hard at work in the english countryside

2.40 am and back in my looovely room at fawsley hall near daventry. clearly, tolkien has roamed this countryside because it is a picture-perfect hobbiton, minus the hobbits, although some of the old portraits in the great hall made me think the english might once have been hobbits... this was a 2-day team getaway with coworkers - spent the day with a motivational speaker - making 90day collages, having a-ha moments, believing that 'you can if you think you can' and then in the evening settled in at the bar - a roight propah boozeup!

some funny moments included "i had the time of my life..." (1 foot from the rafters, DD-style) "doe a deer, a female deer. ray a drop of golden sun..." (lyn reenacting my bday singalong), matt and his benedictine, kev hurdling over the down feather bed. made too much noise, who us? naaaah...

dutch el dantes

I found these shoes in Holland last November while visiting my friend Vera. Vera lives in the south of Holland about 3 hours from Amsterdam and 10 minutes from the German border near Aachen. The day after I arrived, we went shopping in Heerlen, a small university city about 15 minutes away. These El Dantes were the first pair I spotted in the first shop we went into and it was only my first full day in Holland...which means I was in trouble already - Holland has LOTS of shoes, especially the funky crazy types. But I loved them so I bought them anyway. And it turned out to be a good decision because I didn't buy any other shoes for the rest of the trip. Good restraint, Lynn. *self pat on the back* People have asked me where they can get a pair locally. Well, I haven't seen this pair in the US but I do know that Shoe Biz in SF carries occasionally the El Dantes brand.