In unvista news:
Got into an argument with my father this morning. He insists that English has an overarching pronunciation rule that governs the spellng of "words" like Sawtelle and Sepulveda. A rule about where the accent goes if it ends in a vowel or a consonant. I think he's insane, but he's shifting the burden of proof onto me, and he's got my back up. Any suggestions for shooting him down?
This is what I think of when I picture pretty Illinois farmland.
This is the flatter area, not quite as attractive, but more typical of Illinois farms, especially downstate.
ita, that's an erinaceous question!
BETTER interior pictures by peeps not me [link]
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my vista (not really a vista) [link]
Upstate NY can be really pretty
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
Diego Garcia. We'd go sailing and snorkeling every Sunday. The undersea world became my house of worship.
I feel a need to be in places like these that it make my bones ache to be away from them. Since moving back to the midwest, I've felt like a displaced person. Ocean, beach, coral, cliffs are where I feel at home.
And in Texas in particular, the majesty of truly towering clouds and thunderheads is a sight to behold.
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am
on
finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I'm such a Southern girl. I like any water, tons of green, and thick muggy weather. I'm also very much a city girl though, so I don't often get the green as much as I'd like, particularly here in Dallas, where the motto seems to regularly be, "If it's pretty, cut or tear it down!"
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
God, I loved visiting there this year. It was SO gorgeous.
That Al Jazeera piece showed the coffee cart where I got my coffee this morning. Trippy.
Are coffee carts unique to NYC? Or do other citys have a fleet of silver boxes stuffed with coffee and pastries that appear in the pre-dawn hours and disappear by noon?
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am on finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I really want to see more of Dallas than just the airport. Plus you and omnis.
Are coffee carts unique to NYC? Or do other citys have a fleet of silver boxes stuffed with coffee and pastries that appear in the pre-dawn hours and disappear by noon?
In the 80s and 90s, Seattle had a lot of sidewalk espresso stands. I think they're mostly gone now, though.