My friend Mike.

How we Met: Mike and I met during our first year of Architecture school but didn't really become good friends until last year when we went to New Orleans for one of our studios. Now we are like BFF along with Brittany and Dallas...who I will highlight in a future post. We both won the New Orleans competition and travelled back to N.O. a second time which was a blast...I would've been totally bored out of my mind if we didn't have each other on that trip!

What I Love About Him: He is not afraid to be himself and we can definitely be ourselves around each other. He is like a walking dictionary. Seriously. At least once a day I have to ask him..."um....so what exactly do you mean when you say ____". Here are two examples of words he might use in a everyday conversation...

Acidulous: Of bitter temperment.

Catachristic: A mis-use of phrase or mis-nomer.

Yes, I just asked him to give me some of his favorite "big" words and he spewed these upon me.

He's so intelligent and knows some of the most random facts. Like, did you know that the whale on Pinnochio is "Monstro"? I didn't. He did and acted completely disgusted that I wouldn't know this. Um, hello? Whateva Mikey.

I also love his constant gesturing while he speaks. Especially the occasional hip swing that he throws into his presentations.

Something to get to know him by:

On our trip to Germany we visited an awesome project by Tadao Ando. Sometimes Mike finds himself inexplicably drawn to architecture and can't help but become physical with it.

Snort.

Wheezle.

My friend Brittany.

Germany 2007

New York 2006


Okay, so I'm going to start a new thing and make a post about each and every one of my friends. This should be fun. The first friend highlight is Brittany.

How we Met: We met in 8th grade and were great friends then kind of lost touch when she went to private school. We met up again in college when we realized we both chose to go into Architecture! Great minds think alike. Let me tell you, I'm so glad that I have Brittany or I would go crazy. Four years of architecture school without a best friend like her? Now that would have been close to impossible. Everyone at school jokes that we are married but whateva. They wish.

What I Love About Her: She's passionate about life. If she believes something she completely dedicates herself to it but always has an open mind willing to change.

Oh my, we can totally be ourselves around each other and have so much fun together. We can talk about things like politics, sex, religion, philosophy and even poop. Yes poop. And farting. It's really fun. We both love to travel and we have the best conversations together about life. I love it.


Something to get to know her by: Here's one little story that kind of sums up Brittany. When we leave our desks at school which have many valuables on them such as drafting tools, art supplies, electronics, etc., I caught her the other day locking up in her drawer two items: Her laptop and her recently purchased bag of cookies. There you go.


She's the best!

Go Obama.

That's all.

Imagine.

"Imagine all the people

Living life in peace..."

-john lennon

Um.....yeah.

Photo of a rockhunting trip a few years back...


"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."

-John Muir

Chiquitita

We're so lucky when we go out of town because we get to leave Chica with my Mom and Dad in Marysvale, where she is endlessly entertained. They treat her just like one of the grandchildren and I think Chica likes them more than us now! :) Anyway, while we were in San Francisco, Chica decided to run away for an hour and when she finally returned, this is what she had with her...

Canyou tell what it is? It's a leg. A deer leg. I guess some hunter left the leg and Chica found it. She was so proud of her find. According to Mom and Dad, she buried it in the garden and was constantly up all night going out to check on it. She's so funny!

Muir Woods + Quote of the Week

"What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?"
-Pablo Neruda

China Town

Then we went to china town where we ate yummy food at 10pm and then we bought this kickass cast iron teapot. We bought real tea leaves and when Brandon and I made a pot the other day, we drank it all because it was so yummy and could not fall asleep that night. So don't consume caffeine after 2pm or else you will be up all night. Ugh.

Biking San Fran

On our second to last day in San Francisco we rented bikes for the day and rode them from Fisherman's Wharf, along the bay, across Golden Gate bridge, through Sausalito and over to Tiburon. It was SIXTEEN MILES! Okay, maybe that's not a lot for biking but my butt was totally sore after. It was totally worth it! It was great to see the city at that pace and to enjoy the great weather that day.

We rode a ferry back from Tiburon to the Wharf where we had to return our bikes. It was so much fun! If you ever go to San Francisco, definitely do the bike tour.