Christmas Flowers

Like all good Canadian ventures, our Easter weekend began with a Tim Hortons double-double and a sunrise over Mount Baker.  A thousand kilometers later (see? I’m practically a native now — I’m speaking kilometers!), we had made it across three state lines and one international border, seen snow and sand and sun and clouds, and…

John arrived home promptly at 530pm, as promised. Dark had already fallen over the city and the neon lights had begun twinkling on. I say twinkling. I mean booming. With the flip of the clock from “daylight” to “nighttime”, Nantong transforms from a respectably gray-and-brown-built city to its truly inspiring red-and-orange-and-purple-and-yellow technicolor glow. With that…

Tucson is my new default vacation destination.  With both my siblings, their spouses, and their kids all in the same city, Tucson and I are on our way to becoming great friends.  Sun and hikes, family and babies, and wide open spaces.  The last time we were all together was for Christmas last year —…

Since I live, breathe, eat, and sleep weddings, it’s only logical that I would spend my family reunion weekend thinking “wow! this would make an amazing honeymoon location!”  Especially since so many of my brides are adventure-loving, hike-happy, mountain-loving souls.   So, here I am: a five-star recommendation of Crested Butte, Colorado honeymoon location (with a few photos…

I don’t understand how this has happened. I really don’t. She’s supposed to still be my baby sister. We’re still sharing a room, fighting over the closet space, nagging each other to turn off the lights earlier (or be quieter in the morning). She’s still writing me messages when we’re supposed to be going to…