why join the navy when you can be a pirate?

hey alex downstairs! our movie is finally out! we should...

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:24:38 -0400

hey alex downstairs! our movie is finally out! we should clearly watch it on our easter egg day : )

HOUSE!

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:20:48 -0400

HOUSE!

It's Project Gunway, people.

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:14:05 -0400

General McPeak speaks movingly of unit cohesion. He says, “We know, or ought to, that warriors are...

Spring spring

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:30:37 -0400

Spring spring

ache: thejoanne: (via iamthecrime)

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:10:47 -0400

ache:

thejoanne:

(via iamthecrime)

mandaflewaway: ronocklats: newnoisethriller:urlesque:tanya77:az...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:05:44 -0400

mandaflewaway:

ronocklats:

newnoisethriller:urlesque:tanya77:azspot:So True

i think i am dating this man.

"‘stay’ is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary"

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:54 -0400

“‘stay’ is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary” - louisa may...

Puppys spring break bores him. It’s just like every other...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:45:41 -0400

Puppys spring break bores him. It’s just like every other day, except with more tennis courts and woods.

congratulations to ezra, who matched yale radiology!!!

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:38 -0400

congratulations to ezra, who matched yale radiology!!!

new lilly so cute.

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:11 -0400

new lilly so cute.

i am trying to get ready to go for a run. puppy hates it when i go for runs without him. i am...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:22:10 -0400

i am trying to get ready to go for a run. puppy hates it when i go for runs without him. i am...

chelsea champ

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:15:37 -0400

chelsea champ

we rocked the 80’s, i don’t care what you say

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:14:33 -0400

we rocked the 80’s, i don’t care what you say

hullo charleston hullo you’re calling hullo Cooper River...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:13:31 -0400

hullo charleston hullo you’re calling hullo

Cooper River Bridge in the Morning Mist (via Dolcemente111)

Hiss Residence (via dbking)

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:11:14 -0400

Hiss Residence

(via dbking)

sartorial: On the Street…..Caped & Chloe, Paris style.

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:49 -0400

sartorial:

On the Street…..Caped & Chloe, Paris

style.

shorterexcerpts: realrealsoft: aashawn-cristina: Taylor...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:02:24 -0400

shorterexcerpts:

realrealsoft:

aashawn-cristina:

Taylor Lautner

Design Mom: Train Token Necklaces

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:51:53 -0400

Design Mom: Train Token Necklaces

"Well, a boyfriend by another name is still an asshole."

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:27 -0400

“Well, a boyfriend by another name is still an asshole.” - Mama

alexandracale: Taiwan Day 3 was action packed! Highlights:...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:08:37 -0400

At Yeliou

Coffee by the Specific Ocean!

A lovely afternoon

alexandracale:

Taiwan Day 3 was action packed! Highlights: Yeliou Mountain & The Queen’s Head, BBQ squid, night market, hot springs! Guy has more detailed posts, so I’ll just give you the highlights.

We spent the day with my cousin Ting Shuen and her husband Andy, and their two Taiwanese/Australian friends, Carl and Sandy. We started out in Taipei, and then journeyed outside of town.

Let me tell you how you know you’ve left the city: there are squat toilets.

I’m sorry to be indelicate, but I’m just telling you how it is. I don’t understand the squat toilet, I don’t want to use the squat toilet, and in general I prefer to pretend it doesn’t exist. Often the squat toilets don’t have any bog roll (as Guy would call it) and so you just hope that you have some tissues with you. Or, like me, you wait until you get somewhere that has a “Western style toilet.”

Also, have you ever had barbecued squid? Let me tell you how it’s done. You take a squid, and cut it down the center with a pair of scissors. Slap it on the grill. After a few minutes, turn, and baste with sauce. Cut into pieces, skewer and chew. It’s just as chewy as you think it would be.

In the evening, we went to the Shilin night market, which is one of the most famous and popular in Taipei. It’s extremely crowded with shoppers, vendors selling everything you can imagine. Jewelry, shoes, accessories, clothes, underwear, bags - and all at pretty great prices.

There are also a ton of food vendors selling all kinds of Chinese snacks. We had lots of tasty things, but the highlight of the evening’s eating was when Carl said to Guy, “try this, you’ll like it.” Guy gamely took a bite of something on a skewer and asked what it was. ”Oh! It’s duck’s tongue!”

After the night market, we went to Taiwanese hot springs. The hot springs are not all actually hot. There were five baths all told, plus a wet and a dry sauna. One is scalding hot, which is were all the experienced bathers seemed to be hanging out. There was also a warm one, which Sandy and I preferred, and two freezing cold baths, which no one seemed to have any interest in whatsoever. Let me tell you what - nothing compares to the feeling of soaking in warm water with a cool night breeze on your face.

After our action packed day, zzzzzz.

you look like you’re having a fabulous time, so i won’t tell you to come home. instead, i’ll go play mama at tennis and whoop her.

so, see you next week : ) POTLUCK THURSDAY will be puppy-free for two weeks; he’s staying in baltimore until easter.