August 14, 2011
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car is packed…
…again. (I think this is time #6,742.)
Goodbyes are said. (For now.)
Bring it next 5 weeks. IT’S ON!Â
Here’s to following what you love.
August 12, 2011
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News & Updates
did you know?
…that if you click on the “i” in the rolling header above with the photos you can read information on where and when I took each photo?
After I posted about Garrett’s Popcorn a couple days ago, someone from the company posted a comment complimenting that feature (Thanks Tammy!) I wanted to make sure you all knew to click there. It was all the idea and fabulous work of my good design friend Bobby. (His last name is Holiday, how great is that? No wonder why he is so cool and creative!)
Look for some changing/added photos soon along with lots of video. The pre-road trip, road trip starts this weekend when I head east. I can’t lie, I have been a bit stressed, stretched and busy, lately- but now that today is my last day of work in Chicago for a while and I am about to pack it up and hit the open road, those uber-energizing, overly-excited, free-spirited butterflies in my stomach are starting to flutter and that can mean only one thing:
I’ll make you check back to see what 🙂
my sweet dock
Today in particular, I cannot wait to be in this chair again busted by someone snapping a photo of me doing absolutely nothing besides refueling, relaxing and breathing:
4 days until I am fortunate enough to have my most cherished and much needed birthday gift again.
never stop exploring
Yesterday was a short work day for me. As I have on most of those short days, I exited, looked left, right and just started walking. I think one of the best treats about living in a city (especially in summer) is the ability to to be able to walk everywhere. To me this provides continuous, fantastic free entertainment, and a great way to get extra exercise too! People watching, talking to strangers, wandering in and out of shops, taking photos, sitting on a random bench to write or daydream for a while, stopping for a treat like Garrett’s Popcorn because you can’t resist the enticing fresh-popped smell:
…accompanied by truthful napkins:
I nibbled and walked and nibbled and walked and still had this much left when I got home:
(and that was the smallest size they had!)
…ahhh. A perfect afternoon.
I have put some serious miles on my flip flops these past few months. In 4 days I take off to start putting some more serious miles on the BLR-Mobile, and my loaned 2012 Hybrid Civic for a while. I can’t wait! By foot or by car, exploring is what gets my heart racing, especially when there is no plan. That’s always when the best stuff happens.
I wonder if I will go left or right (north, south, east, west?) on this trip. Which way do you think I should go?