Flitting ♥ Fairy

Not so much for the beach, as for the El Capitan Canyon accommodations. Just was on the website and it looks wonderful! Nestled between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean, close to hiking and massage and the cabins look very cute and oh so romantic. Someday…

A big group of us went to Mango Mango and partied all day. All you can drink for $20. How can you go wrong with that? Tell ya what, it was fun. Not very cultural or touristy, but we rocked that bar!

I THOUGHT the Getty Villa was that awesome house on the top of the hill right near the driveway to the Villa. Come to find out that it’s way cool, but not that house.
So of course I had to detour and found that house and took some pictures of it. You know, since I’ve been OBSESSED with that house, and wanted to go to “The Getty Villa” because I thought it WAS that house.
So damned if I wasn’t going to go take some snaps of it before I moved away!!!

since I’m kinda without a home. But I actually HAVE a home. All of my stuff has been moved in, and I’m in the process of unpacking.
But I’m not actually going to live here for another three weeks or so.
So I’m back and forth, on the road, wandering like a gypsy and tumbling like a tumble weed.

I’m Free

I’ve heard so much about Kauai and I am so excited that we are going in November! Yeah!

I think Oahu is going to be fabulous! I can’t wait to go in November!

I’ve been here a few times. The restaurant in the Eiffel Tower is romantic, but pricey (as are most a la carte dinners on the strip).
By far, my favorite thing here is the buffet for breakfast only. Made to order crepes? Tres bien!
I’m hoping to stay here this fall during our corporate convention. It’s being held at the MGM, so it’s a short walk and I’ve always wanted to stay here.
Sure, it’s nothing like the REAL Paris, but what in Vegas is really like the real ANYTHING? It’s Vegas people, don’t take it too seriously and it can be really fun!

But anywhere I can go and pet a dolphin, I’m in. The shows are very normal, Sea World type shows. The Atlantis ride is fun. But by far for me, the best thing is being able to feed and pet the dolphins. Way cool! I don’t care if I’m ‘too old’ to get excited over it, I still do.

It was my last night in France, and they had the show Faerie. Being a fairy lover, I thought, hey, why not. By the way, no fairy references in the whole show.

It was a good show, a good dinner, and all that. But honestly, it wasn’t that great. Definitely a do-it-once and be done sort of thing. But I’m glad I did it, glad to say I was there.

And for the girl that asked, no elephant in sight either. I believe that was a set created elsewhere.

on a day that couldn’t decide to be rainy or sunny, during a brief bit of bright sunlight, my fiance and I decided to drive up to Orcas Pottery. We followed the signs and pulled onto the turnoff.

The dense trees cast us in shadows almost immediately. I admired the thick tufts of fern, the fallen logs and damp rocks with bright green moss growing on them. As we got further and further up the road, the area was getting darker and darker. It was like being in a dark, scary, enchanted forest. At any moment, we thought we would be on the set of a real life horror movie.

We decided NOT to get out of the car, and as we headed past what looked like quick-sand in the parking lot, or at least a very giant muddy puddle, I started teasing my fiance by saying “I’ll grind your bones to make my pottery” and laughing like a storybook evil witch.

It was awesome! ;)