June 23, 2009
· Filed under Animals!, Life, Pictures, Running
Monday, Eddie got to experience the thrill of driving on the left side of the road for the first time. We stopped off at Hertz to pick up our car. Amazingly, Ireland is one of the most dangerous countries in which to drive in the world. As a result, our credit card, which normally provides insurance when renting a car, does not have this coverage for a select few countries, Ireland among them. So, we paid 15 euros/day for the car and ~26 euros/day for the insurance. Phew. Obviously we only elected to have one driver and given my total inability to judge distance, Eddie was the obvious choice. He did an amazing job, and we started out on our trip across Ireland. Our first stop was the Rock of Cashel which is actually a very cool combo of a fort and cathedral:
Gorgeous views of the Irish countryside. Notice the cows in the distance.
From there, we went on to the Castle of Cahir which was awesome because you got to explore almost all the rooms. If only our condo had a “murder hole” so that we could drop rocks on unsuspecting salesman as they tried to approach.
We finally arrived at our bed and breakfast around 8 pm and headed out for a quick dinner at the nearby Sailor’s Bar. This is the view for our dinner. Note that at this point it’s probably close to 9 pm and still full daylight.
Tuesday morning, we debated a good bit whether to check out the Ring of Kerry (a popular tourist destination) or the Dingle Peninsula (awesome name, but farther away). We ultimately ended up going with our host’s recommendation and driving around the Beara Peninsula which was absolutely gorgeous with amazing views of both the ocean and mountains. This beauty was interspersed by moments of pure terror because apparently someone decided it would be fun to make very windy and narrow roads, just wide enough for 1 car, and then set the speed limit at 80 kmh. Luckily, Eddie was driving, and I just let out frequent squeals of terror.
Anyone who knows me knows that I have love animals, so we frequently stopped to try to entice the cows and sheep to come closer. Apparently the cows loved me:
But the sheep were quite fearful. Here is one running away from us:
Here’s one example of some of the amazing views.
Notice the crazy winding road:
Unfortunately, I’ve been rather sick for this entire vacation so I haven’t been able to get much running in. I’m actually starting to feel better, but I’m left with this horrible hacking cough. Lovely.
February 6, 2009
· Filed under Life, Pictures
It may seem that all we did in San Diego was stare at cute animals, but that is not entirely true. We also slept, ran, ate and drank. Ah, the perfect combination.
Running was actually one of my favorite parts of vacation. We usually got up every day around 8 or 9 am and picked a beautiful place to both sightsee and run before lunch. We ran at Mission Bay Park, the Embarcadero, and La Jolla Cove. Unfortunately, we failed to bring the camera with us on these runs which is really a pitty because they were gorgeous places to run. All of them were on the water with great scenery. It was very fun to explore various parts of the city on our feet. To give you a brief idea, here are some pictures of La Jolla Cove. We decided it was so beautiful on our run that we had to go back later to look some more.
A view of the cliffs:
Me, enjoying the late afternoon sun:
Sunset. For once, I took a relatively decent picture.
We also had a great time checking out the awesome breweries in San Diego. As most of you know, Eddie and I are rather crazy about craft beer so San Diego was a lot of fun to explore from that perspective.
Here’s Eddie staring in disbelief at the awesome beer supply at Stone:
And here he is doing a little dance of joy:
And here I am proudly displaying our collection of glassware at Pizza Port:
Had an interesting time checking out the food in San Diego. Eddie insisted on trying numerous taquerias. Apparently San Diegans enjoy combining french fries with Mexican food. I had a California burrito which included steak, shrimp, and french fries, in addition to other normal burrito food. And Eddie had carne asada fries which seemed to basically be nachos but with fries instead of chips. Here’s Eddie enjoying this tasty dish:
February 5, 2009
· Filed under Animals!, Pictures
February 2, 2009
· Filed under Animals!, Pictures
After a visit to the San Diego zoo, here are my top picks for my next pet (not listed in any particular order). Sadly, there are no big cats pictured because they are not very photogenic. Silly animals. And have no fear, Spenser would obviously stay and simply rule over whatever animal we got.
1. Sloth bear
2. Serval
3. Wolf
4. Cheetah AND Golden Retriever
5. Polar bear
6. Koala
January 21, 2008
· Filed under Life, Pictures, Running
Sometimes running is very perplexing. Yesterday, on a whim, I decided to run long and managed 8 miles very comfortably despite the bitter cold and the biting wind along the river. Today, I went out for an easy 3 miler and thought I would never make it to the end. Hmmm.
