02.28.11

This is the first day of our trip to California. We started in Burbank, and spent the evening at our old favorite hometown bar, Timmy Nolan's:

02.27.11

The Oscars bore Lucy so much that she fell asleep with a bottle in her mouth:

02.26.11

Practicing for her last day of pitbull school. Lucy is crazy about her harness:

02.25.11

Lucy had another run-in with a pen. Clearly, she feels much shame for her bad behavior:

02.24.11

The light above our shower went out, so I had to replace it. It is a really tricky mechanism, made worse by the fact that I was sure a whole colony of spiders was going to fall on my head as soon as I opened the flap:



(There were actually no spiders, thank goodness, just a ton of dust.)

02.23.11

Michael made a low-carb fancy dinner of bacon-wrapped scallops. Yum!!

02.22.11

Lucy lounges on the couch with her replacement Crazy Critter (the first one was finally demolished after her aggressive chewing):

02.21.11

Clearly my husband's attempts at procrastinating his novel were getting desperate, as he took several hours to reorganize our kitchen cabinet:

02.20.11

Lucy sees you looking at her ball, and she wants you to know that you cannot has it:

02.19.11

Tonight was the incredible Hello Bully "Lovers Not Fighters" Gala! We got to celebrate the greatest breed of pups around, have some drinks, have some fun, and eat the most delicious desserts! Here I am with one of the strawberry-vanilla flavored bone cookies:

02.18.11

Hoping to have a second helping, I left my Indian food uncovered on the countertop in the kitchen... came down to fill up my plate and found out that Lucy had licked all of the curry sauce off of the peas and cheese (but did not eat either). Here is her 'what do you mean, I'm going to have an upset tummy all night' face:

02.17.11

I belong to a 24-hour gym so that I can work out whenever inspiration hits me. This was taken at 11:41pm, when there is no line for the cardio equipment:

02.16.11

Lucy customized a $50 bill for us...

02.15.11

Writers' group met at Panera this evening, and I got to have one of the most delicious pastries on the earth:

02.14.11

Attempting to recreate the picture we took in 2007 of our first Valentine's Day together, freezing cold on our porch waiting for a cab (different porch now, of course):

02.13.11

New book arrived in the mail:

02.12.11

Lucy had a run-in with a Sharpie marker:

02.11.11

My latest find at Awesome Books (an amazing used bookstore in Garfield):

02.10.11

The best thing I've gotten in the mail in awhile! Whee!!

02.09.11

The best porkchop of my life at Walnut Grill in Shadyside:

02.08.11

Lucy's bewildered look. "How can it be?!?"

02.07.11

Lucy shows us her very best behavior while practicing her relaxation protocol for pitbull school:

02.06.11

Steeler superstition says we must have brunch at the same place we had brunch on the morning of the AFC Championship game:

02.05.11

Our furnace broke on Friday morning... by Saturday morning, our house was 42 degrees. By 1pm, the heating guy had come and saved us, and I have decided that this is what happiness looks like:

02.04.11

Check out what's playing on screen 4:

02.03.11

Streelights and wintertime trees:

02.02.11

Lucy got super excited about Phil's prediction that spring is almost here, so she leaped about the living room:

02.01.11

The first step to making a great clam sauce pasta? Get yourself some clams: