This portion of our summer was entitled, “a vacation within a vacation”. Garth and I left our children in the hands of their many aunts, uncles and granparents and took off on a plane for the windy city to showcase xoelle bow ties at Indie Wed’s Summer Soiree. It was amazing. I’d never been to [...]

and it is L.O.V.E.L.Y. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a new-to-me city and I’d forgotten the absolute thrill it is to walk out into an entire city of possibilities with that vacation frame-of-mind. The buildings people- the buildings. They are so tall that they block out the sunlight and the cool & [...]

My sister and her husband came to visit and they were here for 10 wonderful days! They stayed in our guest room and we tagged along with them on their Hawaiian adventures when it was early enough in the day and easy enough on the kids. It was awesome to have them. You know how [...]

howdy friends. We have been in Hawaii for almost 3 months now and our situation is still very temporary. Same four outfits (except for the kiddos, thanks grandparents and aunts/uncles!), borrowed microwave, no can opener/sauce pan/bread pan, and an air mattress where a bed should be. All of our household items were crated up earlier [...]

We are still unsettled, living out of a month-to-month unfurnished apartment with only the stuff we brought over on the plane in two sea bags. There has been lots and lots of this: Lots of hanging out in hotel rooms and long car drives looking at houses and late night tantrums since we’re not at [...]

I’m pretty sure this kid could have gotten from Pensacola to Honolulu all by himself. He is savvy.

Oh love. It brings out the best in us. It is just about everything. How sweet it was to spend an evening with precious people in a perfect place on a delicious evening. We love you Nicomi & Manny!

We spent four days in the city where we fell in love. We went to a few (not nearly enough of) our old haunts (which were much harder to navigate with one wiggly squirmy toddler and one newborn). We spent much of out time hanging out with our dear friends and walking through Balboa Park [...]

I miss you. I had planned to live within walking distance of your tall trees and lovely architecture for years to come, but that dream lasted only a year. How magical it was. I loved walking my darling Bruno through your lushness on lazy Saturdays. I loved jogging through La Prado, hip-hop in my headphones, [...]

Happy Mardi Gras ya’ll! Today was very un-fat for us here. Garth returned to work after a four day weekend, Jack cried his way through 6 hours of daycare, and I made 16 bow ties and caught up on some e-mail. We’re living a short card-ride away from the big easy so it’s always tempting [...]