When we first started planning the wedding, I knew we had a ton of decisions ahead of us. It was all a little overwhelming. First big decision, finding a venue. Turns out there are a lot of places to get married in the Bay Area. That’s not even including the churches. My family’s [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Location, Location, Location
Posted in Culture, Science, wedding, tagged Catering, Science, Venue, wedding on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where Are You?
Posted in Writing, tagged Writing on March 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This spring, I’m taking a poetry workshop, taught out of the teacher’s home. Last week we got into a discussion about how everyone in the class has the technical aspects down and that we should start to think about manuscripts. Now bear in mind that this workshop has been tough because it’s easily [...]
Lift My Spirits
Posted in Recycling, tagged Recycling on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whoo-hoo! The organics recyling bin and our kitchen scraps pail arrived this morning! I talked to the nice lady again yesterday, but when she said they’d both arrive today, I was skeptical at best. So when they came, I was pleasantly surprised.
I might have missed them completely because I was running [...]
A Host of Golden Daffodils
Posted in CSA, Gardening, Recycling, Sustainable, tagged Gardening, Recycling, Spring on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s springtime here in the Bay Area. On a drive down to Southern California over the weekend, we got to see the lush green hills down the 5 and up the 101. Days are getting longer and warmer. Daffodils are cropping up in yards. Days like this, I daydream about…composting.
Well, actually, I [...]
D.I.Y.
Posted in Crafts, Gender, Technology, tagged Computers, Crafts, Gender on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been fascinated by the emergence of Etsy (http://www.etsy.com), an online marketplace for handmade goods. I’ve made my own clothes and jewelry for years, given hand-made gifts and even tried my hand at selling, so of course I was intrigued. Among the popular features are the forums, chats and virtual labs that are [...]
About this Blog
Posted in About, Culture, wedding, tagged Culture, wedding on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I got engaged. Whenever I started to tell people about the complications of planning an inter-cultural wedding, I often heard the refrain, “You should write a blog!” I didn’t like the idea of writing a blog about gowns and flowers, so I didn’t take the suggestion seriously at first.
But I’m at an interesting point [...]
