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| Lassen National Volcanic Park |
Sun Seekers
We didn't plan on doing this in every picture, but the sun was so golden we just had to.
Bikeamania
Bret and I have 5 bikes between the two of us, a bit excessive? Yes. But some of them were given to us and they all serve very important and different purposes. I obviously feel the need to justify our 5 bikes, but after spending some time in Europe, oh no no no. We are not bikeaholics, we are just Europeans at heart! These people like bikes. LOVE bikes. I think that was the most shocking thing about our trip. Everyone bikes, and everyone wears tailored suits and skirts and blazers while on their bikes.
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| Alley in Amsterdam |
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| Notice the bicycle parking garage in the background. |
Craft-cation
You may or may not remember that this is the Year of the Creative Mind. Things were lagging for the first few months, but we've kicked it up a few notches. If you are wondering where I've been, I've been on a craft-cation. I paint-stamped 285 muslin bags, watercolored stationary, did my first oil paint landscape scene, and sewed some floral garlands. Before you start getting impressed, any of these crafts could have been done by an 8 year old... but I still feel good for sticking with my theme of this year.
Oh and I've also been trying to get creative in my outfit choices, instead of just wearing a hanes t-shirt and stretchy jeans every day. I'm chronicling it here: asktheduplex.blogspot.com
river walking
Lindsay and Gard came to visit a few weekends ago and before they got here it rained for about 28 days straight. The second it cleared up I had the genius idea to go on a hike, and by hike I mean walking for 5 miles in water up to our calves.
strike a pose
Bret likes to withhold information. He'll deny this and say that he just forgets to tell me things. I can tell you what he ate for lunch every day last week and about really dull conversations he had with people, but he'll forget to tell me things like, "A few weeks ago I got roped into a project at work and now my face is going to plastered in 1,000 Walmarts across America".
If you think that that is the only instance, it's not, I have a whole arsenal of them. One time after being married for awhile, and knowing each other for years, we were talking to a friend about rabies and Bret said, "Well when I was bit by a rabid dog, I just had to get a lot of shots." WHAT? How the heck do I know the name of every kid that lived on your block when you were seven but you forgot to tell me that in your early twenties you were bit by a rabid dog?!
I can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeve.
If you think that that is the only instance, it's not, I have a whole arsenal of them. One time after being married for awhile, and knowing each other for years, we were talking to a friend about rabies and Bret said, "Well when I was bit by a rabid dog, I just had to get a lot of shots." WHAT? How the heck do I know the name of every kid that lived on your block when you were seven but you forgot to tell me that in your early twenties you were bit by a rabid dog?!I can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeve.
the times they are a channggginn
I like constant change. Unfortunately, or actually fortunately, I live in a place I like and am married to a person I like and I semi-enjoy my job (are there people who love their jobs? If so, who are you? and what do you do?). With that being said, the only thing I can think of to change is my hair. Constant change. I think all of these pictures were taken within two years.
The only picture I didn't include was from a 4 month time period where I had a serious mullet. If you have any ideas of what my next hair do' should be, please let my hairstylist (Bret) know.
The only picture I didn't include was from a 4 month time period where I had a serious mullet. If you have any ideas of what my next hair do' should be, please let my hairstylist (Bret) know.
"I hear soccer in the suburbs is really aggressive"
This weekend Bret and I went to the beach to shoot hoops. What is that? Oh, you didn't know that I play pick-up games at the park? My favorite spot in all of Northern California is Stinson Beach and there is a great little park there with a perfect little basketball court. Bret and I played an intense game of 2-on-2 verses a father-son team. I found that my basketball skills are on par with boys ages 10-11 (but only if I have 7 inches on them).
(This is the only pic of Bret and I playing any kind of sport I could find, please disregard the fact that it wast taken in 2005)
(This is the only pic of Bret and I playing any kind of sport I could find, please disregard the fact that it wast taken in 2005)Whichever
Year of the Creative Mind has got Bret and I using our space (very limited space) creatively. I turned a corner into a sewing corner, but it's actually the entryway to the apartment so I guess it could be called either a sewing corner or a nuisance.
2010 in List
I had almost forgotten that I started out the year looking like Peter Pan:
In fear of forgetting more about 2010, I've decided to do a recap in list form, so here you have it. Even though it is in "top three" format, it's more like 3 things i liked, not #1, etc. This is mainly me (Whitney) speaking with bret's opinion taken into consideration.
