san antonio - {grams}

we became hardcore road-trippers on sunday when we decided to take a day trip to san antonio in 100+ degree heat.  we still had an amazing time on the river walk and walking through the galleries and restaurants.  we opted to split queso and a dos-arita from rita's on the river and after a little bird-related mishap, and lots of sweat we still successfully enjoyed our afternoon in san antonio.

namely, we have a great weekend itinerary planned for a future overnight mini-vacation.  it's a long haul to do in one day though.  but look!  we went to the alamo!  it feels good to be checking out our new digs.

hope everybody has a great week!!

it's that time again

the time when i ignore blogging because my apartment looks like this, i'm officially unemployed, and we are leaving thursday to move ~1200 miles to houston, tx.  bert is already traumatized.

sarah's weddinggrams

 

my sister got married!!!

sarah's bachelorette weekend part 2

part 1 here

after beaching on coronado we headed to amarin thai, an amazing restaurant in hillcrest, where i learned what massaman is and immediately became obsessed with it.  take with a grain of salt as i'm not exactly a thai connoisseur, but this easily knocks all the thai food i've ever eaten out of the water.  i want to go to there.  now.  

dear sarah, please send curry. love, becky.

after chowing our butts off (or on, depending on how you look at it) the bachelorette party got into full swing.  sadly sarah's eyes were shut in the only group photo i took, but you can let this aid your imagination when it comes to the unsharable tales of the snork juice filled evening.

the next morning, after additionally necessary grease provisions of the gatorade and in and out burger variety, the non-locals (read: those of us who didn't get all the extra, free "bride-to-be" shots) went to cabrillo national monument for beautiful views, useful fresh air, and essential benches.

as you can see the feeding did not stop with merely the greatest thai food ever and the second in and our burger trip within 48 hours.  nay, we continued to gorge ourselves on some #californiabounty (which is apparently a real hashtag people use to describe fresh produce... full disclosure i am judging) as well as the most ridiculous (look at that grease) pizza from luigi's.  we watched frozen at dave and sarah's kickin' apartment and rolled around with the cats.

i'm pretty sure if i ever go back to san diego i'll officially be too heavy to fly home.  this would not upset me.

cheers and yum to a great weekend of memories!!

all kinds of count downs

photos are from the week before last when we ventured out into the cold for roughly seven minutes before our ears started to freeze.

chugging on to february and it's still cold.  i've found a lot of freedom from frustration by no longer allowing myself to feel entitled to doing things.  is that sad?  probably.  whatever, it makes the serendipitous moments of entertainment all the more enjoyable for now.  besides, in-climate weather apparently cut the chicago murder rate in half briefly.  frosty silver lining?

the groundhog saw his shadow in pennsylvania a couple days ago, which in these parts usually signifies roughly 12 more weeks of winter. still, when "leaving the house for reasons other than sustainable income and survival nourishment" is a rare treat, and when you find yourself saying "goodness me, eighteen degrees has never felt so warm," you start to look for light at the end of the tunnel.

having perfected the art of making chili, and having knitted enough things to start googling carpel tunnel syndrome, i'm thinking it might be time to make an excess of decorative paper count-down chains.  we've got so much (matrimony) to look forward to, and hey, all the trees look dead already!  when life hands you frozen lemons make kindergarten crafts (and a supplementary lemon drop will probably take the edge off too).

so how much paper are we going to need?  hmmm... let's make a list of the biggies:

sarah's bachelorette party in san diego: 87 days

paige's wedding in iron mountain:  95 days

sarah's wedding in ann arbor:  137 days

[insert ambiguous number here to signify our move]

our wedding in gull lake:  221 days

our honeymoon in greece: 224 days

hope everyone else has fun on the horizon!