Modern Houseboat

Most of you who read my blog know that I am prone to obsessions.  Mainly but not limited to the mid century modern variety.  Well I'll let you in on my latest and greatest.  And the associated hare-brained idea.

I've long been a fan of the modern shed (also modern cabana, studio shed etc) and now metro shed is making a modern houseboat.  Really?!  I'm in.  Or would it be on?

What I need is a great dock site in SoCal in a harbor or near the shore where we can go stand-up paddleboarding and then come back and watch the sunset from the deck of our amazingly fantastical modern house boat!  Can you feel me people?

My dream is to furnish it all swank and rent it out on vrbo.com (vacation rental by owner) when we aren't using it.  See?  Not hare-brained at all.  Someone please do me a favor and tell my husband that it's a great idea.

You want one too - I know it!

Stand Up and Paddle

How great was my 4th of July you ask?  Fantastic!  Thanks to some fun friends and Rocky McKinnon's excellent and patient SUP lesson.  That's short for stand-up paddle board.

Yours truly tackled the mighty waters of Huntington Harbor on a stand-up paddle board built by Rocky himself.  We paddled the Harbor on a beautiful, breezy day and although a bit tired, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Rocky teaches lessons and can custom make you a board of your very own.  And he's not so bad to look at either! (sorry Rocky - had to)

Oh, and who's the only one that fell off their board?  Not me.  The surfer in our group.  Just sayin'.

Festival of Books

This Sunday I went to the Festival of Books at USC with a friend who was there to sign autographs and while she chatted with fans and signed photos I wandered the festival. As an avid reader and total book geek who spent all her childhood allowance on books, it was really a great day.  Wandering among other book readers, listening to music and authors read from their books on a warm sunny Southern California day was fantastic.

There were sections for all kinds of interests:  self-publishing, kids, cooking, travel, spiritual, eco friendly, and on and on.    You should go next year.  Highly recommended.

P.S. Here she is hard at work signing photos...she might kill me for this!