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[Almost] Wordless Wednesday | Rainbow Vegas

May 16, 2012
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No, YOU’RE looking at tacky lady cards in a Vegas hotel room and pretending to call them and being completely shut down because they know you’re faking it. Because I certainly had nothing to do with that. See also: Today, I head to Las Vegas for the fourth annual Bloggers in Sin City. Hold my calls. [...]

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“There’s a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning.” – Jimmy Buffett

March 14, 2012

“Where the hell am I?” I peered through squinted eyes as I started to notice the smell of stale beer and burnt popcorn. I couldn’t see over the blankets that had created a fort around my head. Slowly, painfully, I forced one eyelid a little more open, then the other. I realized I was on the [...]

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Sunday Drives and Three-Volcano Days

February 6, 2012
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Sunday in Portland was a Three-Volcano Day, a term I coined (as far as I know) to note those days that are so sunny, so crisp, and so clear, that you can see three volcanos at any given time from the city of Portland. Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and either Mt. Adams or Jefferson [...]

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The top 6 reasons you should go to #BiSC in May with 59 other amazing bloggers, even if you think you hate Vegas or might hate Vegas because I promise, you won’t hate *this* Vegas. Also, cheese.

January 20, 2012
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This May, 60 bloggers will descend upon the Las Vegas Strip, for the fourth annual Bloggers in Sin City unconference, meetup, and otherwise wildly amazing weekend. I’ve been there since the first year, and can’t even begin to express the magic that happens in these four days. I put together the collage above to try [...]

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New Year, New House, New Header… New Magic

January 6, 2012
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Happy New Year! So, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted, but I loved this break from everything except the things that were directly in front of me, like Christmas, moving across town, and much-needed rest. Here’s what’s been shakin’ in these parts since we last met here: To the [Whiskey] Cloud Miraculously, [...]

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