Bluegrass

On June 27, Steel Magnolia debuted their new song, "Without You", on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  Awesome song....loved it!  They make beautiful music together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9G5KeMQBPc

To, through, and around Lake Tahoe

All I have got to say is...oh my gosh...what a trip!  In my opinion, Lake Tahoe is God's Country.  It is the largest alpine lake in North America and it is breathtakingly beautiful.  I went to Lake Tahoe the first week in September, over and around Labor Day Weekend.  It was about 75 degrees and sunny.  I am not a cold weather person so for me this was the perfect weather.  We wore tees, shorts, and flip flops.  It was very casual, slow-paced, and relaxing, the entire trip.  I want to take you to some of the places we went to in and around Lake Tahoe.

Going around the lake...first up is Tahoe City.  Tahoe City is a quaint little town of South Lake Tahoe, California.  It's about 1 mile end-to-end and full of unique little shops and boutiques (this is where I bought my Teva sandals that I think I wore most of the trip).  Tahoe City is home to Chamber's Landing Bar and Grill, the oldest bar on Lake Tahoe.  The Chamber's Landing restaurant is actually on the shore of Lake Tahoe but their bar is in a very cool shack at the end of a long pier.  The bar has casual food like hamburgers and hot dogs as well as their famous Chambers Punch.  And if you happen to be out boating around on the lake, you can just dock up and have a little shnack and some punch and then be on your way!  And their punch...I must say it is very, very tasty and refreshing.  That was just the first of our "punches" as we cruised around the lake.  ;)


Next up...Truckee, California.  Truckee is so cool.  It is a charming little mountain town located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California (just west of the Nevada state line).  Truckee is full of adventure for the sports enthusiast...white water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, mountain climbing, very outdoorsy!  The Truckee River flows through the mountains to Truckee and then on through Reno and Sparks in Nevada.  The river is about 120 miles long and is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe.  We stopped at a small restaurant that overlooked the Truckee River.  We sat at one of their outdoor tables, had a little lunch and more punch and watched people rafting and canoeing on the river.

                                          Truckee River

And then we traveled on to...Carnelian Bay, CA (on the north shore of Lake Tahoe).  We stopped at Gar Wood's Grill and Pier Restaurant, www.prestonworks.com/Garwoods.html, an awesome restaurant (great food and ambience) and one of the more popular restaurants on the north shore.  We had a few shnacks and some more punch on their large deck as we watched boats pull up to the restaurant's pier only to pick up some take out!  What a life!  We had a blast just chillin.  Gar Wood's is just the perfect place!  Don't miss it if you are at Lake Tahoe.

                                                Carnelian Bay

                    

                                   Driving near Carnelian Bay




Lake Tahoe is a special place.  It is a gorgeous serene lake surrounded by mountains and thick strands of giant pines, sequoias, firs, aspens...  It's like a little bit of heaven on earth.  So, if you have never been to Lake Tahoe and you get the chance to go, GO.  You will love it.  It was one of the best trips I have taken.  And I'm so looking forward to going back!



Make your heart smile

Do at least one thing everyday to make your heart smile.





Marissa Mayer and Googol

“Martha Stewart Presents:  Women with Vision"

 Premiering Monday, July 18

On the Hallmark Channel, on Monday, July 18, Martha Stewart will be interviewing Marissa Mayer - Google's Vice President of Consumer Products - the youngest woman to make Fortune’s ‘Top 50 Most Powerful Women in the World’’ list.  Marissa will talk about Google’s infamous homepage design and name, as well as give a glimpse into her personal life and her love of baking.

Marissa Mayer on how Google’s homepage graphic was created:

MS:  Now, that homepage when you go to Google, it’s very clean, a very white page with that nice neat box, and those primary colored letters ‘Google.’  How did that come about?

MM:  I asked Sergey this question, because Sergey did the original design of the homepage.  I said, “Sergey, is this a statement for minimalism, you know, what were you trying to convey?”  And his answer was, “We didn’t have a webmaster and I don’t do HTML.” And so basically we kind of stumbled into our signature look.

MS:  And it’s a silly name if you think about it, but it actually stands for something very un-silly.

MM:  Well it stands for a number, which is 10 to the 100.  And so when Larry and Sergey were looking for a name for the company, they wanted something short, six letters or less.  The number is spelled G-O-O-G-O-L.

MS:  Googol.

MM:  But the funny thing is that Larry and Sergey are terrible spellers.  I mean they spelled and it wasn’t taken, so they were like, ‘Great! We found it, and that’s how much information we want to organize.”… That’s great, but you misspelled it.



Believe in Your Heart

                                         

Believe in your heart that something wonderful is about to happen.

Love your life.

Believe in your powers and your own potential, and in your own inate goodness.

Wake every morning with the awe of just being alive.

Discover each day the magnificent awesome beauty in the world.

Explore and embrace life in yourself and in everyone you see each day.

Reach within to find your own specialness.

Amaze yourself and those around you to the potential of each new day.

Don't be afraid to admit you are less than perfect;

This is the essence of your humanity.

Let those who love you help you.

Trust enough to be able to take.

Look with hope to the new horizon of today, for today is all we truly have.

Live this day well.

Let a little sun out as well as in.

Create your own rainbows.

Be open to all your possibilities;

All possibilities and miracles.

Always believe in miracles....

                                                                     Author Unknown

Baby Shower Bliss

Click on invitation to enlarge

Colorful fun fabric....

Just have to say that I'm lovin this fabric!  It's so colorful and fun.  Love the colors as well as the creamy white background.  I think I'm drawn to this fabric because it reminds me of a garden.  It's not inexpensive fabric so I may just have to use it as inspiration.  What do you think?  You like?