Jen in Bermuda

Flowers on the Corner

These were on a corner where I was waiting to cross on Market St in SF.  The smell was fantastic.  

Giant Burrito Love

After my post about Chipotle a couple of days ago, you know if I ever feel this way about someone, then it must be pretty serious.

Downton Abbey - 4 Emmys!

I know I've written about my love for BBC adaptations and miniseries a number of times on this blog.  I specifically have written about Downton Abbey as I watched it earlier this year and LOVED it.  Well, I knew I was on to something.  The series won 4 Emmys.  Wow!  

Chinatown

I am headed off to China for 15 days!!  I cannot wait for the adventures that I will have and the wonderful pictures.  This explains why there may be a little radio silence along the way.

Running Skirt Review

The North Face's Eat My Dust Running Skirt.  

I bought this when I was in SF last week and I've already worn it twice.  I know that some people are funny about wearing skirts when running but I don't mind.  Maybe it is just a fad, but its a fad that I have jumped on the bandwagon for.  As an avid field hockey and lacrosse player in high school where the uniform was a kilt - I am used to exercising in skirts.  

No, this is not a picture of me and my friends from high school.  It looks like early 80s to me by the look of the field hockey sticks but was close enough to the point.  

The idea with the kilt was that running around with a skirt on was less hindering than shorts.  I don't know if it makes that much of a difference but I like it and I like this running skirt.  It fits well.  Not too short and comfortable.  I have a running skirt from lululemon and it is a bit short.  But then again, all the running gear from lululemon seems to be rather short.  No one needs to wear short shorts when running.  Or better yet, there are only a small percentage of the female population who would still look okay after running in these short shorts after an hour or so.  I am not one of those females.

Its $45 which is pricey but probably $10 less than lululemon.  But sometimes I need something new and exciting to motivate me to keep running.

Maddie Look A Like - TransAmerican traveler

Have you heard about Willow?  A cat that was found in NYC that had disappeared from Colorado years before?  When Willow was picked up, the vet checked the microchip in her neck and found her original family.  When I first heard the story last week I did wonder who this feline got from Colorado to NY.

 

Looks like someone who found her in Colorado may have flown her to NY to live in Brooklyn.  Still pretty amazing story.  And Willow looks a lot like Maddie.  Maddie is microchipped to so hopefully if she escapes my house in Bermuda she will not just "turn up" in some neighborhood in Manhattan.  She has already been there and done that!

Willow:

Maddie:

Similar pumpkin orange on their faces.  Calicos Rock!!

Dim Sum - Yank Sing

There was a great dim sum restaurant 2 blocks from my hotel in SF.  

It had been sooooo long since I had dim sum.  It was fabulous.  I love the ladies pushing around the trolleys stack with bamboo baskets filled with chinese delights.  I wish there was one of these places here.  I miss this about living in a city.  L'Oriental has some potstickers on the menu but nothing like the variety and price you find in a city in the States.  

Seattle - Great times with Great friends

Susan and I with the girls on Alki Beach.

I had a great weekend in Seattle with Susan and Giles and the mini mes.  I hadn't been out to Seattle in probably 5 or 6 years so it was great to see them and finally meet Sailor and Piper.  It may have been a little grey outside but the humidity was low and it was a fantastic weather break from Bermuda.  

I love Seattle.  Susan and Giles's place is in West Seattle on the side of a hill with a fantastic view.  It is so calm and peaceful.  Everyone there seems so laid back and happy.  Every time I return from a trip to the west coast, I wonder why I am not living out there!  

I am looking to book a trip to Portland in 2012 to see MLD and relive the experience all over again.

Chipotle - so good

It was a block from my hotel in San Fran and I had it the first day for lunch.  Make fun all you want.  But when you live in a place with limited food options - Chipotle is exciting!  I remember being in Chicago 2 years ago and there was one around the corner from the W.  I had it for lunch on 2 different days.  

The line was ridiculous.  But moved fast.

I love that you can pour your own drink.  Then I can make my 1/2 unsweetened iced tea and 1/2 lemonade Arnold Palmer with just the right amount of ice.

 

Back at the room.  Ready to inhale a chicken burrito.


 

Cat in a Box

Yesterday was a downer.  The reading of the names of the victims from 9/11/01 was all over the TV and probably one of the saddest things I have ever watched.  I only watched for a little while and pretty much made the rest of the day a downer.  And the fact that I spilled 2 quarts worth of bright red Crystal Light fruit punch in the kitchen did not help.  Red drops - everywhere.  

So, to brighten the mood.  Here is cat in a box.

She sat in here for about an hour.  I don't see the fascination.  But I am not a cat.