October 5, 2012

JFS Food Sort.

OMGeeee! So much food – it was a sight to be seen! JFS hosts an annual food drive around the Jewish holidays and we invite volunteers to come help us sort it all out and store it away for use down the road. This was my first time at this event and it was utterly divine organized chaos – I loved every minute of it! Click here to find out how you can donate to my organization and our Food Bank.

October 3, 2012

Air brb’ing

Events, vacation

I had a nice, long holiday weekend which included our 6 year anniversary and lots of prep for the upcoming concerts I’ll be seeing in the next week. Her majesty, Madonna, will be rockin’ Seattle this week (I will be dressing with an ode to her Erotica album – hello black pleather!) then we take off for Austin City Limits the following week for more non-stop music action.

After our Austin hostel dropped the ball (and our reservation) last week, I discovered airbrb.com and booked a place to crash for the first few nights we were in town. I ended up finding a sick place near Zilker Park within walking distance to all sorts of cool things. I’m totally sold on airbrb – have you tried it out?

September 30, 2012

Stella Update

Stella

Our pharmacy

Dr. Brown fixin’ the patient up

A consistently sick puppy has been the story of our lives lately. Our most recent veterinary adventures have included a heart echo, a pretty gnarly dental visit and a pinched nerve in her back. The heart echo came back as expected – a mild heart murmur, which is quite common in her breed – something to keep an eye on in the future. The dental visit, although very traumatic, seemed to just be what the doctor ordered (hallelujah! finally something that made her feel better for once!) UNTIL she was dancing around one afternoon and tweaked something leading to the pinched nerve, which essentially left her immobilized.

She seems to be doing a bit better with heavy sedation and pain meds. I have the next few days off of work and am planning to take super, extra good care of her so we don’t have to go back to the vet. It’s sad when they know you by first name……I just want my happy puppy back 🙁

September 28, 2012

S*#T My Dad Says.

Family

My dad can be a pretty entertaining guy through email. I don’t know what it is about that form of communication, but he’s definitely got a knack for topics. He also has some very strong opinions about female celebrity hair styles, Subway sandwiches and life in general. Below, are some recent correspondence I’ve had with my dad. Enjoy!

In regards to a Chicago Tribune article about microwave popcorn:
don’t eat that shit. only hot air popped.

In regards to a photo of my dog, who just had major dental surgery:
the only thing she is watching is the back of her eyelids.

In regards to the photo I sent to him of me and future Sonics owner Chris Hansen:
nice pics, u should of asked Chris Hansen if he had a place for you in his new organization. you could be the new sonics PR person. Big Bucks.

From an email entitled ‘gossip’:
I will give katy perry and john mayer about 2-3 months. subway is having its buy a foot long sub special on selected sandwiches. These only cost the same as the small sub. hella deal. just had one today.

In regards to a craigslist post of these super ugly porcelain elephants:
these would look amazing in moms yard. ha hahahahahahha maybe a possible xmas present for her garden.

From an email entitled ‘hurricane leslie’:
she on her way to bermuda, gonna be a class 2 by then. I saw another pic of miley and she just looks like shit. Very unattractive. the only reason she has a boyfriend is cause she has lots of money. no more mickey mouse stuff for her. love dad

From an email entitled ‘celeb gossip’ (do you see a trend here?):
First of all,let me say that miley’s haircut looks like shit. Second, I noticed that taylor swift has a new 18yr old boyfriend, I figure that should last a little longer than some of her previous liaisons since he is only 18. I give that one no more than 1 year max before he figures that out. He will be starstruck at first but that will change and of course little taylor will write another song about another broken relationship. Poor girl, she must be hard to get along with, it can’t be all of the guys fault because we are never wrong. love dad

September 26, 2012

Din Tai Fung Time

Din Tai Fung

Finally made it to Din Tai Fung over the weekend for their delicious dumplings. We ended up waiting 45 minutes for a table during peak Saturday lunch time (go right when they open to avoid the wait!) but once items started arriving the long, painful wait was soon forgotten. Scrumptious green beans – probably the best I’ve ever had, moist pork dumplings and hello! red bean buns!? I was in 7th heaven. Now I’m fully on the dumpling bandwagon. Any other places worth trying in Seattle? I know there has to be some hidden gems around here!