May 2012
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Transparency.
I just stumbled upon this great photo project, Quinnford and Scout (Some NSFW). It’s a multi year photo documentary of their relationship and life.
The intention behind Q+S is to capture the small details that underline the excitement of being together; whether it be sexually, romantically or domestically. Over the months it has emerged to be a neat reflection of the development of our...
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Happy Mother's Day!
We’re so excited for the future, and the day that we’re the two mamas.
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The Two Best Things on the Internet Today, Post...
This website: Gay Rights in the US, State by State by the Guardian. (Although, Guardian, what’s up with forgetting about transfolk’s rights?)
AND …
Barack, Michelle, Malia, Sasha—I want to burst out in love songs and/or tears in praise of you. Re-election political reasons and the complicated queer politics of advocating for a privileged marriage institution aside, it...
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So original...
Apparently we aren’t the only lesbians who like succulent bouquets…
Check out these ladies BEAUTIFUL farmhouse wedding in Vermont.
So cute!
Via: On a Bicycle Built for Two.
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April 2012
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Sonoma County Weekend Getaway
How You Know When Tara Has Had Too Much Wine After a Day of Biking to Wine Tastings in Wine Country
I told Gabrielle that I was really hungry. She said that she had a mini Slim Jim in her bag. I asked her for it and she said I could have half of it, but later. I told her that I was really hungry now and said that I wouldn’t eat it right there at the nice, fancy winery bar. She slipped it...
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Filing Taxes
This is a dream.
The fact that I can’t claim these is injustice.
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Succulent Bouquets
One of my chores last summer was dealing with all of the paperwork and details of our move to our new house, and trying to get our full double rent deposit back from the management company that was in charge of our old apartment. Our management company was just terrible, but the one good thing that came out of dealing with that was having the opportunity to talk to one of the few positive people...
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Don't agree with homosexuality? Don't practice it!
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Highlights from Our (Combined) Two Week Spring...
Gabrielle’s spring break lasted March 24th-April 1st. Tara’s spring break lasted March 31st-April 8th.
Although we only had a weekend of overlap, these past two weeks have been really nice and calm, as at least one us has been able to relax more during the day and take care of the house and the other while they’ve been off at work.
- We had dinner and/or drinks with several...
March 2012
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Currently thinking about how femme invisibility is an unfortunate reality, even for those of us who don’t claim (or have any interest in claiming) a femme identity.
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January 2012
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An Eight-Word Love Story
I left this note written on a post-it for Gabrielle this earlier this week on her desk. She was downstairs doing her reading for class, making rice for our take-out-Chinese-food dinner, and I was upstairs finishing up grading a stack of essays.
I suddenly felt this sentiment so strongly.
Without any mention of my note’s existence, this morning I found her reply on mine.
This is...
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A Little Word of Advice to GOP Hopeful Rick...
December 2011
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Four Years of "I Love You"s
Four years ago today (gosh, was it only then?!), I called Gabrielle up on the phone frantically with an urgent matter: I had realized that I was in love with her.
November 2011
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Library Runs
My library runs include a stack of 4-6 audiobooks every month to listen to while in the car during my commute, a mix of canonical literature I never ended up reading, contemporary best sellers that I’ve been meaning to read, ridiculously written chick-lit that’s always entertaining to read, and young adult novels that are good for me read and recommend (or teach) to my students.
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October 2011
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Pumpkin Patching in Half Moon Bay
After going on four years of living the Bay Area, Gabrielle and I have discovered our share of our favorite regular sweet spots for both everyday and special occasion places. We have our regular donut shop, our regular favorite bar, our regular spot to sit in Dolores Park, our regular Farmer’s Market and Farmer’s Market booths, our regular Christmas tree pick-up corner, and even our...
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She Said/She Said: Ten Favorite Photos from Our...
Favorite Vacation Picture #1:
Our first part of our vacation started with a house exchange with a family from Sonora, CA. (We’re a part of HomeForExchange.com, and although in the past six months that we’ve been on the site we’ve received probably close to a eighty or ninety offers, this was our first one!) The family that we exchanged with let us know that they just got a...
September 2011
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Texts After a Friend's Baby Birth Announcement
Tara: Gabey. I want a baby. Very very soon.
Gabrielle: Oh my.
[End of conversation.]
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Currently Contemplating:
-Missing midwestern fall. I want crisp, sunny October days. I want to kick through piles of leaves, in a sweater, on the way to get a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee.
-Reoccurring thoughts of getting a tattoo.
-Grad School: Harder than I was expecting.
-Coconut Milk ice cream is a new favorite. Tara, sweetly, bought me the ice cream attachment to our KitchenAid and we finally used it last weekend...
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Good Day for the Gays!
1.) Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is over as of 12:01am tonight!
2.) California Supreme Court Chief Judge Ware decided to release the Proposition 8 court tapes so that everyone can see that there’s not a single good reason why gay marriage shouldn’t be legal!
3.) The first transgendered star on Dancing With the Stars is premiering tonight! (Dancing With the Stars has been getting...
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Shock and Awe
Appalled at Gabrielle’s secrecy and behavior; we’ve been together for nearly five years and she’s known how to make perfect nutella crepes this whole time!?
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San Francisco at Its Finest
Tara: Wanna watch the new Muni fight video with me?
Gabrielle: No thanks, I'm okay.
Tara: It includes a macing and an exposed buttocks...
Gabrielle: Well... alright.
August 2011
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Kitten extravaganza!
We went up to Sonora to do a house exchange for a few nights and there were two TINY kittens at the house, probably around 6 weeks and 9 weeks. I think this was Tara’s ultimate vacation experience…
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July 2011
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Door to Door Jesus Salesmen
Two Christians came to my door yesterday while I was still in my bathrobe and slippers. Once it was revealed I was Jewish and in an interfaith relationship, they applauded me for not being so “strict and and set in [my] religious ways” like “most Jews are.”
I half smiled, told them thank you, and closed the door.
But yep. I’m feeling good ‘cause I guess I have...
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Feminist Hulk Says...
June 2011
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Regarding the New York Senate Being the First...
Equal rights are not partisan.
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Mice.
Amidst all of our packing, from the living room, Gabrielle and I heard a soft rubbling coming from one of the boxes. Gently, the sound scrapped and we heard the tiniest of little scratches, quietly, moving about in what sounded like one of the dozens of cardboard boxes that we picked up from people’s garages.
Gabrielle and I, nervous that a mouse had slipped through our door—carried...
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“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t...”
– Republican New York State Senator Roy McDonald, speaking about his recent support (and change in stance) of same sex marriage.
http://jezebel.com/5813273
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Things I Will Miss About Our Old (Tiny) Apartment
- Location! Location! Location! I LOVE our old neighborhood and also the fact that we are next to all of our other favorite neighborhoods!
- Our price of rent. (Sadly, what we pay for where we are is a bargain in San Francisco.)
- Our original claw foot tub! So lovely to look at and even lovelier to bathe in!
- Our “roof access” that gives us space for wine, watching fireworks, or...
May 2011
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This is Why I Don't Dish Dinner
While serving the rice for dinner, Gabrielle, apparently unhappy with my portion sizes, snapped, “You tryin’ to staaarrrve the butt off of me?!”