It's a Rough Life

Unfortunately, you'll have to take our word for it. I'm sure there's a lot to do in Phoenix, it's just too hot do it. So the majority of our day was spent lounging in the pool. But the camera was inside. So here's a sampling of the rest of the day, and the things we did do in Phoenix:

We ate:

We cried:

We took a scenic driving tour of downtown Phoenix, which happens to be adjacent to what a NY real estate broker would call "a transitional neighborhood", which happens to contain Madison St. (did you know that the highways in Phoenix are made of rubberized asphalt?? it's much quieter, and gives your tires a longer life! see? you DO learn something new every day):

We ate some more, the sushi in Scottsdale receives excellent reviews, and we all discovered that Rylie doesn't like it when she sticks chopsticks in her ear, but she does like salmon roe:

And just so we wouldn't forget where we came from, we watched a rousing episode of Project Runway before collapsing with poolside exhaustion. Tomorrow begins the first leg of the actual roadtrip, and the Beetle has been sitting in the driveway begging to try out that rubberized asphalt. Tomorrow, its wish shall be granted. Until then! 

xoxo

Trix

Phoenix Rising

If you have followed the Hector and Trixie story, our fixation with compact convertible German engineered cars is nothing new. (See our wedding registry: Bloomingdales, Crate & Barrel, Mini Cooper.) So it should come as no surprise that we opted for the upgrade this morning at the National Rental car counter. 

When it comes to road trips, the convertible is the classic choice. Mustang? Been done. Corvette? Cliche. VW Beetle? Absolutely.

This bug will be our chariot for the next two weeks. 

Ah, the open road. There is nothing more freeing, more satisfying, more...extremely hot. We put the top down on the highway today on the way from the airport to Lisa and Jason's house. It was hot. 105 in the shade, but they say it's a dry heat so it only feels like 100.

When we arrived there were babies:

This made Amanda happy:

Tomorrow, we set out to explore America's fifth largest city. (Philadelphia, as it turns out, is both the the sixth borough and the sixth city, coming in just a few thousand inhabitants behind Phoenix.)

For now, a midnight (or 9 PM - depending on your time zone) swim in the pool. 

Hasta la proxima. Hector

Go West

Well, for those of you that don't know, Hector Coulon and Trixie Waterbed (AKA Leo and Amanda) are gettin' hitched at the end of the month. There seem to be a lot of variables that will come in to play after that happens (more on that later...), so we decided to seize the day and venture off on a honeymoon before the wedding. Dangerous? A temptation of fate? Perhaps, but when opportunity comes knocking at your door, you best get up and answer it. We've always talked about doing a west coast tour, and we've always said there's no time like the present. We have a lot of places to visit and people to see along the way.

On that note, tomorrow morning we will be on a 7:50 plane to Phoenix, AZ. We decided to start our little adventure in the desert, where we'll be visiting my best friend from high school, Lisa, her husband, Jason, and their two daughters, Rylie and Reese. It's our last chance here, since they're moving off to the land of 10,000 lakes by the end of next month. 

We've just finished packing, and for now, we're off to squeeze in a few winks, dreaming of the Pacific Coast Highway... 

xoxox

Trix