Proof that dogs and cats get along.

I am not a cat person.  Won't pretend to be.  I think this is largely because, growing up, my Pops claimed to my brother and me that he was "allergic" to cats, and thus we were forbidden to have a cat in our home.

But, I am slowly coming around as I've met a number "cool cats" over the years, with such awesome names as Chunk, Herb, and Fat Tony.  (Side note, I've never actually met Gretchen's cat Herb, but I do love that name).

Alas, I couldn't help but love this video.  What a sweet story. 



Now try to tell me you didn't just find a smidge of a soft spot in your heart for the felines.

Thanks Momma for sending this my way.

This will never be old.

Karaoke Fail.  We've all been there.

Double Rainbow

Oh wow, all the way.  Stick with it, all the way through.



Now watch this one.



Now watch them both again and try to stop laughing.

Thank you Matthew Teich for introducing these.

Just Because

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Spied this one over at sfgirlbybay.com and love the thought of this.  This mother/daughter duo can't get close enough.  Just how I feel about my momma.  Wish we could be close enough to superfrenchbraid our hair like this, Momma!  Love you.

Full circle

Sometimes coincidences happen unexpectedly and get my wheels turning and just make me all sorts of happy and nostalgic and sentimental.

For example, Cousin Cally came over last week and grabbed a book off our bookshelf.  It happened to be a favorite, Katharine Graham's Personal History, which I read when I lived in San Francisco in 2002 (and ironically takes place mostly in DC).  Inside the book, I found an old SF Muni bus pass, dated July 2002 that I obviously used as my bookmark.  After I got over the initial "whoa-I'm-old" feeling, I realized that was exactly 8 years ago and could distinctly recall reading that amazing book all over San Francisco (maybe even sometimes at my desk at work....on those really busy days).  I stole the bookmark back from Cally (as all good older cousins should do) to use with my current read, The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

Well, today, as I was taking the bus in DC to meet some San Francisco friends who were in town and trying to make sense of the crazy mortgage bond crisis in Lewis's book, I managed to leave my SF bus pass bookmark on the DC bus. 

Seems inconsequential, but to me it made me smile and recall that fabulous time in my life.

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Up in the air and on the move.

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I can't believe it, but I am writing wrote this while onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1, Seat 9A.  Yes, wifi onboard my plane just really makes me ill.....i like my peace and quiet.  Oh well, this world is moving fast and we all better keep up.

Jen Scales and I were just g-chatting (yes, me at 10,000 feet, Jen in her bed, Carrie-Bradshaw style....we even broke into a video chat briefly, which was just too weird on a plane....)  ANNNND, we were sharing ideas for good songs for running.  So I scrolled through my iPod and found my current DC workout mix, and thought I'd share some of my new tracks and old stand-bys here.  Would love to hear what gets you moving too!

wavin flag - k'naan
bizarre love triangle - new order
kids - mgmt
african herbsman - bob marley (king kooba remix) - random, but I really love this song....puts me in a good mood when riding the sweaty metro.....
home - edward and the magnetic zeros
shut up and let me go - the ting tings
lazy eye - silversun pickups (a fave)
horchata - vampire weekend
imma be - black eyed peas
diva - beyonce (karmatronic club remix)
i'm good, I'm gone - lykke li
sunshowers - MIA
paper planes - MIA
hello bonjour - michael franti
quick fix - vv brown
heart it races - architecture in helsinki - LOVE this one....
wilco (the song) - wilco
a-punk - vampire weekend
american boy - estelle
womanizer - britney spears (yes, it's true...)
circus - also b spears
1901 - Phoenix
hot n cold - katy perry
say hey (i love you) - michael franti
single ladies - beyonce (every good mix ever should have this song on it...)
young foks - peter bjorn & john
the well and the lighthouse - arcade fire
fans - Kings of Leon (I think this one is the most listened to song in my iTunes)
black thumbnail - kings of leon
skin of my yellow country teeth - clap your hands say yeah
don't stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson
ya viene el sol - ozomatli (reminds me of running along crissy field)
hope - shaggy (reminds me of college and running on the chessie trail)
e-pro - beck
hey ya - outkast (don't forget about this one)
new york, new york - ryan adams (good NYC marathon inspiration!!)
just like heaven - the cure (a TNT coach recommended this song WAY back when and I loved running in SF to this one)
baba o'riley - the who
american girl - tom petty

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