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By: Deeply Dapper,
on 6/3/2015
Now Playing - Here I Go Again by Whitesnake Life - Last weekend Linz and I traveled with her folks to Great Falls, MT for the memorial of her grandmother, Ethel Graves. Rich, my father-in-law has been driving a lot lately, so I volunteered to be the driver for this trip. As it turns out, 6-7 hour drive to Great Falls for a weekend is a pretty short drive for me, now that
By: Kris,
on 7/23/2012
Now Playing - Is This Love by Bob Marley Life - Now that's how you spend a laid back Saturday in Maine! Last year, we were lucky enough to stumble across the Swap Meat while my mom was here and we made it a point to attend this year. What is the Swap Meat, you ask? It's a yearly event, arranged by Spring Creek Bar-B-Q in Monson, Maine. Coinciding with Monson's yearly summer
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By: Janice Phelps Williams,
on 6/21/2012
Dear Friends,
Beginning with our move to Harbor Springs, Michigan in April to my road trip to Philadelphia in May to a bevy of creative activities both personal and professional this spring...I've barely had time to catch my breath, but catch it I have. Breath after breath of "Pure Michigan" air...and it is so good for me!
By: Kris,
on 5/16/2011
Now Playing - I'm Yours (Live) by Jason Mraz Pastry from Bolley's Famous Franks Life - A few weeks ago, I was contacted by my district manager and asked if I would be interested in transferring up to the Bangor area of Maine. We had lost or were going to lose a few managers up there and he felt that ultimately, even discounting that, they could benefit from my experience with the
By: Kris,
on 5/4/2011
Now Playing - No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley Life - A fountain and an awesome old church in a park by Augusta. Last week, we drove up to the Bangor area for a few reasons. One - we just really wanted to get out of town for a while. Two - We'd never been, and we were told that the Northern part of Maine would suit us well. Three - They need managers up there, and there's a slightly
By: Kris,
on 2/24/2011
Now Playing - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You by The Ink Spots Life - A year in the northeast. Roughly a year ago, we left our world in the West behind and flew out to Maine. Neither of us had ever been here before, in all honestly, I can't say Id ever really even given the state much thought. But we were ripe for a change and my company was actively seeking experienced managers to head
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/28/2010
Ahh, Boothbay Harbor. Every time I think I've given up on Maine entirely, we stumble across something just cute enough, or goofy, or cool enough to make my hopes stay alive. A rare 1/2 blue lobster We visited the Boothbay area, which is about an hour to the Northeast of us this last Thursday, to celebrate my birthday. Our tentative plan was to visit the aquarium, spend most of the morning
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/7/2010
Now Playing - Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Life - Ahh, days off, why do you have to end? FOr the last few weeks, we've been fortunate enough for our days off to fall on the same two days. It's been really nice. We've built a porch, made some fun little trips, worked in the house a bit. In the next few, that'll change a little, my boss is going out of town, so my
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/1/2010
Now Playing - Ain't Got So Far To Go By David Byrne Life - When we moved to Maine, I had an image of Maine in my head. Compiled largely of sourceless assumption and a chapter in a Bill Bryson book, I'd pictured a rugged country with rocky shores and simple people, eking out a living by plucking skittery crustaceans from the sea while wearing a yellow slicker. Maybe relaxing in the evenings on
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 7/10/2010
Now Playing - The Day The World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails Life - Belfast, seen from the bridge. Ahh, Belfast. Not as wonderful as it could have been, but not as bad as I'd feared. We started the day out bright and early, getting on the road by 9-ish (Which isn't really that early for us, but for a road trip it was early - we always seem to have myriad little tasks those mornings that keep
By: Wendy Toliver,
on 7/6/2010
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 4/3/2010
Day two dawned cold. Dawned cold! (Haha Lame Punnery) We all slept well, lulled to sleep by the gentle rumblings of the nearby semis generators, though the lights of the rest stop were a bit intrusive. We'll likely make curtains for the E our next modification. I've made makeshift ones a couple of times before but they've always been kind of half-assed and shabby or unwieldy. We were meeting our
Posted on 3/31/2010
The next day, we got up bright and early, if slightly disoriented from being back in Idaho. After a bit of packing a re-arranging, we hit the bank for our loan and swung by Lindsay's parent's house to drop off their car (Which my mom borrowed for the trip to Salt Lake while hers was in the shop) Our new car was in Idaho Falls, about 40 minutes to the north, in a town that gets all the good
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 3/30/2010
I knew this was gonna be a pain in the rear, but man... That was a long trip. I have a lot to say about it, and this blog will probably only cover the basics. Then I'll make little separate observations about the details of the trip later, thus avoiding the dreaded Serial Effect that most of my trips have, but still allowing me to ramble and rant like I usually do. That said, this will still have
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 1/2/2010
t Take a look at that picture up there. Sheesh. My second Honda Element, totalled. My second accident I walked away from with only minor injuries (though granted, my injuries are less minor this time) Both times, things could have been much worse. Much, much. Instead, I woke up and got to deal with what comes after a wreck like this, trying to sort crap out and deal with the inevitable
