http://serendipity.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ (AKA: without a plan, winging it, or just plain stumbling around) en Vox Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:23:15 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/misguided-and-greedy-in-redwood-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/misguided-and-greedy-in-redwood-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/misguided-and-greedy-in-redwood-city.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:23:15 -0700 I've been helping to fight the city council's plan to convert 1400+ acres of restorable wetlands in Redwood City. As a fly fisher and supporter of the environment, I am appalled at the level of greed and short-sightedness being demonstrated by my... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/misguided-and-greedy-in-redwood-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0123ddddecdb860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> development wetlands redwood city salt ponds cargill city council save the bay saltworks http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-dog-days-of-summer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-dog-days-of-summer.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-dog-days-of-summer.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:03:32 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110180eac47860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110180eac47860e-50si" alt="No really, this is his happy face" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf06c860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf06c860d-50si" alt="the loneliest highway in america" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf2b7860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf2b7860d-50si" alt="My favorite kind of landscape" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf0dd860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016cdf0dd860d-50si" alt="Amanda" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110180ea9eb860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110180ea9eb860e-50si" alt="Arches National Park" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164e5b44860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110164e5b44860b-50si" alt="Arches National Park, Utah" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We saved our vacation until the very last possible minute, less than two weeks before the girls had to go back to school. by waiting so long we also shortened it, but we still managed to 1) see places we'd never seen before and 2) spend quality t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-dog-days-of-summer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110180eab64860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fishing amanda colorado cousins arches canyonlands 2009 summer road trip http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/freeway-or-bobsled-you-decide.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/freeway-or-bobsled-you-decide.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/freeway-or-bobsled-you-decide.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:30:42 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018639bd9860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018639bd9860f-50si" alt="whoosh" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/freeway-or-bobsled-you-decide.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018639bdb860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> out and about http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/lunch-at-ronnas-7.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/lunch-at-ronnas-7.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/lunch-at-ronnas-7.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:54:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110186211fb860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110186211fb860f-50si" alt="Her version of a working lunch" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/lunch-at-ronnas-7.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101642d49e860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lunch out and about ronna http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-project.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-project.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-project.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:50:27 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018591274860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011018591274860f-50si" alt="Lili with shopping bags" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've been talking and Twittering and Facebooking quite a bit lately about my summer project, a rewards site I've been building with some friends. Now that it's alive and working, I want to share it with you and get your feedback. If you've never ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/my-summer-project.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011017fa1dbe860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lili summer project reward sites lilideals http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fairy-business.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fairy-business.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/fairy-business.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:20:54 -0700 Cassandre lost a tooth at fish camp and came home with it in her pocket. Juju lost her second tooth today. Which makes it a busy week for the tooth fairy and it's costing me a bundle. I have a checkered career as a tooth fairy. 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Not just because they butchered my name, but because I felt it was a strange attempt to create a relationship... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/more-flies-with-honey.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101676d4ca860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> smile eggs farmers market loyalty manners san carlos http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-cone-of-silence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-cone-of-silence.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-cone-of-silence.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:54:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101676331f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece01101676331f860c-50si" alt="Get me out of here" /></a> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011017f1a5b0860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011017f1a5b0860e-50si" alt="Last one in the pool is a dead duck" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If you look close, you'll see a couple of stitches under his left eye in pretty pink thread. Gringo's okay, he just had a skin tag growing near his eye that we had to get rid of before it turned him into a cyclops. He also had a tooth extracted a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/the-cone-of-silence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016b0fbd4860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> collar surgery inflatable gringo http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bad-ass-red.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bad-ass-red.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bad-ass-red.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:25:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016713c07860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece011016713c07860c-50si" alt="photo.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/bad-ass-red.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0110162c5ac9860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> restaurants wine tasting nectar out and about