One Love

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Friendly skies

Somewhere over the Grand Canyon

Marketplace

These cobblestones have seen 270 years of footsteps.
Fanueil Hall, Boston, MA

Believe

Macy's
New York City

Hot Lips

Gas to drive to the fairgrounds: $2.50
Parking within reasonable walking distance of the gates: $10.00
Adult admission to the Iowa State Fair: $8.00
A Coke to quench your thirst: $4.00
Driving 40 miles to go to the fair so you don't have to make a $5.00 "Hot Lip" chicken strip at home (that you could do for $2.00 a piece): Priceless!

Nice gams

  

Because every woman deserves to be ogled once in a while.

Engaging

Mike & Lacey

All because two people fell in love

Weston James

You can't fight Destiny

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Searching for Atlantis

Nassau, Bahamas

Amidst the chaos

Penn Station

No Sleep 'til Brooklyn

96th and Lex

Juicy Lucy

Great little restaurant in Glenwood Springs, CO
Even better than the food is the view.

A little grooming

Moments

Imagine.

Strawberry Fields - Central Park
New York City, NY
October 2010

Skinny-dipping

Mute the tv.
Pause your iPod.
Listen.
Can you hear it?
That noise water makes when you first step into it.
It's calling me.

(and if you're wondering - and you know you are- Yes. I resisted the overwhelming urge to skinnydip.)

We'll leave the light on for ya...

This shot was not taken without great effort. And by effort, I mean a lot of running around looking for my shoes, my keys, my tripod and my camera. Then of course, the mad dash closer to the lake as I set up the shot before the moon got too high over the water and it lost its original appeal. Which, sadly, it did. This shot, which I love, is not the shot I intended to take. Lesson learned: Have your shit together. You never know when the perfect shot will hit you.

Lake Okoboji, Iowa
 

I may be certifiable...

Because who else would do this...

To shoot this?

Merry Christmas, Mom

A Christmas ornament my mother cross-stitched twenty-five years ago. This hung on our family's tree for years and years and now, I'm proud to have it hang on mine.

Merry Christmas, Mom

He loves me...

He loves me not.

Well hello there!

Hi there, little buddy!

Contography

Matt Nathanson
Iowa State Fair
August 2009

Worthy of a repost

Never forget.

"The Sphere" by Fritz Koenig

The Box

For almost twenty years, this box has held my youth...or the most important things from my youth: my NKOTB memorabilia. I recently retired this poor broken down piece of cardboard and opted for a larger, sturdier plastic tub. It was with mourning that I broke down the box and took it to the trash.

I'll miss you, Box.

Big D

The bright lights of Dallas at 2am from the balcony at ghostbar.

"Love the pic," he says...

My dream is to become a concert photographer...to capture stars at the pinacle of their finest moments...and to catch them at their most candid, too.

I may not be Lynn Goldsmith yet, but dammit, I made Jon Knight smile tonight.

I uploaded this pic to Twitter...

Within five minutes, Jon direct messaged me telling me he loved the pic and asked me to upload it to NKOTB.com so he could snatch it.

Jonathan Knight.

Complimented MY picture.

MINE.

JON. KNIGHT.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Let's Twuck This

Following NKOTB on Twitter has offered me hours of entertainment...such as when Donnie asked for "Twugs" instead of hugs, and Danny trumped him by telling us he just wanted to "twuck."

I took this picture in Chicago of Danny breakdancing. It was only natural that I captioned it the way I did. Danny now uses this as his profile pic on Twitter. (Fan girl squeeeeee!)

Hidden in Plain Sight

As I looked for possible titles to this blog, I discovered that while I was AT Grand Central Station, I never really SAW Grand Central Station. There are hoards of shops & restaurants and areas I never even saw. Guess that just means I have to go back again. Oh, darn!

They really do exist!

I searched for years for a four-leaf clover and never found one. My daughter found TWO in one day! I didn't even think they existed, truth be told. I remember picking two three-leaf clovers as a kid, picking a leaf off each one and scotch-taping them together to make it look like a four-leaf clover. Odd what the mind remembers, isn't it?

New Yoawk City - the Centah of the Univeahse!

Taken from Top of the Rock
New York City
May 2009

Anybody for some S'mores?

Warren County, Iowa
May 2009

Good morning, Mom

Thinking of you this morning.

I miss you.

Homemade Sangria

3 peaches, diced
1 c strawberries, sliced
1 c seedless grapes
1 bottle chilled Moscato d'Asti wine
a splash of Grenadine

Pure. Heaven.

The best part? The drunk fruit when the wine's been drunk.

Because sometimes a picture is enough.

"The Sphere" by Fritz Koenig

Update on the Crackberry

She's earning her keep.

While her battery life isn't as impressive as I would LIKE it to be, she's proven to be more useful than not. Weather Bug and Google Maps were especially useful in NYC.

One of dozens that will end up here

Cheers!

Here's to grown up boy bands, old friends, new friends, new experiences and the fact that Melly didn't DIE in Times Square on her way to Rockefeller Plaza when her body seized up and refused to process the sheer volume of people in NYC!

(Taken at TGI Fridays on 5th Avenue)

Lucky for it, it was expensive

Or I'd launch this son-of-a-bitch across the room out of sheer frustration.

I.

Hate.

It.

That may change someday, but for now, it's right up there with bad drivers and illegal aliens on my HATE list.

Only my hairdresser knows the truth

...about how many bobbypins are keeping this thing together, that is.

This is Jenna. She's a friend of my niece. Their prom was tonight and Jenna asked me last week if I knew how to do hair. I told her I wasn't any licensed cosmetologist, but I could probably manage an updo if she needed me to. So...with an hour's time, a hot curling iron, 500 bobbypins (okay, that MAY be an exaggeration) and some imagination, this was our creation. She loved it, but is probably cursing me right about now for the sheer amount of hairspray we used to shelaque that thing together.

Stahbucks

"What can I get started for you?"

Well, you can start by losing that lame ass "can I help you" and cut the perk down by eight decibels. Coffee. Strong. Now. That's it. Seriously? I adore Starbucks...and the caffeinated delights it brings me. And really, I can handle the occasional perkiness, but all the time? Not so much.

Btw...white chocolate mocha, whipped cream. I'll take one now, thanks.

I love this city!!

House of Blues. Chicago Theater. Nordstroms. Portillo's. Hard Rock Cafe. Hotel Sax.

Walking distance, baby. Walking. Frigging. Distance!

One more week, darlin....

Just one.
More.
Week.

It's like they KNOW!

*SNOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRT*

OMG....okay, so I've been keeping an eye on ticket sales for Moline to see what's still available, etc. So I head over to TicketMaster tonight, search for NKOTB....Moline....and punch in "2" for "best available" and up pops my captcha code.

I'm halfway done typing it when I realize exactly what it says.

I may or may not have pissed my pants and laughed myself into an asthma attack:

...find a reason to be happy each day.

I'm finding myself more and more influenced by the negative lately. Cabin fever? Hormones? Stress? Not sure. I need to remember this more frequently than I am.

I will begin today.

It's the Final countdown

Sixteen days.

Jus' sayin'.

Pasketti & meat bulbs

The best meatballs on the planet.
I'm not just sayin' that because they're mine.
Ask my kids. They'll tell you.

Besides $$ what else could a girl need?

Look! I have all the essentials for my roadtrip to Boston with RiceChex! The visitors guide, a copy of The Block and my ever-popular Questions books!