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 12/28/2009
The next morning, we decided to loiter in Ellensburg for a while. We hit up a most excellent Old-tyme soda fountain, went on a goose chase for a giant pig that ended up being a sad coyote, then headed up the mountains to Leavenworth. In the daylight, not surrounded by tourists, the town is a wonder. Cute, goofy, quaint and stylish, the entire town proper is stylized and designed with a bavarian
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 10/29/2009
It took me longer to get this posted than I'd planned, so I decided to lump the last two and a half days of our vacation into one post. It appears that I took virtually zero pictures of the last day in Oregon... DAY FOUR Sunday morning dawned gray, drizzly and gloomy, just the way we like it. We got up and out of the hotel pretty quickly, hitting the road just before 7:30. Our plan for
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 10/21/2009
Day three, the day in which we had a home base and in theory had planned for a pretty simple day, yet I still managed to spend most of driving... Started out the day getting harassed by the breakfast lady, bright and early. She made my waffles and dispensed abuse. In a good, friendly way, but still. It was pretty early in the morning, thanks to Lindsay. The breakfast at the Motel was pretty
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 10/17/2009
Now Playing - Bang, Bang by Nancy Sinatra Life - This was a pretty great day. Friday dawned Grey and cool, with a faint haze on the horizon. I slept well in the car, though I must have drank more water than I'd thought, or the devious coffee at Shari's was punishing me for mocking it, and I had to get up a few times in the night and stagger into the house, which was a little awkward to me.
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 10/17/2009
Now Playing - Mulder and Scully by Catatonia Life - Thursday morning, I picked Lindsay up from work and we took off for our promised land, the Northwest. Specifically the roughly rectangular area between Long Beach, WA, Portland, OR, Salem, OR and Lincoln City, OR. Our plan is to check out the area, looking specifically with an eye towards living there full time. Previously, all we've done is
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/26/2009
Despite a lot of ill-advised changes, there is still a lot to love about the festival and though it gets harder to justify the expense each year, we come home quite happy about it nonetheless. - The MusicThe biggie. Although each year is filled with it's fair share of acts that leave me feeling "Meh" and this year in particular, there seemed to be a lack of true bluegrass bands, the music is
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/18/2009
After driving around for a while, we went back through White Sulphur Springs, where we decided to eat some lunch. We stopped at a spectacular little deli. The Corner Stone Deli, is the kind of sandwich shoppe that every town in the US should have. Nicely decorated in a modern looking country theme, with older waitresses that call you honey, rather than having a list of sandwiches to choose from,
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 8/14/2009
Sunday dawned bright and dry. We ate a somewhat warm breakfast at the Busy Bee with the rest of the family (Not sure why it was so balmy, they must have had a busted A/C or something) and chatted for a while with everyone. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Mr. Steve, my rig was fully inflated and ready to roll, so we left town ahead of the rest of the group, who were planning to stay for church and
By: Tera Lynn Childs,
on 8/11/2009
As you might have guessed from my oh-so-long absence, it's been a wild summer. I've spent most of it in travel, hitting America from coast-to-coast. (Literally. I've been from New York to California and most places in between.)
But I'm back. Well, my brain might not be entirely back, but I'm working on it. As part of my re-entry program, I want to share with you some photo highlights from my trip. Enjoy!
First, my parents and I drove cross-country from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas in a mini caravan...
...then I flew home to Houston to do a few book signings for the release of Goddess Boot Camp.
Next, I flew back to Las Vegas...
...and took in some shows.
After a brief stopover at home, I flew to Washington, DC, for the RWA national conference, where I won the RITA award for Best First Book. (Omigod, squeeeee!!!)
With RITA by my side, I took the train to New York, where I did not go to the Met, because it's summer, people, and there are like billions of tourists in the city. (I walked down Fifth Avenue to the Frick instead. Much better.)
After that I flew back to Vegas for the last week of my parents' summer program (the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas), which was about stage makeup.
Then, after many more grueling hours of driving (in which I listened to the Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey--amazing) I finally made it back home to house, where my apartment complex was a different color than when I left.
So that's it. My summer life in pictures. Hopefully by next week my brain will have returned in full and I'll be able to write a real post.
Hugs,
TLC
OH. MY. GODS. (now in paperback!)
GODDESS BOOT CAMP (out now!)
Get your goddess on. Join the Ning!
By: Kristopher and Crew,
on 7/29/2009
I got thinking about it and realized that I didn't really have any photos from this day anyway, which is kind of odd.. ( I did shamelessly steal a few from someone else, and will post them where appropriate.) I am writing this on a small amount of sleep obtained 21 hours ago though, so bear with me.Saturday started innocently enough, a nice, lazy morning, waking up in what looked like a public
Looks amazing. Love the food pictures!