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Pie is so the new cupcakes. And pie might be the new macarons too, or maybe macarons are the new pie? I’m sure there’s some hip dessert I have yet to discover that is even cooler. Regardless, “Let them eat pie!” and here are a few things I’ve had my eye on lately. This week… [...]

I use the tumblr off and on again, and I still love the idea of it and the UI, and the reblog feature, and a million *several other little things. What I liked most about my tumblr was that it was like a giant mashup of a way to share what I was liking in [...]

First World Problems Alert! Sometimes life gets busy and you wake up and realize you’re turning 30 in a few days. And then you think, “I thought I would have done more and seen more and experienced more and make more, and be altogether more ‘successful’ by now!” And then someone near and dear jolts [...]

It’s been a few months since I did a 10 things that make me happy post… so stuff that has my attention lately… Liberty of London – Remember when I went overboard on buying Liberty of London stuff? Yep, still like it. World Cup 2010 – Was I stoked for World Cup 2006? No, I [...]

I’m turning 30 soon — well technically I have to turn 29 first, which gives me about 13 months to do a 30 before thirty list. As mentioned, I decided to take a break from the 101 things in 1,001 days list. My clone started a 30 before thirty list, so like a good clone [...]

Well, well… my 101 Things in 1,001 Days project is finally over… ummm, last month (I wrote this recap and then forgot about it). I’m a little disappointed to report that I only finished 71% of my list — but I’m really excited about the things I’ve accomplished and experienced in the last 1,001 days. Highlights: [...]

I’m officially declaring it spring in the Pacific Northwest and here are 10 things that make me happy right now… 1. vitamin d -  how amazing is our early spring in Portland? Pretty frickin’ amazing. This 60 degree (sorry non-Americans) weather in February is stellar — skirt and flip flop weather — inconceivable! free the [...]

It’s been a while since I did a non-travel related Things That Make Me Happy round-up (ok, the last one I did was in September for my frugal blog). So without further ado, here are 10 things that make me happy right now. 1. groupon – how cool is Groupon? OK, this week’s deals have [...]

I wasn’t invited to my 10-year high school reunion! WTH (H is a nicer word than F, but not nearly as much fun to say)  I’m crossing this off my 101 Things in 1,001 Days list anyway because of: extenuating circumstances — such epic words, no? So I’m guessing it wasn’t too big of an [...]

You know when you come home from vacation and can’t wait to look at all of the great pictures that you took, and then you come across ones of yourself in a bikini and you think, “Wow, I couldn’t possibly look any more toned in that photo…”, oh wait… OK, maybe more like, “Do I [...]