Bmore does Nola

The Tulane football field right now! Ravens are practicing at Turchin as I type

Mmmmmm

The first time I ever tried snowboarding/aka realized skiing was the way to go, a few of the 8th grade girls from my school hitched a ride to the mountain with us. They made my parents play this the entire way, and every since then... anyway, when did this song get soo soo good again. It turns out an octave does really make a difference.

Empty Calories

Blech

Mardi pardi season is in full swing. To be honest, I've always thought of King Cake as extra doughy circular shaped hot dog buns covered in copious amounts of bizarrely colored sugar and equally sugary icings. Now, for some reason am craving some of these pecan and cream cheese stuffed circular chewy hot dog rolls! What is wrong with me!

Open Minded

The Undiscriminating Rubber Duck, by Florentijn Hofman

So many lessons. Apparently the rubber duck is undiscriminating and appropriate for all ages, as well as being able to define and heal mondial tension. Meanwhile, why has this not sailed into City Dock? Also, all I want to do it put the tree back up! Even for another few days, it would be completely worth the effort, and it must be getting even more moisturized and back in fighting form outside in the rain right now. Should I?

Guilty

Just found this article online. Definitely am guilty of this one, I actually wonder every day what it means, unfortunately, now I know...

PJ's

Every now and then, it becomes completely apparent just how related my brother and I are. For example... earlier tonight, the merits of flannel pajamas were discussed. I have been a fan ever since my first Paul Frank pair from the Nordstrom Brass Plum department for a sixth grade sleep over (bought for the occasion, it was clearly one of those social mile stones and deserved a new pair so as to be recognized appropriately/aka they were super sick and I felt so cool). It turned out that both my brother and I were in full agreement that Olatz should make at least one such pair, instead of only sticking with silk, linen and cotton. Until they do, I'm sticking with my Victoria's Secret's in pink toile (bought with many a leftover gift card!), but meanwhile, it's nice to know that strange obsessions with bizarrely knowing about incredibly out-of-our-price-range pj's are something we can always have in common in our not always predictable family values.

Love Will Be Amazing

                         Crystal Fighters - Champion Sound
                                SUCH A GOOD SONG

Meow

Simonetta Wool Hat

                       It's (obviously?) for kids, but it's kindof rad.

Tree Hugging

Tree in Newport

Today is Epiphany, and also... the beginning of Mardi Pardi season! Christmas is over, but that only means it's time to change the tree.

Typical Mardi Tree

Not very many things make me sadder than people who rush Christmas to be over, and am currently sitting in the living room with my (still Christmas) tree letting it know how much it's loved. Don't laugh.

What A Lovely Day

Favorite House of the Day 

It's days like today that make me love real estate. It's not about getting excited about commissions (that's like a watched pot/counting chickens scenario all in one. It's never going to happen if you just stare at it, and counting chickens before they hatch is always a terrible idea) but there are other ways that it is just fun. I did six (SIX!!) showings before noon allll over Anne Arundel, and it helped me learn my way around a lot, as well as gave me the opportunity to finally see houses I'd been really intrigued by. My client is super sweet, and I think I'm definitely starting to get a feel for what she wants, and we really liked 4 out of 6. Also, I didn't get lost once! That is not a small win for me, it's pretty major actually, even with google maps, and somehow didn't even totally screw up my timing. So I have no idea where this will go buying-wise right now, but I got a lot of good experience showing houses, and got some practice on my serious lack of directional skills, and also how to show houses. It was a much needed morale booster, whatever the outcome. There are only so many frustrating days in your career that you can take before you're just totally strung out. 

Real Estate Essentials

Sloane Ranger Soft Tablet Cover - Rugby iPad Case (only in womens now...) - Shearling Gloves from an old leather store downtown - Sick Shades - Pencil Case - Sentrilock with Pepper Spray (Just in case) and Nola Couture Fob - Business Cards! - Smathers Crab Flask  (Kidding! Not for work, but for the Skins game later)

I keep a jade Chinese good luck charm on my cowboy hat  (TEXAS!) next to the bedroom door now; maybe it'll do/is doing something...?

The Lucky Hat

Listening to: People Say - Portugal. The Man