I am off today to the National Zoo with Charlotte, for her first trip to a zoo.  We have one in Baltimore, and it’s not even far away.  But I keep forgetting about it because it’s easy to take one so close to where I live for granted.  You know how it is.

I haven’t been to the National Zoo since second grade (that would be, ahem, 25 years ago), and I am as stoked to see the giant pandas now as I was then.  Only tomorrow I get to show them to my daughter and also spoil her a little with fries, ice-cream and a stuffed toy or two to boot.

In the course of my internet meanderings, I came a cross a cool site called LunchDoodle (one word?) that you should totally go and check out.  It makes me wish I doodled more.  I especially like this one, after my eleven days (and counting) without coffee.

And my Field Notes calendar came yesterday.  Excellent.