lillie in the city » travel

Cheers to greatness!

lillie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:49 +0000

For New Year’s, I escaped from the city with friends, and we headed north to a little cabin in the Trinity National Forest. It was a perfect long weekend of good company, delicious food both at the dinner table and on the hiking trail, and lots of fresh air to welcome in the new decade.

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, we gave thanks for everyone’s transitions in 2009. And then we gave a big cheers to greatness in 2010!

Did you have a memorable toast for the New Year? Have you set any special intentions or resolutions?

Listening to: The Gardener by The Tallest Man on Earth (listen)

travel: exploring the north country

lillie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:33:00 +0000

another weekend road trip. more exploring of the north country. traveling with mischa (hiker, storyteller, and piesmith). in less than 4 days, we drove over 1,000 miles. we visited fresno, mendocino, tomales, marin, and san francisco counties. we ate a delicious and overwhelming supply of baked goods. and we had a few adventures along the way…

+ relaxing at mercey hot springs in fresno county

+ exploring the beautiful town and woods of mendocino

+ driving the pacific coast highway, north of san francisco

+ feasting at a beautiful outstanding in the field dinner

+ and camping at marin roots farm

i can’t wait to go back! for more photos, check out lillieinthecity / flickr.

listening to: birds fly away by theresa andersson (listen)

travel: maker fair @ san francisco

lillie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:52:00 +0000

another trip to san francisco! i’m finding lots of excuses to visit that lovely city. if only the drive from LA didn’t take quite so long…

this weekend’s excuse was the world’s largest DIY festival: maker fair. wandering the fairgrounds, my friend alex and i found makers of all kinds: crafts, robotics, fashion, technology, food, and more. it was inspiring madness.

our trip also included an overnight in fresno; saturday morning at the ferry plaza farmer’s market; sampling ice cream at bi-rite creamery; a foggy morning glimpse at day 1 of the 545-mile AIDS life cycle; a visit to the seward street slides; and a turkish delight.

see more photos from our weekend in san francisco at lillieinthecity / flickr.

travel: catalina island

lillie — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:51:00 +0000

life has been full of lots of little adventures lately, which makes me feel pretty lucky. this weekend, i went on a short-but-sweet trip to catalina island in the good company of one californian and two germans. we got up early and drank hot chai tea on the ferry. watched sea lions and dolphins on our way out into the pacific. and eventually docked in two harbors, the smaller of two villages on the island. our campground had a gorgeous view of the water. we hiked and ate lots and rented kayaks and picnicked on a deserted, remote, little beach.

it was–as self-proclaimed on the village logo–a little “island paradise.”

listening to: deep blue sea by grizzly bears (listen)

a little college reunion

lillie — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:01:00 +0000

and then the fun continued! within days of my family adventure ending, more of my favorite people arrived in town. this time for a little college reunion.

it’s not easy to coordinate the lives of six friends in five cities across the country and to agree on one location and one time for them to all to converge. but thanks to some marathon email chains and several “just do it!” phone calls, we managed to reserve four days, several plane tickets, and an excellent campsite for one laugh-love-food-filled weekend.

our main destination was jalama beach, three hours north of los angeles and a solid half hour from general civilization. there in good company, we got our fix of campfires, enormous egg scrambles, late night dominoes, banana s’mores, cowboy coffee, and sunshine.

a special thanks to in-n-out for being conveniently located by the airport. to gmail for making our email marathons possible. and to skype for allowing dave in prague to join in on the fun. it was all very well worth the effort.

see more photos of our camping at lillieinthecity / flickr.

listening to: total eclipse of the heart by bonnie tyler (listen)