the pavilions on Santa Rosa Island April. We did not let our baby swim in the hurricane storm surge yesterday. We were going a little stir crazy yesterday so we drove out to Pensacola Beach to see if we could find any nice seashells. Hurricane Isaac brought us some wind and rain, but we didn’t appreciate what a…
Storm Surge
Hurricane Isaac
Our finer-than-usual weather continued yesterday morning, apart from gusty weather and occasional spats of blowing rain. Since a lot of our friends had to hurr-evac, we’ve been tucking up other people’s houses and feeding dogs. The wind had died down and it wasn’t raining early yesterday evening, so we put the baby in the stroller and set…
Tropical Storm Isaac
Tropical Storm Isaac projected path—watch out! All buttoned up The public is advised that Tropical Storm Isaac is headed our way. We’ve already had reports of storm damage as Tropical Storm Isaac swept through our kitchen at breakfast this morning, ahead of schedule, leaving all kinds of flotsam and jetsam for us to clean up….
Asian Fusion Living
Obviously we have a lot of Asian stuff. As previously mentioned, our home decor goal was to suggest the delight of adventures abroad without looking like someone hit us in the face with ASIA and flung us into Asian supersaturation. One way I tried to be mindful of this in Japan was by seeking out…
Seagull’s Eye View of the Beach
Wheel of Excitement, Pensacola Beach I LOVE PENSACOLA BEACH!! It was agreed: a day at the beach must begin with a ride on the new Ferris wheel. “Do you have any questions?” the girl asked as we waited for the revolutions to slow. “No. Yes! Do the doors lock?” “The doors don’t open from the…
Down By the Bay
Pensacola’s Seville Square Much better, thanks. It’s not like Captain Goodbaby and I go kayaking, snorkeling or sea cliff climbing in the best of times, but even for us the last few weeks have been looooooooooooooooooooooooow on the Outing Frequency Meter. Pre-baby I had to be strict and vigilant in order to have one day…
Recovery Zone
Trekking right along as usual! We hope you’ve enjoyed this musical interlude during bloggermission (Hmmm hmmm hmmm la la la la). Japan girls and babies! A couple weeks ago Kristin and I toted our kiddos to Fort Walton Beach for a birthday party reunion with a bunch of our Warlord friends from Japan. Our population…