Monthly Archives: January 2012

Someone To Look Up To.

January 30th, 2012

I wrote a post on Hitting Refresh today that started to be about our trip to see the Harlem Globetrotters this past weekend. But then it turned into something about Beyonce and gender equality and pantsing. It includes a few choice quotes from Harry: Harry regarding the GOP candidates: “It’s weird, Mom. They all have white [...]

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I Am Shopping for Crystal Chandeliers on the Internet. I’m Not Sure Which Part of This is the Most Unsettling.

January 28th, 2012

The words crystal and chandelier creep me out. Put them together and, I don’t know, weird. I get that this is overly irrational, but shopping for crystal chandeliers is unsettling.  It makes me think of bawdy Old (Mae) West brothels, or snobby Marie Antoinette, or the stranger parts of the 1970s.  But my MIL sent me [...]

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I’m So Ready for Warm Weather Food

January 25th, 2012

I never thought I’d say it last summer, when it was over 100 for 89 days. But I’m ready for warm weather season again. More specifically, I’m ready for warm weather food. Light. Cool. Grilling out. Because honestly, even I’m getting sick of soup. And carbs. And soup with lots of carbs. I think it’s all [...]

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The Traveling Red Dress Project.

January 3rd, 2012

Above photo by Better in Bulk. As I know I’ve mentioned before, my friend Jenny is always coming up with these fantastic things that make her (and others) furiously happy. You probably know about our Beyonce adventure. And the Twilight wolf costume dance off. And the time she and her readers saved Christmas. But now, as we’re looking ahead, [...]

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