Hawaiian Rat Tail

While we were on yet another beautiful beach we discovered Nick had enough neck hair to make a ponytail!
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Plumeria

Every morning on the way to our car there are plumeria blossoms on the ground. Here Kimia and I are pretending to be Hawaiian native girls. Ha!
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Secret Beach Day

Here is Nick enjoying Secret Beach when he and Kimia first arrived.
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Orchid & Sunset

Maybe I should come back here in the summer...
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Yoga at Bodhi Tree

I practiced some vinyasa yoga in Kapa'a this morning, nursed a little sun burn and enjoyed a passion fruit lemonade and Dal at the Blossoming Lotus Cafe. The class was at Bodhi Tree Yoga at the top of this building.
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Hawaii Paintings

I spent an hour watercoloring some orchids. I've always wanted to paint them yet never have... Funny since they are my favorite flower! Well here are the first two- I would like to do some abstractions next.
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Arrived in Hawaii

So I'm sitting here at the resort islander on Kauai by myself and loving my vacation. I arrived last night to my hotel room just in time to see the season premiere of The Hills (and im not ashamed to admit that I love that show), got my coffee this morning, practiced some yoga, and even got some chips and salsa to have later with seltzer water and lime. The weather and water are gorgeous and people are friendly and helpful.

Next time the kids drive me crazy at work, I have to remember this vacation and re-appreciate my time off :)

I'll keep you posted...
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Turn your head to the right...

Saturday night I went out in North Beach because Jason Helms was in town. We went to Nan King for dinner and Specs for drinks. Kassey:I wished you were there! And sorry about the photo, I don't have time to figure out how to rotate it...
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Ring mountain

I got the afternoon off of work today and took this absolutely beautiful hike in Marin.
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Fairy Dust

Today I read my kindergartners a story about a little girl who pretends to be a fairy. Then I taught them about the shape of a star and how to use watercolors correctly. After they were finished coloring the stars, they painted the negative space. I told them that if they finished and used the art supplies well, maybe a fairy would sprinkle some fairy dust on their papers tonight. Looks like they used the supplies well!
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Hiking with Mom

Since I came back from San Diego on Saturday night it felt like I had another whole weekend on Sunday. My mom and I went hiking in Tennessee Valley and Nick and I had my dad over for an impromptu Day Light Savings Party.

24 Hours in San Diego

Kimia and I had a great time in San Diego this weekend. I took an evening flight after a conference for the Arts in Saratoga and landed in SD around 7:30pm. Five minutes later I was downtown San Diego at the W hotel. I met up with Kimia, Brandon (high school friend) and his wife Larkin at the rooftop beach bar. We had a great time telling stories and enjoyed the cool ambience. I swear the music was playing off of Nick's itunes--I recognized every song! After a couple drinks we went downstairs to the restaurant (Rice) and shared a delicious dinner...closing the place down at 12:30.

The next day Kimia and I had coffee, got ready, had brunch and then shopped at some really cute boutique shops in Little Italy. We found some really good deals and had a great time talking to the store owners and trying on clothes. Later in the afternoon we sat outside in the W's lounge and entertained ourselves for 3 hours doing nothing-well I was practicing learning how to use my new Crackberry (I can blog from it!!! And take amazingly decent photos!) The waiter ended up giving us our drinks for free--I think he was amazed by how well we could amuse ourselves. At about 6pm we took a cab back to the airport and headed back to San Francisco.

This is chatter acting like a tired pregnant lady on Sunday afternoon. You would think she was the one who went for the two hour hike today-but it was me!
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