Enjoying a delicious French dinner at the charming Caprice Bistro with family downtown. Ignore the wine-stained mouth š
Month: August 2013
Random political thought…
All this news on embassy closures and intercepted terror threats feels like excessive political posturing to me. It feels like a) the administration is trying to cover its ass and prevent another Benghazi, and b) they are trying to defend the likes of PRISM and distract from the NSA scandal by āshowingā everyone that we need it and itās working.
Not to say the threats arenāt real, but all the press coverage and big glossy statements seem a little sketchy/showy not to have a self-serving agenda behind itā¦
“You are very Lilly today!” My less-than-fashion-forward boss š #lillypulitzer #pink #green (at Great Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce)
Annie and I chirping a very deep conversation #catsofinstagram #cat #meow #instavideo #myveryfirst
On this day two years ago, I welcomed Chuck home from his first #deployment to #Afghanistan. Today, itās extra special to so recently have him back from his second š#tbt #throwbackthursday #usmc #milso #military #freedomisntfree #homecoming
Cat: 1 Chuck: 0
Today I get a call from Chuck at work, and heās telling me how Annie escaped outside and heās been looking all over and he canāt find her anywhere. I tell him to try calling her name up and down the street and hopefully she will come, since sheās fairly responsive to that.
I get home all ready to go help him look for her, and Chuck is like, āI have no idea where she went. I checked the whole house and I walked around the neighborhood twice calling for her and she wouldnāt come.ā
Who walks out of the bedroom at that very moment, but the Bean herself, looking at us both like we are the biggest fools. Chuckās face was priceless – from adorably distraught, to adorably flabbergasted. Annieās expression was purely haughty and freshly cat-napped.
Anyway, youād probably have to be thereā¦ but it gave us a good laugh. š
Dangit! I missed my chance at fame and fortune. Not that I claim to be āextremely hot hot hotā, but I can legit pole dance, and I live right in Wilmington.
Oh well! Would have doomed Chuckās and my career prospects anyway š
There are no Jack Kerouacs or Holden Caulfields for girls. Literary girls donāt take road-trips to find themselves; they take trips to find men.
“Great” books, as defined by the Western canon, didnāt contain female protagonists I could admire. In fact, they barely contained female protagonists at all.
Itās Frustratingly Rare to Find a Novel About Women Thatās Not About Love – Kelsey McKinney – The Atlantic (via oditor)
Hadnāt thought about it, but itās true.
Cage-Free Viewing
I understand that zoos and aquariums bring animals to people who might otherwise never see them. But we live on a continent teeming with wildlife, at least in some places. Many of our native animals can be seen wild and free. Here are seven of the most rewarding places in North America to view wild animals. Everyone will have their own choice of the very ābestā place, but these locations, selected for their abundance of animals, natural settings and relative ease of access, are among the continentās most recommended. Photo: Creative Commons / Ashley Coates
The more I think and read about zoos and places like Sea World, the more opposed I am to wildlife in captivity. The problem is, itās SO great/educational to see wild animals up close and personal!
I found this link that lists some places where you can enjoy cage-free viewing, and I hope that when I have kids and am tempted to take them to Sea World, I remember theseĀ au naturel options instead.
Just Dance on the beach ~ #tattoo #sometimesiloveit #sometimesihateit #topsail #northcarolina #dance #beach (at Paradise On Da Beach)
Wildflowers & Whimsy 