Tan, Rested and Read

I don't know what it is about this place, but it makes me read, rest and tan like no other. We are having a great time out here. Lot's of tennis, swimming and hanging out. We even took the kids to Marine World yesterday. Major brownie points for that one. I have been on a serious reading kick while here. Just finished my 3rd. All good summer reads. PS I love You, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue. I recommend all. Especially the last 2 for you Lizzy. So I hope you all are surfing like Champions and have seriously tan backs! Can't wait to hear. I am sure you are having a blast. Mom and I went and saw the Break Up the other night in town. So cute. She says she loves Vince Vaugn, but has not seen Swingers, so I am making her rent it while I am here. I am quite excited because I am coming back Sept. 21st-24th with 4 friends from Atlanta to celebrate my 35th b-day. No husbands or kids. Should be so fun. Can't wait. Clark is too cute for words. He is already gearing up for his 1 year anniversary in a couple of weeks. Miss you guys and love to all. Chaz, give us the Lucas update!!!

Lizzie - Costa Rica

Okay Lizzie. I am OFFICALLY pumped for this trip to pura vida land. I spent the day in Bolinas today surfing and I forgot just how fun it is. This trip is going to be a blast. We were all laughing so much today and talking about everything we're going to do while we are there. A lot of surfing, maybe deep sea fishing, snorkeling, paragliding?? One night, we are going to head to dinner at Marie's friends house who lives there so I hope you can make. That will be our authentic Costa Rica night. I can't wait to see these sunsets I've heard so much about it and I'm also so exciting to get better at surfing. I talked to some surfers today and they told me to practice laying on my stomach and jumping straight to my feet, just so we'll have that down before we get there. It's going to be so hard to concentrate on work this week! Especially this Friday! I just dropped Justin off at the airport. He is so excited for Cuba, it's been a dream of his to go there. I hope he stays safe! Lydia, I can't wait for our little slumber party! Love everybody. Life is good!

Lucille

Banjo's and Graphite Pencils

I start school this week! I went to the art store today and got the supplies I need. I can't wait to put them to use! Justin is going nuts this week. As a die hard minimalist, he decided to get a scanner and scan all of our paperwork so we don't have to have a filing cabinet anymore. You've got to get creative in these tiny SF apartments. He also decided that he wants to relearn how to the play the banjo. SO FUNNY to watch. I'm just glad it's not the drums. Lydia, I want to see pics of the new do! Sounds faboo! Justin goes to Cuba tommorrow and I'm just counting down the days until Costa Rica. Areba Areba! I also can't wait for Lydia's long visit. Can't wait to see the kiddos. It's been hot hot hot here and everybody's running around in sundresses while we can. I've been thinking about cutting all my hair off too. I need a change. That's the story around these parts. Tomorrow is a Bolinas beach day. Hope there's no fog. Love L

Hot Mama

Well. Lots to report. First, my first legitimate hairstyle since highschool. I decided after years of sporting a style that of a college girl late for class, aka "the ponytail", I decided to get a no do. So, I got my haircut to my chin with layers and it is soooo cute. Love it. It was 5 inches, so my head feels so light now that it is gone. Dill loves it. Both kids even noticed when I picked them up from camp. I actually got it cut at pigtails and crewcuts where the kids get cuts. I thankfully did not have to sit in the airplane or fire engine seat, but I did have to endure Elmo on the TV in front of me. And yes, I did accept the Dum Dum lolipop!! T-one week until we head home for 3 weeks. Dill is coming for a full 2 weeks of it so I am psyched. Lots of tennis and pooltime on the agenda, nothing else. Yippie. Have a couple of parties to go to this weekend, and will spend the days at the pool. Dill left for NY today so he is psyched to see Lizzy. In his absence I have sweet Mary Rowe in the bed with me and Baker on the floor. A slumber party at the Dills. So fun. Oh, I now have both Tigger and Satchmo on the bed too. Its really a party now. Am very excited at the possible news of Clark getting married in the fall. We need to all get together so what better event than a wedding. Sweet Clark and Lucy, yippie. So excited to hear about your trip to Costa Rica. Please come back with all of your limbs! Rented Rumor Has It from Netflix, and actually enjoyed it. Thought it was going to be ridiculous, but it entertained me. Very hooked on Netflix. Love to all.

