norman rockwell's studio

beautiful

View from Norman Rockwell's studio.

hotel california

My neighbor is blasting this song and I am totally okay with it. Picture's from this weekend. It was a blast. More to come.

blue flats

dream bike

This with a steel basket (http://www.velorbis.com/). Dream big dreamer.

classy

On my way to DC!! I can't contain myself. I am so excited, even if it is the one weekend where there are actually things I'd like to be at here. C'est la vie, but so stoked!

chinatown

twenty-fourth

A birthday dinner and a porsche convertible seem unrelated, especially since the car wasn't a gift, but it's the first thing we saw when we stepped out of the restaurant at 10 past 10. Did I mention we had her birthday dinner at Ten Tables? Maybe it's some good omen, who knows. Dinner was phenomenal. There is no other way to explain it.

a la playa con surf buena

A la playa grande en Montezuma, Costa Rica. The starting point of our 30-40 min. hike along the beach, through the jungle, and back on the beach. Like anything else in this country, you have to work for what you want no matter how simple-- makes everything a little sweeter.

Photo credit Dahlia. My own photos are coming. It's been a bustling two weeks since I've been back. It's worth the wait, though. Promise.

rooftop bike!

So cool.

for the 'rents

My mom used to give me sunshine time outs when I was a kid because I got really tan really easily-- something about not being able to recognize me. Mom, you'd be proud. I gave myself time outs all trip!

la montaña de fuego

Leave nothing but bootprints

Take nothing but pictures

Kill nothing but time

We stayed less than 2 miles from one of the world's top ten most active volcanoes (better active than dormant).  Compared to the rest of the trip, this was fine living even if it did include a 10-minute, 45-degree, uphill trek along the side of a mountain every time we wanted to get to civilization. Our calves have never burned so much. We have never been so sweaty at breakfast in our lives. Although worthwhile, we were so happy to never have to do it again when we left.

More pictures to come in time. I shot RAW so it'll take time to convert because my laptop is a nincompoop.

cansadísima

I'm waiting for the T and there is someone singing "I'm going to let it shine." There's also a woman pacing and yelling profanities at no one I can see. Woo orange line. It's also cold outside and I'm very unhappy about it. Oh, we made it back from the jungle in one piece. Good news.

we're doing it!

Costa ricaaa. Also: the only thing that makes me not airsick ever is a sausage mcmuffin. Gross, but fact.

we miss your small tupperware

Dahlia and I just saw this on the fridge. We also, at separate times, spent part of the day smelling the clothes you left behind. We miss you. Deutschland is so lucky.

for julia

bye rye

She's leaving us. Devastating. ROADTRIP!!

new york addendum

Ryan is a lifesaver. She also reads my blog (yes!) so now we have the picture I lost of Andrew. Baller. He said he'd hate my blog if I posted this. It was probably his way of saying he hated himself.

ingenuity

Basket's pretty clever. I think I'm ready to overcome my fear of bikes-- I flew over the handrails in Amsterdam. No, I wasn't trashed. Just thought it would be faster to stop with my feet than the brakes. Fail.

no son las flores