try: to say “no” more often, even if the opportunity is a great one see: the baby birds in our trees taste: beer battered asparagus listen: to Carrie Underwood, LIVE, at Arco in May (!) visit: my own backyard for a little bit of springtime R&R start: riding my bike to work again stop: living [...]
It’s become a tradition to recap my year’s bests. As usual, this list is not necessarily books or music that debuted in 2009, bur rather things I enjoyed in 2009 for the first time. Each year I add or delete certain sections. This year I deleted the “Best Moments” category only because I’ve already mentioned [...]
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Thanks to Michael Jackson, and my dad, I started break dancing at 3 1/2 years old. We have home videos in our living room, MJ and Bruce Springsteen records play in the background, as my dad lays Scott and I on the wood floor, takes our legs and spins us like a Twister dial. My [...]
by Lesley on October 26, 2009
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After six months of eager anticipation, here we are at the Rose Bowl watching U2 perform the largest concert in the stadium’s history. Close to 100,000 fans packed out the stadium for a two-and-a-half hour concert broadcast around the world on YouTube. I told you in April that I’d be blogging about the concert as [...]
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by Lesley on April 7, 2009
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I contribute, and give credit to, the hand of God for bringing Jonathan and I together during our early years of college. I also might credit Bono. Don’t call me a heathen. God can work through people, right? My love for U2 stems from my Dad, who would play their songs at a loud volume [...]
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