Sunday Post

Sunday Post over on Seven Dames a Week entitled "What's in a Name?" Comments on this one highly encouraged (and needed).

Yellowstone

Yesterday my family decided to go on an impromptu trip to Yellowstone for my younger brother Ryan's 21st birthday. Given that I had not been to Yellowstone since I was EIGHT and the fact that it was my brother's birthday I decided to forgo studying for the day and have some fun. The choice was well worth it as it was a fantastic day.


I do not know about other entrances, but entering through the West Yellowstone is a little depressing since you can really still see how badly the fires from years and years ago really damaged the area. These mountaintops used to be covered with thick evergreen trees that are now struggling to reproduce.


Tragically we did not see as many animals as we normally are used to seeing on trips to Yellowstone. We saw a ton of elk, two bald eagles, and a wolf which everyone else in my family may-or-may-not think was a coyote but I know was a wolf. We did not see any bison. Super odd since I definitely have childhood memories of being in stuck in traffic forever as bison crossed the road. We also did not see any moose which made Toby totally devastated.


I had forgot about all the crazy shit you can pull over and see while driving through the park. I don't know that this picture fully captures the vastness of this blue pool, but lets just say it went down forever.


Apparently every year some idiot decided to jump in these mini geysers and dies (because they are hot...and they smell like rotten eggs). You wouldn't think people would be this stupid but the signs everywhere indicated otherwise.


My brother Ryan is the most talented photographer I know and was in heaven the whole day. We literally had to drag him away from places. All his pictures were obviously flawless.


My parents are so freaking cute, not to mention very patient with their granddog while his Mom went off gallivanting in the woods.


Old Faithful is kind of like the Glockenspiel in Munich. Like you gotta see it...but its kind of like "That's it? I saw the same thing by a geyser on the side of the road." Still, the shopping and atmosphere around Old Faithful is worth the hour and half wait to see it go off.

There she goes!
And then she's done.

Bee on a flower

Tree branches

Wood flower blossoms

Yellowstone Lake

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!

Perfect End To A Long Week

Nothing is a feast for the eyes more then a stunning sunset. I walked out onto my parent's front lawn just in time to catch some of its brilliance.



Tomorrow is my middle brother's 21st birthday. Most kids want to spend their time getting trashed, but my brother decided to come home and spend some quality time with the family. We are headed up to Yellowstone for the day, and since literally everybody just bought new SLR cameras I am sure to come back with some great pictures. Toby is coming too- which is great because if I had the choice of whether to bring my Yorkie or my German Shepard to traipse around the wilderness with me I would totally pick the Yorkie. He's up for it though. He's a big moose fan and hopes to finally meet one so he can devour it in kisses.

Shay and the Young Republican Vote

Meghan McCain just wrote a great piece for the Daily Beast regarding the young republicans potentially electing Audra Shay to be the new president of the organization.

Click HERE to read Meghan's post

Click HERE to see some of the comments on Shay's facebook page that have some conservatives up in arms.

See Shay's Response to the allegations HERE.

Best T-Shirts Ever

Once a week....okay fine maybe twice (cough three) times a week I kind of give up on trying to look fashionable for the day and wear a black t-shirt and jeans, or a black t-shirt and kaikis. This uniform of mine is a classic, and goes back probably to elementary school, thus I have gone through my fair share of black t-shirts and definitely know where to find the best.

The other day I was looking at my favorite crewneck black t-shirt from the GAP and realized it had died the way all black t-shirts die...armpit deodorant stains. Disgusting. So I threw it away and mourned its loss all day long until I found it HERE on sale at the at the GAP. $10, 4 basic colors. Awesome. I'm telling you, I will vouch for these t-shirt's quality until my death. There are non better. I DEFY anybody who can show me a better t-shirt.

His Favorite Place

No but seriously, do I not have the cutest dog on the planet?

Seriously bitch, get that camera out of my face...or....or...I will lick you to death.

Another Installment of Conversations With Katherine...

Me: I'm thinking about buying a pair of purple snake skin pumps.

Katherine: WHAT?

Me: Well not real snakeskin, I wouldn't wear real animals....

Katherine: Oh. I thought you were talking about a bike pump. What is a pump?

Me: A HEEL Katherine

Katherine: WHO ARE YOU! Axle Rose? A purple pump. Please talk with words I can understand.

(Note: The shoes I am talking about can be found HERE.)