I'm going veggie!

Oh my goodness!!! I bought a veggie car today!!! Well, it's not quite a veggie car yet, but it's a VW diesel Golf that I'm converting into a veggie car.

Ian has a veggie VW Jetta and is purchasing a veggie Sportsmobile, so we will soon be a carbon neutral couple :)

Carbon neutral to the Coast!

Saturday at noon, Ian decided he wanted to excape the smoke from all the fires and head to the coast. We took the new veggie car and cruised carbon neurtral to the coast :)



So we headed to the Marin Headlands where the air was fresh and clean, which made us pretty happy :)



The view was pretty amazing



And even Sagan really enjoyed the trip



The skies have finally returned to their beautiful blue color in Sacramento and the air no longer smells like smoke, so my AC is off and the windows and doors shall open again!

I've been Frida-fied!

We went to the Frida Kahlo exhibit that is at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) on Saturday.

It was amazing.

Her art is very powerful, some may say weird, but I see . . . .

magnificent creations full of emotion and creativity that have deep and meaningful depictions of life, love, nature, pain, suffering, pride, politics, religion, and more. Here are a few of my favorites, I'm sure you can see why :)



Luther Burbank, 1931



Roots, 1929



The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, Diego, and Mr. Xolotl, 1949

It was amazing to see the original paintings, gathered and borrowed from collections around the world, and to view them so close that you can see the brush strokes in the paint. I have never before seen such an amazing collection of work. It was truly an honor to experience this, and I want to go again before the exhibit closes.

To learn more abou this amazing artist, go to www.fridakahlo.com

Camping in the eastern Sierras

We took a short overnight trip to the eastern Sierras - we found the most gorgeous spot to camp with a view that took your breath away. We loved it there, we're definitely going back :)

Trip back to Maryland - Ocean City

Ian and I went back to Maryland to spend some time with my family. It was so nice to be home in the summer with warm weather and time on the boat and the beach. It was great to have Ian meet my family and everyone had such a great time!



Dad and Mom-mom



We ate Maryland Blue crabs, my all time favorite, outside on the deck - mmm mmmm!



Mom-mom and Pop-pop enjoying crabs



Tony chillin'



Breakfast with the fam



and some long-awaited time on the boat!



Some great quality time with my girl, her hubby, and of course cutie patootie :)