My friends, The Robinson's, gave me the most adorable tea bags for my birthday. I decided to start today with Nelson Mandela.
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10 on 10 { may 2012 }
Hey! Guess what? It's the tenth of the month! You know what that means, right? Yep.... ten photos in ten hours!
I worked from home this morning because I had repairmen scheduled to fix the toilet (that had been running non-stop) and the other to fix the dryer (that had developed a squeak!) so I thought maybe I would be better equipped to take photos of something different than the usual workday. Sadly, that was not the case. But ... for better or worse, here is my day.
Started my day having tea with Nelson (ha)
Then the repair guys showed up .. both within 10 minutes of each other. And thank goodness the toilet guy had a quick fix. The dryer guy was here for a while and had the whole thing torn apart. I thought about photographing that mess, but I don't think the repair guy would have appreciated that much.
Finally wrote up a little card for Mom for Mother's Day. Had to pop it in the mail in order for it to get there by Saturday! Hope you enjoy what's inside mom!
Phoebe was in rare form today. She was all over me, super lovey dovey. Too much travel I suppose. She misses her mommy.
Still working from the home office - bookended by kitties.
Finally made it into the office just after lunchtime. The cute little desk ornament I ordered on fab.com arrived. I'm starting a little "shit" desk collection. I took a little break from photos for the next couple of hours .. spent in a chair on conference calls. There is nothing to photograph there. Nope. Boring!
After work I headed to a new tanning salon. (for spray tanning!) I have been so fed up with the problems at my salon, and their super old equipment, that I decided it was time for a change. I googled the VersaSpa and found there was a salon not too far! I have to say, it's a much more pleasant experience. The girls were super nice and happy to be helping me. The salon was big and bright and clean! The VersaSpa machine is super cool - love that it's a light mist and not dripping down my body when I'm done. Heck, the machine even dries me off! Will have to see how the color works out, but so far I think I may be onto something!
Stopped at a RedBox on the way home to pick up a couple of movies. I have completely switched from Netflix to RedBox. I didn't think I would like having to pick up and drop off, but the boxes are everywhere making it totally convenient.
Just a quick photo of my new "gratitude" bracelet from Bali. I picked it up at a cute little shop/yoga studio in Charleston. The woman who owned the place was fabulous and had such good energy... I had to see if I could get a little bit of that to rub off on me!
Now I'm off to watch my movies. Night!
236 virtual office
Me and the boys : Chicago, Seattle, St. Louis. We are loving the new features in our project management tool, Podio, now that Citrix purchased them!
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Just another Tuesday.
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Just had to capture this sign. Mark & Clark are the coworkers that I was in South Carolina with. Now it's back to work. Southern fun is over.
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239 king street
Started our sunday with brunch at 82 Queen. They have the most lovely little garden seating area! Chicken and waffles were excellent, seasonal french toast... not so much. I spent the rest of the day shopping in all the cute little boutiques along King Street. And after a good number of hours spent walking I treated myself to a few french macarons from Macaron Boutique and gelato from Paolo's. Neitheir of which wowed me, but were a great way to end the day.
I had a little list of "must do's" when in Charleston that I ran across and actually managed to fit it all in (minus two) in just two days!
- Take a carriage ride - nope, didn't do this. Honestly, I'd rather walk it myself.
- Stroll through The Battery park - Check!
- Explore City Market - Check, and found some great little trinkets to bring home.
- Tour at least one of the Ashley River plantations - did not do this either ... was only half interested in doing this anway.
- Be a beach bum. Check! Folly Beach times two!
- Admire the architecture - um... check. Lots of photos to process!
- Shopping in Upper King Street. Check!
I cannot thank my friend enough for putting me up and putting up with me (and my photo taking) for a couple of days. Was a great weekend!
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240 city walk : beach walk
Fantastic day in Charleston!! We started our day walking around downtown - Laura gave me some great histoy of the area and some of the buildings while I snapped photos like crazy. I just love the colorful buildings and all the hurricane shutters. Perfectly picturesque, if you ask me.
We made a quick pit stop at her sister's house to change on our way to the beach. She walked me out back to the long wooden pier for a photo and to show me where her family hangs out. It's quite beautiful - they are on a clam bed (or something like that, I cannot remember the term she used) so the amount of shells was crazy! We saw two crabs mating - that was a first - and then as we were making our way back up the pier, we hear a gunshot. I'm like holy crap. I'm standing on this pier (that has no sides - hate that!) and now there's gunfire. WTF? We get back up to the houses to find her brother-in-law's father had shot a crow and his two dogs were out playing with it and barking at it. So picture it - little old guy sitting on his back portch in his rocking chair, gun resting up against the rail. That happened. Only in the south! Laura was giving him a hard time saying he'd scared her Yankee friend to death.
We finally made it to the beach and went to the farthest possible point on Folley Island. It was the perfect beach day. Perfect location. Perfect for sitting along the edge of the water letting the waves lap up over our feet. Big puffy clouds rolling by. I mean come on... just perfect.
Back to the homestead to freshen up and head downtown. First up, drinks at Amen Street (Laura used to work here) then over to High Cotton for dinner. Laura knew a ton of people here too, so we had nothing be the best service! The meal was outstanding. I would highly recommend reserving a table if you ever find yourself in Charleston. We were so full, but had to stop in at the Peninsula Grill for the coconut cake! The perfect end to the most lovely day!
241 charleston
Charleston : day one :: Had lunch at a cute place near Folley Beach then headed over to the pier. Love that damn pier. Lots and lots of photos to be processed. As per usual with me, the clouds rolled in just in time for my arrival. I suppose I am just going to have to get used to overcast beach days ... seems I get very few sunny ones, no matter where in the world I am. Then I headed to Isle of Palms to the Boathouse for dinner. My fabulous friend, Laura, hooked me up with some delicious food and a sunset view. Well, till the clouds rolled in again. :)
242 reward
Client meetings in Columbia, SC all day - everyone voted to go eat at a vegan restaurant for lunch, so I had to suck it up and go with it. Given my picky dietary situation, there was only one menu option - caesar salad. Yep. And to make a bad situation worse - they didn't even have romaine, only mixed greens which were mostly arugula. Let's just say it was nothing short of horrible for me ... Once our meetings were finally done, I spotted a cupcake shop across from our hotel and decided to reward myself with something horrible and fatty and delicious!
243 travel
From Chicago to Columbia, SC. A couple days of work then it's off to Charleston for a weekend of fun!