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Miles and I went with the other California Tufflis to St. Louis for a few days for Lauren's wedding. There are lots of awesome, dilapidated brick buildings in St. Louis. And a bunch of also-awesome, not dilapidated brick buildings. There are also "toasted raviolis" everywhere. We saw the Arch but didn't go in it. We saw Busch Stadium but couldn't go in it. We saw Lemp Mansion but didn't see ghosts. We frequented Jack Patrick's but only played two games of pool. The bride and her maid of honor were beautiful. It was a great trip. I wish it'd been a little warmer. It was fun spending so much time with Fred, B&K and the kids. Maybe I'll toast some raviolis tonight!
Last night Miles and I went to watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower at 1:30 a.m. We drove towards Jenner and stopped past Duncan Mills on the roadside. We hadn't passed a single other car. With nothing around but cows, rolling hills, weird sounds and pitch blackness, it was totally nerve-wracking. It didn't help that I had mentioned the double-murder that happened on a Jenner beach a while back. We laid on the hood of the car and lasted only 5 minutes til we got PARANOID (the current FEEL BAD). Far in the distance we heard a man scream... it was long and drawn out, and definitely not a party-yell. We jumped in the car and went home!! We saw one meteor while driving and one each while laying there, so it wasn't all for naught! But we also learned that we're not ready to go more remote than we are just yet, hehe.
What an awesome day Miles and I had. It all started when we went to the 101 Casino at 3 a.m. ... had some beers at 6 a.m., and then discovered free b-fast at 7:30 a.m.! Free biscuits and gravy! The biscuits were chewy, but that's an observation and not a complaint because - hey they were free! We came home and played some morning ping pong before we headed to Jenner for coffee with the birds and snakes at the mouth of the river. Then we drove to Healdsburg with an all-Centro-matic shuffle and explored Westside/Eastside Roads, and let the sun shine in everywhere. We searched everywhere for BBQ and when we found it it wasn't ready yet. So we settled for an It's Always Sunny marathon at home instead.
The other night I had really good chicken pot pie w/biscuit at P-30. They had crayons at each table, and I drew a picture of Douglas' favorite food items to date:
1. Champagne
2. Tangerine peel
3. Grapes
4. Orange juice
5. Broccoli
6. Tortilla
7. Strawberry
8. Doritos
9. My toothbrush (WITH toothpaste)! He is so weird!
Little did I know that when I was inspired to get a smooshie by the most famous smooshie Winston, that our new smooshie would come complete with Winston-like characteristics like eating everything!!! He never smells anything first -- he just opens up his awkward-shaped mouth and noms it!
Life is very rad at the moment. We've lived in our new house in vacation-land for two months now, and it's starting to feel pretty normal. I feel like my body is finally descending the stress pole as I become more accustomed and accepting that this is really what life is like now. I love our surroundings so much. As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, I know we're in store for many months of awesomeness. Driving to & from work through the redwoods and the vineyards and the daffodils and the calla lilies stokes me out everyday!!
Last week while Miles was away at SXSW Jane visited. We did lots of awesome things. We ate maccies at the airport, we ate maccies at Underwood but no bocce ball, we ate not-so-good-but-not-terrible maccies at the weird alien restaurant, we went to see the 5 corns, we hung out with NBF Doug (not Douglas the cat) and the Megatouch, we hung out with Douglas the cat, we played air hockey, we had a raps party in SF til 5:45 a.m., we went bubbles tasting, and we drank a lot of rosé champagne just in general. It was all awesome!!!
And Happy Birthday, LOML!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happiest place in California
Study: Sonoma County ranks first in state, fifth in nation for well-being
By NATHAN HALVERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
