dinner in the city

We had dinner spontaneously (okay, prompted by our friends' invitation to join them) in the city last night. It's one of the beauties of living near the green line, we can ride into downtown whenever we want! So of course, I took my camera. Without a tripod, things get a little abstract...

On a side note: Late dinners in the city should really be all about appetizers.
I think my eyes were a bit bigger than my stomach had room for last night!

central market

This is where my love of cheese comes from... just look at all those options!

In case anyone is wondering,
Long John: A long, almost rectangular, filled doughnut, often iced.
=DELICIOUS!

home sweet home

Vacation always goes a bit faster than I'd like, but it's enjoyable nonetheless. I also never seem to take as many pictures as I had hoped to at the beginning of the week. Luckily I took enough to give you a little glimpse of life in PA.

I had the realization the other night that the reason I feel like we never get to see everything or do everything is because I'm taking 20+ years of memories and trying to fit them into one week for my husband to experience. That doesn't really work. I have to share it in bits and pieces, over time. Thankfully, he's very good at indulging me and listening to stories that give the things and places I show him relevance.

This is a chalkboard outside a restaurant called Carr's, that sits on a corner right across from Central Market (see previous post). I did a good deal of shooting in downtown Lancaster, right around Heritage Square and I'll be sharing those throughout the week.

The more I look at this I'm not so sure it's actually FOR Carr's. But I know I took it somewhere around there. Hmmm...I'll do some investigating and get back to you!

vacation

Today I am running around the apartment in a pre-vacation prep frenzy all while trying to get things done for work as well. This is because tomorrow (in the wee hours of the morning) we're setting off for a road trip to visit my parents. The joy of this trip is that it is a whole week long. It will be glorious. But it also means I will probably be taking a week's vacation from posting pictures to this blog. Don't fear, I can assure you I will come home with many to share!

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend in the meantime!

Our destination:

it's done!

Finally, after weeks of poking at it, I was able to finish the last pieces of the redesign on my website. The original design got a bit visually overwhelming for me, so I went back to the basics with this re-do. I am sure it will evolve some more over time, but for now it's good enough to roll out!

packing differences

from our dishwasher