By Emily on February 8, 2013
I may have a future as an archivist after all, since apparently I’ve gotten more comfortable with always having a backlog I just keep slogging through. By this I mean, I’ve caught up on Flickr uploads…through 2011! Success? One of the really fun parts about going through old photos is reminiscing about fun times, creative [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, photography, Spain, travel | Tagged delayed, Madrid, photos, Spain, travel, vacation
By Emily on July 20, 2012
Ironic that my last post, about finding the time to prioritize writing, was written six weeks ago. It’s quite possibly been the busiest six weeks of my life. Handed over board president reins after a hectic, but I think fairly successful, year. Three weeks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Sweden. One last week of working. [...]
Posted in around the house, Missoula, moving, travel, working | Tagged Austin, Missoula, moving, packing, running, summer, travel
By Emily on February 7, 2012
(yep, I went there.) Somehow, I managed to post 99 times in 2011. That’s kind of incredible to me. And I spent most of the time thinking that I wasn’t getting around to posting often enough, feeling that nagging blogger impulse to start off a third of my posts with an apology. But those are [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, things that make me smile | Tagged busy life, interiors, Pinterest, travel
By Emily on September 30, 2011
“The idea of having travel in your future is like having a book that you haven’t read by an author who you love.” – Paul Theroux One month til takeoff. (from NPR’s Talk of the Nation)
Posted in Spain, things that make me smile, travel | Tagged NPR, Paul Theroux, quotable, Spain, Talk of the Nation, travel
By Emily on August 4, 2011
I bought a plane ticket to Madrid. After months and months of talking about it, thinking about it, planning a trip and then having to reconsider, daily Kayak email alerts about rising and falling fares, I finally bit the bullet and bought a ticket to Spain for this fall. It took a bonus at work [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Andalucía, Spain, travel | Tagged Barcelona, Córdoba, friends, Madrid, Spain, travel
By Emily on May 19, 2011
What’s the number one project you want to do but never seem to find time for? Bonus points if it’s overwhelming, expensive (especially if you buy supplies for it even when you’re not doing it), time consuming, or takes up a lot of physical space. For me, it’s scrapbooking. Or travel art journaling. Or whatever [...]
Posted in blogs I read and like, design, getting crafty, photography, Spain, travel | Tagged art history, art journal, grandparents, London, memories, paper addict, procrastination, scrapbooking, Spain, travel
By Emily on September 7, 2010
As promised, I have the first Photographer Crush in the series. This time around, I’m featuring the incredible work of France Ruffenach. Because I wasn’t really anticipating this series, I can’t remember where I heard about her – but I am smitten with her beautiful diptychs. Isn’t there an art to creating great diptychs? Most [...]
Posted in blog, photographer crush, things that make me smile | Tagged diptychs, food, France Ruffenach, interiors, photographer crush, portfolio, travel
By Emily on April 8, 2010
With an online presence comes online responsibilities, of sorts. One of my favorite blogs announced yesterday that they are going to stop posting so that they can devote more time to other things in their lives. And I respect that prioritizing, even as I’ll miss reading their blog. As for me, I don’t make money [...]
Posted in blog, blogs I read and like, photography, things that make me smile | Tagged photos, Portland, travel, vacation
By Emily on November 9, 2009
After months of feeling the pull of wanderlust, I’m taking advantage of the Veteran’s Day holiday this week and am heading to California to see my dear friend in Berkeley. We’re going to hit up San Francisco’s Mission District for burritos, Sonoma for wine tasting, and take a drive along the California coast. We have [...]
Posted in design, things that make me smile, travel | Tagged Berkeley, California, Mission burritos, photoessay, San Francisco, Sonoma, travel
By Emily on November 16, 2008
As was well documented in this blog, Córdoba and I had sort of a love/hate relationship when I lived there. It’s a strange city, one so focused on the past and its pedigree among top historical sites that it sometimes neglects its present. Córdoba has a strong alternative side, though, a counterpart to the ubiquitous [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Andalucía, blog, moving, photography, Spain, travel | Tagged "Moorish architecture", Andalucía, Córdoba, food, Granada, Mezquita, Spain, travel, videos
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a language and culture assistant through the Spanish government, traveling, and writing about it here. After a few years back in my home state of Montana, I moved to Austin, Texas, where I like to go exploring, take pictures of my food, write letters, dream of far-off places, and think about concepts of home.
