Sometimes I wonder if I ever truly appreciated vacation before I had children. Sure, I enjoyed the fact that I was laying on a beach chair or skiing down a mountain somewhere and not sweating bullets in a conference room full of assholes, but I also went to happy hour six days a week and was able to finish a meal any time I wanted. I'm not saying that people without kids ...
Holy Weekend
Last weekend my college friends and I celebrated the holiest holy day of the year - girls' weekend. Sort of like Christmas and Easter all wrapped up into one except no one gives birth in a stable or is tortured, murdered, and miraculously resurrected. What began as a simple annual camping trip our first few summers after college has evolved to a weekend so critical to ...
My Pool Noodle Will Go On
Please notice that the initial reaction of my BEST FRIENDS, the people who are supposed to cherish and protect me, was to goose me with a pool noodle as I was about to go overboard. I think our relationship reached a whole new level of admiration. ...
10 Things I Learned In Las Vegas
Last week my Fancy Friends and I flew to Las Vegas for a highfalutin' birthday celebration. I've been there roughly a half dozen times so this wasn't my first rodeo, however, as I learned from watching Sesame Street every day with my kids - never stop learning. 10 Things I Learned In Las Vegas: 1. There is so much more to Vegas than the strip; the Southwestern ...
My First Date
Friday night I joined some of my Fancy Friends at a local horse ranch for some cool bonfire fun. And by cool I mean bitterly nipple. "This is fun!" I declared through chattering teeth as I tried to saw off my frostbitten toes with a wine cork. I had to rotisserie around the fire all night and judging by this picture my face got a little over cooked. As with any casual ...