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Run for the Roses

It's that time of year again. 

You guys, I am SO excited.

As you may or may not know, I am a huge Thoroughbred racing fan. I've followed the sport for over 12 years and worked at a racetrack both in the marketing department on the frontside and as a groom/hotwalker on the backside. I've been to countless tracks and several big events, including the Breeders' Cup. Needless to say, I know my way around the Form, the track and the horses.

But with all this, I still haven't made it to the Kentucky Derby yet. This is pretty sad, but I at least tried to make up for it at least year's Preakness. 

Still, I would love to get to the Derby. I say that mostly because of the horses, but there's also that bit of me that would be excited to rock a Derby hat. I'm a fan of the simple and elegant hats: a pretty accent on top and a swoop over the lady's eye. Here are some of my favorites that I found in between studying pedigrees, workouts and past performances:

What hats are your favorites? Who are you planning on betting in the Derby?

Positive

In case you needed some reminders.

For you

Here I Love You, by Pablo Neruda

Here I love you.
In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself.
The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters.
Days, all one kind, go chasing each other.

The snow unfurls in dancing figures.
A silver gull slips down from the west.
Sometimes a sail. High, high stars.
Oh the black cross of a ship.
Alone.

Sometimes I get up early and even my soul is wet.
Far away the sea sounds and resounds.
This is a port.

Here I love you.
Here I love you and the horizon hides you in vain.
I love you still among these cold things.
Sometimes my kisses go on those heavy vessels
that cross the sea towards no arrival.
I see myself forgotten like those old anchors.

The piers sadden when the afternoon moors there.
My life grows tired, hungry to no purpose.
I love what I do not have. You are so far.
My loathing wrestles with the slow twilights.
But night comes and starts to sing to me.

The moon turns its clockwork dream.
The biggest stars look at me with your eyes.
And as I love you, the pines in the wind
want to sing your name with their leaves of wire.

Sunday reflections

I hope you all had as wonderful of a weekend as I did.

After a 10.5 hour day at the office, I skipped happy hour to run home, throw on my pajamas, put on The Descendents and pig out on pizza with the family. So. worth. it.

(That Descendents movie is weird, right?)

I baked adorable cookies with my mother for a bake sale. I grew up making these little pieces of joy for nearly every holiday -- they taste like home.

I spent plenty of time in my favorite little nook...

...snuggled with my oh-so-handsome cat all weekend...

...enjoyed some tea (in a mug labeled for coffee), donuts and s'mores...

(I worked out, so I deserved it...right?)

...and spent a lovely early and rainy Sunday morning reading Jane Maas' Mad Women (more to come on that).

I'm hoping all of this sets me up for an energized, worry-free Monday. How was your weekend?

Sunny day music

We're barely into spring and the weather is acting like it's summer.

Aside from the scary ideas of apocalypses that run through my mind because of this, it's not a pretty bad gig. Spirits are lifted, the sandals are brought out and we get to open the windows and let the breeze in.

Here are some songs you may want to play (loudly) while cooking or driving to your weekend destinations. These are pretty popular and old songs -- but who cares? When you hear a good song, you just gotta put it on repeat.

1963 - Rachael Yamagata


Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae


Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses


Little Miss - Sugarland


What music do you like to play on a sunny day?