Lyd

Man-o-Man

Here is a picture of the group of girls that gathered in Boston last weekend for Fish's bachelorette party. It was a fun-filled night-limos, piano bars and ice cream sundes at 2am. It's been a really busy week and it's only Wednesday. Dill is my suprise visitor and will be staying with me tomorrow night. Dying to see Lyd's hair. Can't wait for Costa Rica.

My boyfriend's back!

It is so weird. I have tons of time to spend with Justin. I get home at night and he's there. On the weekends, we eat breakfast together. I am loving it. It really was like I was single again in terms of how much free time I had when he was working on the campaign. I'm SO glad it's all over. This weekend, we went to a VERY religious wedding for some college friends of Justin. I saw Matt Heil there who is engaged. It was really pretty except everybody was asking when we were getting married and it started to get really annoying. We are having a huge presenation today. My boss just called and told me to go by Safeway and buy the best bottle of chardonnay I can find. She is super stressed out and this client is impossible to please. What can you do? Lyd, I want to hear how the garage sale went and the rest of your vacation in Atlanta. So fun. Lizzie, the countdown begins! Can't wait!

love, L

garage sale

So?

The US OPEN

Yours truly just scored amazing seats to the men's semi and women's final matches to the US OPEN in September. I am SO excited. I would love to see Roddick or Federer. Have a good weekend.

Crazy Sculptor

Here is one of the sculptures that I referenced below. They were whimsical and funky.

Garage Sale

Yes, it is true. I am having a garage sale on Saturday. I have been threatening to do this for 10 years, and the day of reckoning has come. It will be a festive sale. Music, fun etc. Lots of great items. In fact, I just might re-buy some of my own stuff. Amazing how one can get satisfaction from selling a purse they bought for $500 for $5. Go figure. Time to purge though. Have had an awesome week. Our theme has been "Vacation in Atlanta." Yesterday we took the train downtown and visited all of my friends at Turner, went to Cenntenial Park and played in the Fountain and had lunch. Today, we went to this amazing exhibit at the Botanical Gardens of this french sculptor. The kids loved running through the gardens. Tomorrow we are going to see the movie CARS. Baker has been waiting for a year for it to come out. We are also going to go to the Geogia Tech vs. College of Charleston baseball game. Tech will go to the college world series if they win. All gaps will be filled in with pooltime. Only 2 more weeks until California. Can't wait. Love to all .

snaggletooth

Wait! Forgot to document my recent celebrity sighting. Ethan "Snaggletooth" Hawk at Al Gore's movie.

My first mouse

I am VERY sad to report that I have my very first rodent (to my knowledge). I came home from Dallas to discover that my plastic spatula (what was still dirty on my stove) had been gnawed on while I was away. This realization prompted a call to my friend Sarah to come over and look under and in every crevice of my apartment before I would get off from on top of the couch. I do not take well to rodents. They give me serious chills. Bring on spiders and bugs but a rodent or snake will make me faint. I am back with some nice Texas sunshine on my skin. I met a cute guy which is interesting because I can met a guy in 12 hours on business but not in 3 months where I live! Go figure. My friend sarah Friedman from high school moved 2 BLOCKS AWAY! Wow, this is beyond huge. We go to the gym together, get coffee, watch movies- it's great to have a neighbor! Her fridge is also one of those mini fridges so I made her a set of keys to my place and she keeps her food at my house and we cook dinner together almost every night. you guys HAVE to try dr. praeger's spinach patties. Holy crap are they good! Have a good week. off to Boston on Saturday for Fishers bachelorette party. The theme is mexican fiesta. Yeeeepa, yeeeepa

New Career

Well, i should be a recruiter for weight watchers. Fisher and I signed up together and then I got 4 girls in my office to join, too! Next, hopefully, is Lydia. I think it is really great and helps you understand foods very simply. I have 22 points for a whole day. A bagel and cream cheese is 10 points whereas an apple and yogurt for breakfast is 3. Plus, you earn points when you work out (6 for a 45 minute spinning class!) Anyway, I'm all over it and should be semi- bikini ready by the end of the month. I am off to 95 degree Dallas on sunday for some serious pool time. I am taking the CMO and SVP of marketing for Frito Lay to dinner with our account director down there. Very excited to meet them. Simone and I were going to rent bikes tomorrow but it is going to rain so I think we are going to go to the new Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Anniston movie instead. Tonight, my friend Andy is coming over. He wants me to teach him how to cook and tonight is his first lesson. I am going to do roasted vegetables, goat cheese souffles and a small crab cake (12 points, yikes!) My recent celebrity sighting was Liev Schreiber. He is REALLY cute in person and was walking with a bag of tennis racquets!!! You may now him as Naomi Watt's boy-toy. love to all

Ditto

To all of Lizzy's good wishes and more. Have a great time with your friends tonight and take pictures of your apt. with that pathetic old fashioned camera of yours!!! That is what you need for your birthday!!!!! Love to all.

