By kristianne, on June 29th, 2009%

Last week I sent out a spontaneous email inviting some friends and family to join us at the San Clemente State Beach for a beach fire and BBQ. We showed up at 3:00pm and fortunately my good friend, Chris had already arrived and snagged the last table available next to a fire pit. By the time . . . → Read More: [life] beach fire bbq
By kristianne, on June 25th, 2009%

I had the opportunity to join my girlfriend, Aggelige, up to The Camp to scout out the new location of her shop, Organic Designs. She was wanting to get a feel for how to prepare her inventory and displays for setting up shop in a refurbished airstream trailer.
It was a great afternoon for me; free . . . → Read More: [life] off to the camp
By kristianne, on June 25th, 2009%

On my way home from dropping Merrik off at the train station today, I got all choked up. I am so fortunate for the family I have and for the family I have married into. My kids are the luckiest kids around and get to experience so many fun things with their grandparents on both sides. . . . → Read More: [life] off to camp gramma grampa
By kristianne, on June 23rd, 2009%

Whenever I think about my weblog, I think about the first “log” I ever did. When Jim and I sailed to Polynesia we kept a frequent log of our position, wind, weather, sail combination, and observations. I decided to look up to see where we were on our sail from San Diego to Hiva Oa during . . . → Read More: [past life] yacht log
By kristianne, on June 23rd, 2009%

I just love these new images of Merrik and Maliea. It’s all about the ever so important light. Photography IS light after all. I was trying to capture Maliea with her new favorite toy Friends With You‘s Super Malfi. Jim bought this at MOCA in LA on one of his work outings for Merrik but Maliea . . . → Read More: [photography + life] new favorites
By kristianne, on June 21st, 2009%

I just wanted to mention that I love to receive your comments on my blog. It is a great way for me to interact with you and I am always thrilled that someone has made a remark or opened my eyes to something new that I didn’t know about when writing the post-especially if it relates . . . → Read More: [blog] comments