On a positive note, I had a fabulous weekend. Had a great call on Friday night thanks to the awesomeness of my senior resident. We spent about half the night laughing hysterically about nothing (in between taking care of kids!) and still managed to get a decent amount of sleep. Saturday morning, I got home from work around 10 am and had a nice 2 hour nap before heading over to Costco for an eye exam and to pick up some groceries. Took another brief nap before cleaning up the condo and baking cookies in preparation for Eddie’s (almost) surprise party. Sadly, Eddie figured it out, as he always does, but we still had a fabulous time. Met some friends at Christopher’s for dinner and then came back to our place for dessert and drinks. As a wonderful surprise, some of Eddie’s friends bought him Rock Band for his birthday. This, of course, resulted in some hilarious karaoke along with some interesting renditions of various songs.
Spent much of yesterday sleeping, then had a great long run, followed by a good dinner and an evening of watching Karate Kid. And thanks to my wonderful fellow residents, I even had today off. It doesn’t get much better than that.
November 1, 2007
· Filed under Pictures
A brief run down of our recent trip to Philadelphia …
Here is the fabulous place we had breakfast in the Reading Terminal Market:
And here is where we discovered the infamous bacon, egg and cheese bread:
And here is Eddie after several slices of the bread:
In addition to all our eating, we did manage to take in some history. This is the Liberty Bell, which was much smaller than I anticipated:
And here’s where the Constitutional Convention took place:
And here I am sitting on 300 year old benches in a Quaker Meeting House:
And back to eating and drinking…
October 24, 2007
· Filed under Pictures
Ha, I finally figured it out. So here is a brief photo tour of our recent adventures.
Eddie and I enjoying tasty butter-dipped corn at Topsfield Fair in front of the world’s largest pumpkin:
Here are some very cute goats at Topsfield Fair:
And here is a sign over the goats:
Can you tell what kind of animal this is?
Here I am the next day getting ready to run the Tufts 10K:
And here are all the fast people getting ready to run the Tufts 10K!
I think that’s enough pictures for now. I promise a photo tour of our trip to Philly soon.
July 27, 2007
· Filed under Animals!, Pictures
Anyone who knows or reads this blog knows that I am a little bit crazy about animals. So, you can imagine my great glee when my parents got two Cavalier King Charles puppies. They are ridiculously cute!
This is Molly:
And this is Juliet:
Don’t let the sleeping pictures fool you, they are maniacs!
July 11, 2007
· Filed under Animals!, Pictures, Spenser
Just for the record, let’s point out that I would never purchase such an outfit (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) but since Mark and Susan were moving and didn’t want to take this outfit with them, Eddie and I volunteered to take it off their hands. Ocky obviously tolerates this better than Spenser:
Don’t you wish you could dress up as a princess? Heaven help out children when we finally have them!
On another note, it is Eddie and my 3 year anniversary today. That’s 3 years of marriage and 9 years of dating! Of course, that’s nothing to Mark and Susan’s ten years of marriage, but we’re getting up there. 
We’re exchanging cards tonight and officially celebrating this weekend since Eddie is attending a tennis clinic tonight and I’m preparing for a new rotation.
Also, I’m having a great time watching the Seinfeld season 8 that Eddie got me for my birthday. It’s hilarious. I used to really hate Seinfeld, but Eddie has somehow changed my mind and now I can’t turn it off.
Of course, the best birthday present of all is that my parents finally got a dog!!! So exciting. Ever since we put our beloved black lab to sleep 3.5 years ago, I’ve been trying to convince them to get another dog. This is mostly for selfish reasons. It’s not that I don’t love Spenser (as all my rambling about him must attest), but I grew up with dogs and I miss having one. I’ve spent a while trying to convince Eddie that we should get a dog but I had to succumb to his argument that we should wait until we have a big yard. So, I figure my parents getting a job is the next best thing. My parents have opted to get a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which is a very long name for a pretty small dog, but I think this dog will be great for my parents. They are going to pick it up in a week and a half!
June 25, 2007
· Filed under Medical, Pictures
Actually, tomorrow is my first day of work as a pediatrician! Very cool. One interesting thing about pediatrics is that most pediatricians don’t wear white coats because they think this scares this kids. I don’t know if this is true or not, but I’m quite pleased because I hate wearing a white coat. Too hot and annoying. However, this does pose certain problems as to how to carry all my stuff around. This is my solution:
Isn’t it cute? Sadly, the material doesn’t seem to work well for stickers. Hopefully they won’t fall off too quickly. It has a couple pockets so I can carry around my notes, a couple quick references, and (most importantly) stickers and toys for kids.