Happy Birthday Magoo!!!

I hope you have a great birthday today, Lucille! I think that this is your year! So far, it seems, you are off to a great start with a fun job, awesome boyfriend, a city you love and a family that loves you very much. Can't wait for Costa Rica!!!!

East Coast Girl

Well, I gotta tell you, Cape Cod is where it's at. Man, that is the life. i could get into that. Reminds me so much of Michigan living but with awesome Seafood and salt water. My weekend consisted of Pearl Jam, BBQ's, James Blunt concert (jealous Lyd?), sailing, walking, blah, blah, blah. It was great. The weather here is to die for. My goal this week is to work out 6 days. I am also off to Texas on Sunday for a golf outing. I booked a 6am flight so I could get there early enough to lay out at my hotel pool before my 6pm dinner. I should be poolside by 10:15, muuuahahahahaha. Can't wait for Costa Rica. Need to get myself a passport. Rager at mom's sounds good. Looking forward to my labor day rager myself. Love to all.

Houston Weekend

Well, Mom and I had quite a weekend. We headed to Tejas and went to visit our relatives, Halle and Thurman Clark in Victoria. These two are quite the couple. They are hysterical and tell jokes and laugh all day. Their house is on 750 acres with a river, lake and lots of cows and oak trees. Their home was decorated by the same interior designer as granny's house so you really felt granny's presence. I saw pictures of granny was she was in her 20s and she was so thin and beautiful. We went to a wedding that night which was over the top and at the wedding we met a lot of granny's old friends, including valerie smith's sister who was so beautiful. My friend Carter who got married looked beautiful and it was so fun (sortof) to see my old Vanderbilt friends. We went back to Houston the next day and mom and I did a little damage at the galleria and at DSW shoe warehouse! Yikes! But we never shop so we felt like we deserved it. We also stopped by granny's grave which was really nice. This week, I am planning my birthday dinner. Everybody is coming over and I'm cooking up something delish I hope. This next weekend, a bunch of my friends are heading up to mom and mike's house for a pool/tennis/bbq weekend. So excited!! Should be a great group of peeps.
Hope everybody had a great memorial day weekend. Love all. Lucas is so precious!!!

Ugghhhhh

What is worse than getting up at 5:30 to sweat in 105 degrees you ask? That would be waking up at 5:30 and arriving at the yoga studio only to find out that they are closed for Memorial Day Weekend!!!!!!!! I was even in my new outfit. Oh well. My friend and I just ended up going on a 6 mile walk that was really pleasant since it was so early.

Its 10 pm and I only have 8 hours before....

I sweat like a little banchi at hot yoga at yes, 6 am tomorrow. By the way, I just finished a tennis match an hour ago. Do I look like Madonna yet???! The great news is that the style this season is right up my alley. Romantic flowy items, empire waist, just the hippie loose look. Love it. Haven't written in a while, sorry. Lucille, you know I love your fabric. Monkeys rock!! We had a really busy weekend last weekend and unfortunately I was reminded that Jello shots make my head hurt! I swear I just recovered from a party last Saturday. Have a fun party weekend this week as well. The kids got out of school yesterday so we have just been at the pool nonstop. Love it. It is ironic that now that I run all over the place at the pool and never just lay there that I now, for the first time in my life, have an even all over tan. Go figure. No more strip down the side for me. Looking forward to our very long trip to the Valley this summer. June 21st-July 9th. So fun. Baker is really into tennis right now so he can't wait to play every day at Bitsy's. Lucas is beautiful Chaz. He reminds me of Baker as a baby. So happy for you guys. Love to all.

Hump Day

Wow, Magoo, that IS diferent and I just love your ideas for the pillows. I am sure that your apartment will look awesome next time I come to town. I am off for Pearl Jam early tomorrow morning but before I do that I am getting a bikini wax, going to the gym for an hour tonight and going to Raoul's for dinner in SoHo with Lindsay. Counting the minutes until I am beaching it at the Cape with Fisher. Have a nice long weekend!