Provincetown!

 Just a quick post to share what a great time we had in Gay Ol' Provincetown! It was East meets West, with three current Seattlites meeting up with three former Seattlites. Fabulous!

 We all stayed here. Cute as a button!

Sara and I got gay married rings, so women will stop hitting on her in the bar.

 We almost walked all the way out on this thing...but it was far and my shoes were too cute.

This is only one of the 7 or 8 totally awesome group photos, which include themes such as "Charlie's Angels", "Afield with the sheep", Tea-bagging disco balls", "Shrimp on the Barbie", "Superman" and of course, "Smiling sweetly".

My life has been busy, in a good way. Lots of fun on the weekends, lots of professional association duties during the week and I (still) LOVE. MY. NEW. JOB!

Also, I am really into quiche right now.

Over and out lovies!

The highlights of the day

Redeye arrival at 9:30am, and straight to breakfast, shopping, CMU tour, conservatory, beer store before a rest.

And really, how much rest does a one year old allow you?

Our first BYOB to the restaurant experience... Dry town in a non-dry county, weird all around!

Its the Pitts(burgh)!

Visiting the bro, the lovely SIL and the latest addition!

Road Tripping!

Nature thwarted our camping plans so we ended up with free vacation time.... so instead of taking it easy and catching up on life, we headed off to our first road trip. 

Exploring the eastern and central parts of our great state, it was a blast!

This is a mere sampling of the fun, all the pictures are HERE.


I have a hankering for a new camera...someone talk some sense into me. Or tell me how much you love your micro four thirds for dSLR quality adventure photos.

Inn at Langley

Weekend at Langley for my birthday. Lots since then.... pride, climbing competition, visitors, family....more on that later! We are headed into the wilds this weekend.

Yes, they are real.

There is no statement that I am more sure of than her name and nothing else I have ever wanted to have become a permanent part of me.

And in case any one wondered, your parents can still be sorely disappointed in your decisions... even at forty...

Fortunately, it counts for less than it did at 15. (Wink and Smile)

40y + 10d

So far so good, we just got back from a week of unplugged bliss.

I have so many deep thoughts about being 40, my wonderful new (and permanent) job, our fun life and things in general… but when I sit down to type it all onto a single page… well, other things seem like a better use of time.

Is this wisdom with old age? Or laziness? Or is laziness actually a form of wisdom?!

While I ponder that… here are a few of my favorites from the week away!

Sara not paddling.

Spring springing.

A bit of time plugged in, but a beer sampler to temper the urgency.