Brrr.
Brrr.
I didnβt get to bake much this year, but I chased everyone out of the kitchen yesterday and tried to make up for lost time!
Kevinβs latest video for Nothing has dropped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXE...
In Pre-Covid times, I used to visit Paris at least once a year. Itβs my first time back since those days. How I have missed it! Spending Thanksgiving with the people I love, and showing the wee lass as much of my favorite things as I can in such a short week! And fondue for Thanksgiving is π₯π₯π₯.
A closeup of a delicate pink peony blossom
My peony plant produced only one flower this year, but sheβs spectacular!
Really thrilled to be living in the EWR flight path these days. π³π±π€¬
Iβm not one for panic buying because it feels like this is all just a work. But I just bought my kidβs usual shoes in the next couple of sizes.
The payment actually belonged to a complete stranger! So obvs I want to make sure this person gets paid. The bank has me dispute the credit - done. But it could still take 45 days for this to get resolved! Fingers crossed this gets resolved much faster than that.(2 of 2)
Hey fellow Americans - be sure to watch your accounts closely. DOGE may have really screwed things up for federal retirees. Treasury sent me someone elseβs retirement payment by mistake this month. So I called my bank thinking they sent a family memberβs payments my way... (1 of 2)
This Earth day I am incredibly grateful for being able to connect with my colleagues around the world on our shared goals of doing the right thing. It has really helped renew my faith that thereβs still good people during this bad time.
As I struggled to open a bottle of allergy pills this AM, Andy Rooneyβs voice pops back into my head once again asking me if Iβve ever wondered why they put so much cotton in the bottle. Goddamn it man, itβs been over 40 years - has the answer ever changed?
A drought damaged pink camellia blossom on a fragile young plant.
My tiny little camellia plant finally bloomed for the first time, a blossom sheβs been growing since last August. She has a bit of damage from the cruelty of a gang of menacing squirrels and last Autumnβs drought. But her resiliency and perseverance gives me hope in these dark times.
Little Whiteface and a cloud inversion. Conifer trees dusted with a little snow, soft surfy turns await!
My intuition for spring πconditions has been π₯. Forecast was for rain and ice but my gut told me Whiteface would get snow. Up we went, and we were not disappointed. A half foot fell overnight and early that morning! Soft surfy turns and bumps all day! βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Thatβs part of my job too - Iβve been tracking and advising on implementation of the EUβs sustainability regulations and directives. Small world!
Ah! Something I can answer - if you have budget to spend - Chanel biphase eye makeup remover. If budget sensitive - the Ordinary squalane cleanser. Mid range - Clinique take the day off biphase eye makeup remover. Disclaimer/disclosure - I worked for/ and work for the companies mentioned.
Bluebird spring ski day with a side of moguls.
A had the day off school, so I took off work and we headed up to Belleayre for a perfect spring ski day!
Vance is shaded as a gaper in Vermont.
Vance is encouraged to ski his treacherous jeans-wearing ass elsewhere.
Vermont is keeping it real icy!
RIP David Johansen, The New York Dolls have been on my permanent playlist since forever. Best Ghost of Christmas Past ever. Ni-ah-gah-rah Falls.
There are times that give you hope, and there are times that make you think you may be in the beginning of a BuΓ±uel film. I donβt think I have the grace to know the difference.
A kid in a pink ski coat, a red ski school vest, and a bright blue helmet stands rosy-cheeked and smiling. A snowy larch forest fills the background in Montgenèvre, FR. Photo credit: Photo Contact
Smiles on a powder day in Montgenèvre, FR (photo credit: Photo Contact)
Another day, another violation of our Constitution. Does EU want us? Iβm an expert in ESG & CSR w/ exp. in the EU Green deal for multinatβl corps.; Kevin is an excellent ad/film/vid director, producer & proj. mgr., A can be a ringer for your national dev. ski, basketball, and fitba teams. HMU!
View from the top of Les Gondrans, Montgenevre, France. But that might be Italy shining bright in the distance.
View from the top of Les Gondrans, Montgenevre, France.
In which our mischievous daughter beats her dad in apres ski foosball. She pities the foos.
A pities the foo(s). Apres ski en France.
Omg, I hope you are on the mend and recover quickly. How awful! Btw. I totally remember your impalement, that was aaaages ago! Glad youβre still with us!
Are you watching the Superbowl? Why? Is it because Kendrick is doing the halftime show? Do they serve the ads or do you get local ads instead? Omg I wonder what the local ads would be like?!?! It canβt be because of the footballβ¦
Still trapped in JFK, on my belated 50th bday trip. Honestly just enjoying the forced slowdown in this weird little spot of the universe where space and time seem wobbly, but it still feels very much like home.
I love it!
That storm was unreal! It must have absorbed all the water in the Great Lakes!
This oneβs just a vacation, but yeah def. thinking about getting out of Dodge more generally. Shitβs scary these days.
Normally Iβm all about the snowstorms, but this time not so much. Serves me right for trying to leave the northeastern US during a La NiΓ±a winter.