New snapshots

I finally uploaded some more shots from my iPhone, so here are some new scenes of life in CA.

I scored this little desk at the Santa Monica Antiques Market. I love writing here every day. (The chair belongs to the kitchen table, and is a little low for working, but I'm determined to find a good chair for the study.)
We may have gotten a little overexcited at the sight of fresh fruit at the Culver City farmer's market today. Exhibit A, fridge full of berries:And here are a few parting shots of Culver City at night:

We're here

So, moving is my only explanation for my extended absence. Let me tell you, moving across the country is a huge, expensive pain in the butt. However...we're here! There's sun! I love my new writing space! I love avocados and clementines! There will be lots more California updates here, I'm sure, but the boy and I are also blogging with California-specific musings over at Lousy With Avocados. There's so much changing, and I'm still a little nervous (mostly about work). But for the most part, I'm really very happy in this new place.

Chocolate-filled Valentine's Day

The best kind of Valentine's Day is one filled with chocolate. On my commute to work, I opened my purse to get my headphones and found a pretty pattern...

::gasp::

Then I came home to find this, a chocolate-coffee-port cake baked by Chris:

Hope you had a sweet Valentine's Day!

Shout-out

Just felt compelled to post a shout-out to the boy for a whole host of reasons. For holding it together whenever I'm falling apart. For doing the laundry today. For getting me white daisies on Groundhog Day. For making shoveling snow look super fun.

More snow

I know, I know, it's like, "Beth, enough with the snow already." But I can't help it. It's so preeettyyy. Should I *not* have walked a mile through Central Park in the semi-blizzard this morn? Yeah, I guess. But here's what I saw from under my umbrella this morning:

(By the way, the umbrella wasn't so helpful. As you can tell from the horizontal streaks in the last photo, the sideways snow clung to my bags and coat anyway.)

Jury Duty: Not So Bad

When they send you to lunch for 2 hours, jury duty is not so bad:I got to see a new little corner of my borough. Actually, jury duty was not so bad at all. I got to read all day and then was dismissed! Photos taken 1 day before city blizzard #2.

White winter

Thank you, thank you, NYC, for the white winter. Usually, winters here are so dreary. One or two wimpy inches of snow quickly turn into the most menacing variety of sludge imaginable, forming dirty pools on every street corner that make it impossible to walk and cause pedestrians to live in perpetual fear of a taxi splashing.

But not this winter. This winter has been white and fluffy as far as the eye can see. And this girl is happy. (Dogs are happy, too. Can you spot the dog above? Close up, it's about the size of a bear.)