Wysteria Season

Is here.

{oh heyyy Leslie}

And there.

I wish this post was smellable!

{All photos taken in Berkeley}

Sunshine!

{at the Parker Palm Springs}

Bring on the vitamin D!

Happy Spring!

I braved the ridonk downpour in LA yesterday for just long enough to grab these daffodils at Trader Joe's for $1.29!  The perfect spring accessory, yes?

Don't they look pretty on my new orange (or "persimmon" in retail speak) side table?

(I wish someone would make a laptop with smell-transmission skillz already because these smell too good not to share.)

And now back to my studently duties (and coffee)...

Representin' the maiden name.  Via coffee mug.

P.S. stay tuned for pics from Palm Springs later today!

374 Miles South

Yesterday I did the drive from SF to LA for the first time by myself! I was dreading this drive because (a) anyone who knows me knows that I shouldn't be allowed to be behind the wheel, and (b) all I remembered from previous cross-state trips was the awful smell of the cattle farms on hwy 5. For the record, it still smelled bad. But this time, I was so surprised by how beautiful it was. Yes, I just said hwy 5 is beautiful. But I mean, check out these pics -

(these flowers were up to my shoulders!)

Right?

So if you're thinking about taking a road trip, do it now while everything is blooming! [And get a good book on tape from your local library (I listened to Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen and it was perfectly, though morbidly, amusing)].