Terry and Kim tied the knot in St. John! As in the U.S. Virgin Island, St. John! We already had committed to travel for two weddings this summer… one in Seattle and one in Austin, so we sadly had to send our regrets. Don’t you just hate when your job cramps your vacation plans!?! Last weekend Justin and Aimee hosted a soiree for the rest of us back in Connecticut. 
Of course there was plenty of bubbly.
and gluten-free cupcakes, just for the bride.
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married: terry & kim
August 30, 2010isabel toledo
August 28, 2010New catalogs flood our mailbox in August and I get the itch to shop for Fall while it’s still blazing hot out. I simply had to have these very affordable Pom Pom flats from designer Isabel Toledo. 
I’ve been a fan of Isabel and Ruben Toledo’s work since college, especially his whimsical illustrations. I just went looking for my copy of the Style Dictionary and I can’t find it anywhere… I hope it turns up.
a doorstep surprise
August 19, 2010Yesterday morning, there was a surprise waiting on our doorstep. A huge THANK YOU to my loyal reader Karen shared some herbs from her garden!!!
And extra bonus points for delivering the herbs in such a cool hinged glass jar!
golf carting
July 21, 2010What’s better than owning your very own golf cart? Having a friend nearby who owns one! We were lucky to move into our neighborhood with plenty of ties to longtime residents of Morningside. Every time we take Steve and Grace’s golf cart out for a spin, I can’t help thinking everyone else must be jealous of our sweet ride! 
weekend wrap-up
July 20, 2010I feel like I could win the deadbeat blogging award. I just haven’t had the energy to sit down and edit any of my major projects lately! Last week sure was a blur. Luckily I pulled out the camera or I wouldn’t have forgetten half of this already. First up, visiting my in-laws’ home right down the road:
Back at our place, the granite patio is really coming along:
This plane was doing shoreline runs over the weekend. Luckly, the engines are so loud, I had time to race outside with my camera:
I got my first taste of the food carts between Cedar and York at Yale New Haven Hospital. We arrived at 2 pm, too late to try Caseus grilled cheese truck, but I got this photo while we waited on the sidewalk for our pork tacos at another cart: 
My niece Kiera and her Uncle Blue, after three trips to St. Raphael’s… It was one of the longest days ever…
Amazingly ‘pop pop’ is already out of the hospital and continuing to mend at home.
never let me go
July 18, 2010How did I ever find the book Never Let Me Go? I have no idea! I had never read anything by Kazuo Ishiguro, though his reputation as an author precedes him. No friend had recommended it and I had no inkling regarding the plot. Given my feelings about sci-fi, this was defintely a good thing. Never Let Me Go made quite an impression on me for its slow, measured reveal of quietly disturbing circumstances. Nothing is as it seems at Hailsham. If you like Ishiguro’s work, but aren’t familiar with this novel, may I suggest skipping this movie trailer and going straight to the book. Do yourself a favor, don’t read a synopsis or even try to figure out the plot in advance… just let Kathy H slowly unravel all the details for you.
I want to remain optimistic, but I’m not convinced this story can be captured onto film. While I’m waiting for the movie to be released in September, I am going to return to Ishiguro’s work one more time. Thanks to my dear college roommate Rebecca for tipping me off about this film. She clearly also loves this novel as well.
goodbye o’malley
July 14, 2010Sad news, O’Malley passed away last week. He was such a beautiful cat. And he got to spend a good long time with my cousins Brent and Courtney (pictured here). It seems like O’Malley’s always been there every time I visited Hawaii. He must have been nearing 20 years old?
fourth of july wrap-up
July 11, 2010Well it’s already the 10th, so I realized I better get going with these photos from the long fourth of July weekend! 
On the fourth, our first stop was Fort Trumbull beach. We looked for my cousin Kim and her family, but the beach was quiet. I think everyone was busy getting ready for the festivities later in the day.
Brent’s used the the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Here he gets his first taste of the Long Island Sound and the sandbars at low tide.
Then he’s off to try the paddleboard. He’s a natural, but being from Hawaii, he’s also been on a surfboard before… Maybe that helped him get adjusted so quickly.
Next stop, our neighborhood’s big 4th of July picnic. Brent declared it was like being in a movie. I guess it would be a movie about small town America. Milford can be pretty charming in the summer.
Later that afternoon we saw David and Danny & the boys having fun off near the raft in Morningside.
We spent a lot of time on the golf cart, because really who wants to walk? 
Now we’re speeding along Morningside Drive in the golf cart!
I actually spent some time in the kitchen, but didn’t manage to photograph anything but this trifle.
Day 2 at the beach and we headed for Bayview. It was very still the morning after the fireworks extravaganza! Brent wasn’t sure what was in the sand, but we assured him they were just snails.
Our new beachcomber Brent managed to pick out a dozen oysters as the tide went out. I’ve never seen oysters in Bayview before! We made sure to leave them so they could get bigger.
These photos have an odd tint since they were shot through the lens of D’s Persols.
On Monday afternoon we logged some quiet time in the hammock. Earlier in the day, I managed to slice my big toe on an oyster shell while we were at Bayview. This incident factored into my decision to buy the hands-down, ugliest footwear I have ever seen… a pair of Vibram FiveFingers KSOs. They arrive tomorrow and I hope they work well with the paddleboard!
I grabbed a quick video of Brent on the move in Fort Trumbull.
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way back to wildwood
July 9, 2010Today in honor of Christine’s birthday we are entering the way back machine! No, not back to the atomic age, but back to the dawn of digitizing photos (at least in my book). This photo was taken in 2002 on FILM!!!! and the negatives were scanned. I was lucky to even find this trip archived on a cd last night! I’ve known Chris for nearly 15 years and we’ve had our fair share of adventures from the ABT’s Nutcracker at Lincoln Center to the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois. This time we were exploring the lobby of the Starlux Hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey. 
I think we all enjoyed a healthy dose of nostalgia and doo wop style on the Jersey Shore. Perhaps Lynnie will chime in with what she remembers from this trip. 
8 years later and I still covet those George Nelson Bubble lamps!
And I still love neon signage.
In September, there were no crowds at Morey’s Piers or on the boardwalk and the weather was still in the 70s!
See the pool reflection shimmering on the second floor walls? There are so many great snapshots from this trip…
I have tons of other photos of Chris, but this vacation to Wildwood always stands out in my memory as a truly awesome weekend adventure.
perfect 10
July 5, 2010Three days, sun, surf, sandbars and fireworks. My cousin Brent came to town for the holiday weekend and we had three full days of exceptional summer beach weather. The paddle board came out and we also hit the streets in the golf cart to watch the festivities in Point Beach. I was glad we got there a little early before the skies darkened. What a view to over our old neighborhood of Bayview: