it's been almost seven years since i first my friend donnie introduced me to john mayer. back to you is still one of my favorite songs. i love when a song never gets old...this leads me to a question. what songs could you listen to over and over again or at different stages in your life and still be completely in love with it?

mine are:

back to you, john mayer
kiss off, violent femmes
warehouse, dmb
as is, ani difranco
anna begins, counting crows

wow, that kid's got the hook up!

i am obsessed with two cd's right now.

amy winehouse, "back to black" and james morrison, "undiscovered". do yourself a favor and get these! they're great.

any other suggestions on new music?

it's really no secret that i have a mild obsession with purses. last week when we were in ca, i was able to go to the coach outlet in vacaville and purchase another purse for my never-ending collection.

the purse i purchased is very similar to this. it was $169, which is fairly reasonable for a coach purse.

anyway, my mom and i went to a luncheon that thursday with a bunch of well off women that my mom knows from her married days. it was interesting to see how the other half lives and what is actually discussed at luncheons. mostly what i expected - gossip, shopping, jewelry - you get the point.

we got on the topic of handbags and this one woman was telling us about the most beautiful purse she had ever seen in her life. she found it at nieman marcus in beverly hills and she and her daughter both "had" to have it. long story short, this woman told her daughter to buy the purse and send her the bill. this is the purse. do people seriously spend THAT much money on a bag that will be out of season in a couple of months. insanity!!! furthermore - how much money does the mom have if she's offering to pay for a $3500 for a purse that's not even going on her shoulder?

we spent last week in san francisco which included a short trip to lake tahoe. the visit went really well. it's always nice to see friends and family and to catch up on each others lives. what's interesting to me is that everyone is at such a different part of life. sara and matt are getting ready to have a baby, elise and ari are getting ready for their upcoming wedding, and so on.

while on the road to tahoe, we realized that the radio in my mom's car is broken so we didn't get to listen to any music while on the road. it pretty much sucked. the drive to and from tahoe was interesting and i am sure john would agree, a little bit boring. regardless, we made each other laugh which is always fun.

although we did many things and saw many people, the best day for me was on wednesday when it was just the two of us...we drove out to half moon bay and took highway 1 into the city. john had never done any of the touristy things before so this was our chance. we drove through the haight, down to fisherman's warf and pier 39, drove down lombard street and some other sights. it really was a great day.

we also got to see my new baby cousin, berkeley. she is adorable and she loved john! she slept in his arms for nearly our whole visit without fussing at all. imagine that!

and now, it's passover. yesterday was the first full day and i am pretty sure that i am already sick of matzo. good times.

ahhh, memories. remember when we were young and there was no jessica simpson in sight?