Setting: Savannah, GA Characters: Emily, Nick, and Nick’s entire family (just two days after our first meeting) Emily to Nick as she takes the camera from around his neck to snap photos in the historic district: “Where’s the lens cap?” Nick’s response: “I don’t know,” as he nervously checks his pants pockets. Nick, increasingly more [...]

As part of Nick’s quarter-century birthday celebration, his parents purchased him two tickets to see “Die Zauberflöte” at The Metropolitan Opera. Fortunately for me, I got to be his date! I had my own personal fashion consultant / hair stylist / make-up artist (thanks, Steph!) to prep me for the iconic night-out. While she primped [...]

I’m 25 and loving life! No quarter life crisis here. 07/07/07 couldn’t have been more perfect. (Well, I could have won that million dollars …) But, really, it was a very happy birthday. Let me recap. a wine-country wedding The celebratory week kicked off with a wedding. Six Pennsylvanians headed north to New York. Waterloo [...]

Months of early morning meetings and late night brainstorming sessions culminated this past weekend at the Last Cruise. My role on the volunteer committee was to design publicity materials and coordinate promotional events. It was creatively-challenging and incredibly rewarding! All proceeds of the weekend’s events were passed directly to the Centre County Youth Services Bureau, [...]

bartender: another round Sunday (6/25) What better way to start our final day in the Pacific Northwest than with a hearty breakfast of coffee, asparagus and spring onion omelettes, crab eggs benedict, and corn beef hash? After filling our bellies, we walked to the market. A turquoise ring, several Starbucks souvenirs, and a few pounds [...]

eat drink and be merry saturday (6/23) The fourth and final member of the crew arrived late Friday night. We welcomed her to the Emerald City with scallops and salmon and Pyramid Hefeweizen. We opted out of anymore alcohol and chose, instead, to lounge in our PJs on the king-size bed for slumber party talk. [...]

for people who make websites thursday (6/21) and friday (6/22) If you would have told me three years ago that I’d laugh at jokes about PHP and Java and Ruby on Rails, I would have laughed at you. And yet I traveled across the country to meet and mingle with the world rock stars of [...]

an unlonely traveler wednesday (6/20) After flying over Lake Michigan, the Dakotas, Montana, and Idaho, I caught my first glimpse of the Evergreen State. The landscape seamlessly transformed itself from barren desert to rocky mountains to green valleys. And then there it was … Mount Rainier … The highest peak in the Cascades at 14,410 [...]

Never have I ever seen a pair of feet move like those of Savion Glover. What an incredible performance on Thursday night! He danced to the classics of Bach, Vivaldi, and other noteworthy composers, perfectly performed by a nine-piece string orchestra with occasional accompanient by a pianist, a horn player, and a drummer (a.k.a. Chocolate). [...]