when we win the lottery...

I'll be purchasing this for mark...

doing our part

but I still love Al

soon we'll have to grow all our food in the backyard

scary

i'm not...

...but this kinda makes me wish I was.

lazy summer fridays

At my new job we get summer Friday half days. Given that there are only 2 more Fridays this summer I ran out of the office at 2 PM and joined Thom for an early happy hour drink (or 4).

something to consider as we contemplate our next big move

NY Times

perhaps for the front parlor?

just fantasy shopping again...

you'll never guess

this is a coatrack! Can you even imagine? If only I could talk Thom into this one. Sigh, it would never work...

via Design Milk

having a hard day?

I was - until I read this. And she has a blog!

and I found it via Leah - another good read.

I just started a new job a couple weeks ago and my how I wish this is what I saw on the way to work in the morning...

twentyonepictures via swissmiss

just be glad i didn't take a picture of the guys behind us

This Saturday's Red Bull vs Galaxy game was a rowdy one. My hair still smells a bit like beer. And you see that tiny blue dot down there with white sneakers? Yup - that's David Beckham. Hot even from 2,000 feet away.

tung remains our supplier of all things hard-to-find and maybe illegal... kinda like a lychee - the rambutan

thom didn't want to miss out

on the monkey action...


and just a reminder of my monkey face...



I think it's pretty clear why we're going to be spending the rest of our life together.

some people have too much time on their hands

seriously

colin powell's birthday is good enough for us

Colin Powell will turn 71 and we'll get married on April 5th, 2008!

a little heaven in san miguel de allende

Nirvana was one of our favorite restaurants in town. We ate there three times!

a stroll through the park

San Miguel de Allende has a beautiful park. This park also happens to have the flatest land around - perfect for a jog if one were so inclined. (We were not.)

a festival in the town square

the door to our future...

More details on the wedding events to come...