Balloon Fiesta

sunday thai brunch
Rooftop. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Wat Mongkolratanaram, Tampa’s Thai Temple sits, off of State Road 41 just over the railroad tracks and along the Hillsborough River. I’d heard over and over about the the wonderful Sunday Thai brunch, but never had the opportunity to go until yesterday. I took a few pictures, but mostly chilled with the fam and got down on a really delicious Thai crepe. (I was too busy eating to take a picture. Sorry.) This will definitely be a place I return to in the future. There was

life is sweet even when it is sour
A tasty serving of faloudeh from Tangerine, a new Persian restaurant in Tampa. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson Moving consumes a lot of energy and I am glad that it is over for the most part. My mom is getting settled into her new villa and being the squatter that I am, I have snuggled in nicely myself. Yes, there are still boxes to be unpacked, but I’m in no rush. The packing process was difficult enough. It would be wrong of me to remove the contents from their boxes after taking such care to secure them for th

still packing & what not to buy
I’ve reached that point in packing where I’m just tossing stuff in the trash. Also, I’ve learned that while I’m not an all-around pack-rat, I have managed to obtain a ridiculous number of photo albums and frames. I will not buy another frame or album for a very long time. Perhaps it is time to invest in a really nice digital frame. I’m far too sentimental as I’ve held onto every letter anyone has ever written me since 95′ sometime. No worries there. I’ll be starting a project to take care of those letters soon enough. Prayerfully, I should have all this wrapped up by tomorrow night. We’ll be moving into the new house on Wednesd

packing and moving
If I’m quiet, its because I have a lot of packing and moving and movement in general going on. Mom and I are reloacting across town to the glorious ‘burbs.’ We’ll be closer to my brother and also around the corner from my old high school. Woop woop! The most difficult part about packing is the discarding of things that just sort of nestled themselves on the desk untouched for the last two years. Decisions… I’ve come to realize that I have an insane number of photo albums. I don’t know whether I should stop taking pictures or just store them all digitally. I’ve also discovered the same for my DVD collection and CDs’s. I cannot

t.i.a.