Last week we found out that B’s dad (who lives in South Carolina) was going to be flying out to Southern California for some meetings. So we decided to drive down to see him. We can’t miss a chance to… Read more ›
One of my goals for the year is to have more wonder in my life, and one of the things I’m doing in pursuit of that goal is taking more pictures. The other day we went down to Santa Cruz… Read more ›
Today we went to Yoyogi Park in Harajuku, and I got a little obsessed with taking pictures of crows. The starkness of the bare branches against the white sky was just so striking. Â We also ran into a man who… Read more ›
We’re spending a day at home today, and the girls are enjoying their new knee high socks. Zoe loves that she can wear them with her plaid skirt, which she considers very Japanese, and feels like she looks like she… Read more ›
Earlier this week we headed off down Meguro Dori (the main street that is just around the corner) and took a walk down to the National Park for Nature Study. As the name implies, it’s a nature preserve, and they… Read more ›
There”s a large shrine in Harajuku that is dedicated to the Emperor Meiji and his Empress. We tried 3 different times before we actually made it to the shrine itself (distractions are aplenty in Harajuku), but when we actually made… Read more ›
Jumping in our narrative to the present, today we went out to Ginza to get the girls some coats (Uniqlo coats are fabulous; super warm, waterproof, and totally squishable so they’ll fit into my backpack when they’re not needed). When… Read more ›
It’s been a while. What have we been doing? We’ve been to Alabama and back, Â where we saw old friends and enjoyed being around family. The trip gave me lots of time to read- I finished 3 books in a… Read more ›
We went to Disneyland this last week, it was spectacular. The girls had no idea we were going, they just knew that B was going out of town for a business trip. (Which technically, he was.) When we got to… Read more ›
