a.k.a. “The race I nearly forgot was a race and thus nearly forgot to blog about it….”

As is plainly obvious (or is it?), I haven’t been running much since my May marathon nor do I have a race to train for. Wait, I did have one. No, I didn’t really.
Over the summer, NPY and I went for many walks. As a runner, I would disparage this slow-going past-time, casting it as something old people do. But it was a really nice summer and we had to do something since in …

Somehow, time has passed such that NPY and I have made it to the three-year mark. Yes siree, three years ago, June 16 was a Friday and I dolled myself up (a rarity) for a tentatively made dinner date with with a boy that turned out to exceed all my expectations. And, I might add, after all the years and mis-starts, my expectations were finally in the right place.
Other than that, I’m quite loathed to prattle on about our relationship – it’s not in my tagline above ;-) – except …

While I have been to New York at least twice in my life before, NPY had never been so we hopped on the opportunity to show him something new and to visit his long-time friend who has been working and living it up in New York for several years. The last time I was in New York was in 2001 or earlier on a family trip and I can only recall a large part of my time occupied with being on a private Chinese tour of Manhattan then a larger …

Yay, I’m back and it feels like I’ve had a second job this week uploading, captioning, tagging, and deliberating on photographs from a mere ten days spend on the Right, er, East Coast….
First off, you must know that NPY was along for the ride – and I do plan a crazy ride – and he was Meeting the Parents for the first time. However, it went smoothly, much unlike the movie, and only I felt a twinge of guilt that while I was physically in Halifax, I kind of had …

NPY surprised me arranging that we go to Seattle this weekend. It it is President’s Day on the Monday the 16th. Oh, and it’s Valentine’s Day on Saturday!
All he did was book the hotel. I’m doing the rest. =P
The following list is racing through my head like a ticker.
Red Mango. P.F. Chang’s. Cheesecake Factory. Oh gosh, will we get to dine anywhere on V-Day? University Village. Bellevue Square. Ann Taylor. Banana Republic Outlet shopping. Don’t forget your $150 GC. Don’t forget your USD cash. Don’t forget your passport. Finish Line …