Warning: This is not a sugary post. Sometimes work, especially in the winter, can make you feel like you just sat through an emotional punching bag, where you are the bag in the situation. My job can at times be very emotional and personal, but even if you’re not in that career situation, let’s be… Read More A post on the brevity of life: Make short lists and make amends quickly.
Dreaming of yesterday’s brunch? Yeah, me too. I live in the South and people here like to brunch. Breakfast? Not so much. Brunch? Yes. I think maybe it’s because brunch is an acceptable time to eat more than one would at just an ordinary “breakfast”, and we like our food down here in Memphis. … Read More “Put it in your phone, let’s do some business…” – overheard at Beauty Shop brunch
There is something so timeless and classic about men in tails and white bow ties, next to women in gowns, that feels so old world. I was lucky enough to be able to attend a wedding recently that brought all of those details into 2015. Being an event planner, I’m constantly fascinated with how others design and setup… Read More Vignettes of a white tie wedding.
I am a habitual over packer. I’m usually always that girl who has two of everything, “just incase” I may need it. I’m the coworker who has an extra pen and two bottles of water. Also am sometimes a habitual over-sharer- I just want everyone to always have all the details! I’m an information hoarder,… Read More Preparing for pool parties and Russian nightclubs: what to pack when you overpack.
1. Our blog is called “Watch Us Roam”, so it’s no surprise I have permanent wanderlust most of the time. The Everygirl posted a quick list of 5 cities to travel to this Spring. And I couldn’t agree with them more. The only one I haven’t hit on the list is Vancouver. Canada- I’m coming… Read More 5 Things Because It’s Friday
How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our lives. There’s something about that quote that makes me think I’m not sure where my January days have went. Technical domain difficulties, long work days, the flu, cold weather: January has never been my favorite. But, here we are and it’s almost February.… Read More Holy January.
I’ve never been a whiskey sipping type of girl. I wish I was. Mix it with anything for me, please. I never truly put much thought into or appreciated the craft and process that whiskey goes through before it gets to the bar. And now I can only speak for Jack Daniels, but his whiskey… Read More That time I drank whiskey in a dry county.
I ate bone marrow last night. And no, this isn’t a restaurant critique. As if anyone could actually critique Restaurant Iris or Kelly English, he’s a living God in the South these days. What I will tell you about my night is that most of our dinner was so good it was like an out-of-body… Read More Restaurant Iris. Or the time shrimp brought me to tears.
“Denying her wounds came from the same source as her power.” Adrienne Rich I finally saw the movie Wild Monday night. It made me want to put all of my stuff in a storage unit, drive West and find myself on the Pacific Coast Trail. But that is how it is with anything you read (or in… Read More Wild by Cheryl Strayed. And the movie.
Here we are again, the end of a year. 2014 was a big one for us. New jobs, new friends, engagements, a new blog, and now a time to reflect on who we were and what defined us these last 365 days. I read yesterday that 2014 was the year of the horse, which is… Read More 2014 Recap