time for a little rest.

and what better place than the little ol' town of st. louis.

i am here for just a few short weeks doing a bit of dog sitting. keeping myself busy also with repainting the kids rooms. it is a quiet brick house. with a little garden in the back where i have made good friends with a family of butterflys and too many tweetiebirds to count. it is hot, just like they say. but coming from vegas, anywhere seems breezy. the nights here are just perfect. i have made a routine of corn on the cob and a cold brewski to end the day. it seems fitting...

have done some fun things... lets see. church downtown at a beautiful anglican cathedral. cardinals game (beat the braves, 4-1)... little stroll through the botanical gardens... the annual st louis midnight ramble (where we joined 10,000 other folks for a little ride around town. free beer and custard after. what could be better than that!)... had my first authentic afgahni dinner. it was incredible.

anne just got back last night from seattle. i am really looking forward to doing some tacky touristy things with an old pal. today we are going to visit the anheuser bush brewery. take a tour, pet the clydesdales, partake in a complimentary pint.

life with indiana is getting better. for those who dont know, she was not liking me all that much. ie, refuses to be on the same floor as i am. if i go up, she goes down. i go down, she goes up. to the point where she anticipates it and flys past me on the steps every time... ahhh, she is an insanely complicated creature, but lets get real here, who isnt.

okay. off to the races.
ladeda.

the greatest dane: ms. indiana

perry and i, celebrating post midnight ramble.

on the stoop.

you know.

botanical gardens, stlouieee.

the air breaths fire.

good morning. good morning. 104 and smokin' here in vegas. but let me first start with a needed apology. i was looking over my blog and realized that i never really explained at all what i am doing down here! whoopsies.
so this is what happened. i was spending some quality time in grand rapids, biking a lot. cooking a lot. reading a lot. enjoying life a lot. when my ol' pal pete from palazzolos's artisan gelato and sorbetto gave to me a shout out about a couple down in vegas who needed some help opening up their little cafe. to which i replied, um, how about if you say you know a couple in portland oregan... but anyways... one email lead to another and the next thing i knew i was lost in nevada, working what will be a 26 day stint serving gelato and teaching all my little coffee wisdoms to sean and manessawe (who have very quickly become my family!) we eat sleep and breath gelato. it is a fine fine life. and one i am sure i will miss once i leave here. i have not seen much of vegas. but just between you and me, i am alright with that. i have meet some really great people, people who when i fly away from this little town that it trying to be so big and bright, will have given me so much more than i had imagined.
what i am trying to say is this... i am finding that there are so many versions of happiness out there. so many people living such good lives... i hope to you my friends, that you are each finding your own, in whatever you are doing.
enjoy this day.

yumyum.

my view of vegas.

so this is most of what i have seen in vegas! but its pretty dang cute, eh! just plugging along... i wish i had exciting things to tell you... its the life of a small business owner. we close early on sundays so have time to go out for dinner, had fantastic thai curry. thats the highlight of this week (and it was a highlight i tell ya! manasawee doesnt settle for second rate curry!) hope you are all well. dreaming sweet dreams here down south... will be glad to come home to yall soon. much love.