enough to figure out how to run these schemes - they could do much better for themselves if they had an honest job.

Act 2 - Restoration of Self

Speaking of my wonderful Zak - he was in Oly for a quick surprise visit to his folks, and I was lucky enough to steal him late Saturday evening. We watched a movie, went for dessert, and had a great time. They have these devices you can check out at the theaters - and essentially you're the "hall monitor of movie ettiquette." I knew he would get a kick out of it! He's a great "shhhh-er." Too bad it didn't have a "plot ruiner" button. Even though I only saw him for about four hours, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I can't believe we've been friends for 16 years... no one other than family has tolerated me this long.

Act 3 - Ophelia Found

Sunday afternoon, another of my wonderful friends, Cammy, came down to Oly and we went to see the play "Reviving Ophelia" - an adaptation of the book. If I remember correctly, Cammy and I read the book around the same time in college. It was a great time, and a good reminder. I will have to re-read this as soon as I'm done with "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

Folklife 2008

(I'm a few weeks behind, but I've been busy, and anticipate having "blog-ables" from this weekend... so here's what I was up to two weekends ago!)



It's been a few years since I've been able to make time for Folklife, but I'm so glad that we went this year. We were only there for a few hours, but managed to see two of my favorite local performers. Dan Maher, an amazingly fun folk singer, and the Clumsy Lovers, who are rockcelticrowdybluegrassy.

Dan Maher had a guest singer, who also played the accordion. It was a nice accompaniment, but it wasn't what I was longing for when I heard he would be there. The set was entirely too short, and there was no "Chipmunk with a Death Wish," but it was great to see him perform again. I haven't seen Dan Maher in a few years. Unfortunately, he doesn't maintain a website so you can find out where he's playing very easily, and most of his performances are in Eastern Washington. But, you can listen to him on his radio show "Inland Folk" on Spokane Public Radio, live online on Sundays, 3-4pm and 8-10 pm, PST.

The Clumsy Lovers were fun, as always. Of course, good friends always help! Thanks to Mike, Chrissie, Christina, Janine, and Nick for coming with us. I'm still adjusting to the new fiddle player - but had a great time. Of course, the Clumsy Lovers are much easier to track, because they have a myspace and their own website - so I still go to see them as often as I can.

Thanks to Mike and Chrissie for having us overnight - we always appreciate "grownup time."