Top 3 Movies Watched:
1. Son of Rambo
2. The Brothers Bloom
3. Breaking Away
Top 3 Meals Eaten:
1. Ike's Sandwich in SF (pic below). This place blew my mind, I was almost in tears my sandwich was so good.
2. Chicken Macademia Nut sandwich in Hawaii
3. Curry Pasta Salad from this lady
Top 3 Albums that debuted in 2010:
1. Suburbs- Arcade Fire
2. Age of Adz- Sufjan Stevens (I may or may not have gotten into a verbal altercation with the girl sitting in front of me at this concert, but who the freak spends $50 on a concert ticket to scroll through facebook during the show? I thought she should be informed that this was a poor decision and the light coming from her phone was driving everyone behind her nuts).
3. Contra- Vampire Weekend
Top 3 Books Read:
1. Strength in What Remains- Tracy Kidder
2. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down- Anne Fadiman
3. Hunger Games Trilogy- don't judge me, you know you loved it
Top 3 Bummers (not to be confused with hardships or tragedies, those don't need to be hashed out in a top three list):
1. Bret breaking his ankle
2. Me denying a somewhat good job to then go on a never-ending search for full time work... 3/4 time isn't cutting it.
3. The sky rocketing rate of car insurance after you total your car. real bummer.
Top 3 Shows Watched:
1. Pushing Daisies (maybe for a second time)
2. Friday Night Lights
3. Modern Family
Top 3 Documentaries:
1. State of Mind
2. Man on Wire (I fell asleep at the very end and apparently it got a little racey, but the first 1hr30mins was fantastic)
3. Babies
Top 3 Vacations:
1. Hawaii
2. Chicago
3. Quemada
I don't remember why we were making those faces, but I love how we're in the most beautiful place and we look miserable.
Top 3 camping sites:
1. Leo Carillo in Malibu
2. Sequoia Nat'l Park
3. Milk Lake, somewhere in the Tahoe Nat'l Forest
(That's Leo Carillo, and a lot of that white we're looking at is the ocean but since my camera is from 2003 it doesn't really capture how great it was, maybe I shouldn't have included this pic)
If you have your own take on any of the above categories, I'd like hear it.
In fear of forgetting more about 2010, I've decided to do a recap in list form, so here you have it. Even though it is in "top three" format, it's more like 3 things i liked, not #1, etc. This is mainly me (Whitney) speaking with bret's opinion taken into consideration.Top 3 Movies Watched:
1. Son of Rambo
2. The Brothers Bloom
3. Breaking Away
Top 3 Meals Eaten:
1. Ike's Sandwich in SF (pic below). This place blew my mind, I was almost in tears my sandwich was so good.
2. Chicken Macademia Nut sandwich in Hawaii
3. Curry Pasta Salad from this lady
Top 3 Albums that debuted in 2010:1. Suburbs- Arcade Fire
2. Age of Adz- Sufjan Stevens (I may or may not have gotten into a verbal altercation with the girl sitting in front of me at this concert, but who the freak spends $50 on a concert ticket to scroll through facebook during the show? I thought she should be informed that this was a poor decision and the light coming from her phone was driving everyone behind her nuts).
3. Contra- Vampire Weekend
Top 3 Books Read:
1. Strength in What Remains- Tracy Kidder
2. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down- Anne Fadiman
3. Hunger Games Trilogy- don't judge me, you know you loved it
Top 3 Bummers (not to be confused with hardships or tragedies, those don't need to be hashed out in a top three list):
1. Bret breaking his ankle
2. Me denying a somewhat good job to then go on a never-ending search for full time work... 3/4 time isn't cutting it.
3. The sky rocketing rate of car insurance after you total your car. real bummer.
Top 3 Shows Watched:
1. Pushing Daisies (maybe for a second time)
2. Friday Night Lights
3. Modern Family
Top 3 Documentaries:
1. State of Mind
2. Man on Wire (I fell asleep at the very end and apparently it got a little racey, but the first 1hr30mins was fantastic)
3. Babies
Top 3 Vacations:
1. Hawaii
2. Chicago
3. Quemada
I don't remember why we were making those faces, but I love how we're in the most beautiful place and we look miserable.Top 3 camping sites:
1. Leo Carillo in Malibu
2. Sequoia Nat'l Park
3. Milk Lake, somewhere in the Tahoe Nat'l Forest
(That's Leo Carillo, and a lot of that white we're looking at is the ocean but since my camera is from 2003 it doesn't really capture how great it was, maybe I shouldn't have included this pic)If you have your own take on any of the above categories, I'd like hear it.
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