July 2010

no love for McLean

July 23, 2010

Another chapter has been shut: I will never return to McLean, VA, ever again. It was strange being the girl that’s leaving when I was only there for barely two months. One of my bosses never learned how to pronounce my name correctly. Another decided that my exit interview would only consist of handing in [...]

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lots of blueberries

July 22, 2010

Summer is nearly over, but it feels like it’s just beginning for me. I have one day left at a job that sucks every ounce of motivation and creativity out of me and now I just feel like a kid stuck in class on the last day of school. There’s only three weeks until me [...]

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Professional Kirstin

July 16, 2010

Today Farrell texted me and asked how I felt about being a Band Photographer. I’m assuming he means, “You, my lawfully wedded wife, own a camera and should therefore take pictures of my band,” but it did get me thinking about my various chapters as a professional (fill-in-the-blank) over the past few years (and how [...]

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Miss to Mrs, part 1

July 14, 2010

I’m hitched! Farrell and I became husband and wife on Saturday and I couldn’t have been happier with how the whole event turned out. It was completely exhausting and incredibly nerve-racking but definitely one of the best days of my life. Pictures from the actual wedding day are, unfortunately, not available yet. I didn’t have [...]

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Semolina muffins

July 7, 2010

I have to start out by saying I know. I know muffins from franchise coffee houses (and, let’s face it, some mom-and-pop hipster-licious places as well) will never be as good as ones I make at home. I know this. Even as I sit in a Starbucks, eating a muffin, I recognize that I bake [...]

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Independent on Independence Day

July 5, 2010

The original plan for this weekend was a camping trip in Maryland with my boo and a few friends. Following a somewhat disappointing Sleigh Bells show that included waaaay too many sorority girls on Friday night, I woke up Saturday morning feeling awful. A scratchy throat thing that had bothered me during the week was [...]