Jacob's Letters

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Hangin in the LES

Dear Lower East Side,

Another great thing about following Banksy around is getting to know the neighborhoods in my city. Even though Momz and I go to all sorts of fun places, we may have gotten too attached to our routine. So, off we went today, exploring you.

I found a tree, much to Momz' surprise

Boy do I love twerking on garage doors, and this one comes with a dirty jean wall

Is this guy sniffin' my elbow?

Much better place to chill with my 8oz. Now, if I could only find a bathroom...

Friday, August 16, 2013

VayCay Day 1

Dear Dad,

Momz and I sure do miss you. Check out our highlight reel from Day 1, which also happened to be San Roque in Betanzos. And you know what that means! Cray-cray family reunion!!!

Me gettin' my smile on in my own window seat. Whut up, Iberia?

Me showing Lucas how to play with Tio Cholo's tools. Whut up, Tio Cholo?

Me and Lucas in some very cool kid sized chairs.

Boy, they really take this bagpipe thing seriously here, don't they?

Jorge n me killin' it whilst watching the festivities.

Betanzos went high tech this year with a helicopter camera. Dad, can you imagine how hard I flipped when this thing buzzed over our heads?! Whut up, www.helifilms.es?

Andrea lookin' fine along the parade route.

Andrea lookin' fine while recognizing the crazy woman screaming how pretty she looks in English in front of all these people who probably know her and don't speak English (ahem, Momz).

Me on my second churro. Whut up, CHURROS!!?!!

Wish you were here,

JYK

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Escape the Heat: MoMA

Dear NYC,

I'm beating your heat today by chillin at my favoritist museum on earth. Momz n I checked out the Urban Collage exhibit and followed it up with a Teen concert in the sculpture garden with the help of mango gelato form Il Laboratorio del Gelato.

So ha!

Stone cold,

JYK

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Cause I'm Going to Blueberry Fields...

PoPo, take me to where the blueberries live.

Dear Blueberries,

I'm sorry I cheated on you with those tarty strawberries the other day.

Ok, and maybe again today... but, you are and will continue to be my first love.

Ahhh! Blue deliciousness!!

Yum, Yum, Yum!

Time to go home and eat the rest of these babies up.

But maybe we make a little pitstop to refuel...

And pay a visit to the sweet peas along the way.

Loving eating straight from the earth,

JYK

Sunday, Funday

Dear Dad,

The sun has set on yet another epic day here in OR. While I sure miss you, trust that I'm filling my days with endless fun and entertainment. Really just placeholders til you get here.

Today, we went to church in Stayton, and you know what that means... TIE TIME! This time paired with shorts and sandals for summer comfort. Did you know they have a "family room" at the church. I think that's adult talk for "party time" because me and the kidz were bouncing off the walls in there, eating snacks, slobbering all over the window and making as much noise as we wanted. Can we go to church every day?

Come on, PoPo. Church is this way.

Then we went for lunch and coffee, which is adult talk for ICE CREAM. There's a fun little place called the Coffee Station, a converted gas station with an old-timey wooden ice cream bar. What fun! Got some marionberry and took some selfies. Always fun.

Whut up ICE CREAM!

Whut up SELFIES?

After that, we were off to my girl and my's favorite joint: Costco to stock up on some goodies and beat the heat. Did you know it reached 98 degrees in Salem yesterday? Whuuut?! Yeah!

Finally, we hit the road home, where I caught some much needed zzzz's for our next adventures.

Missing you,

JYK

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Strawberry Fields, Forever

Dear Strawberries,

You are oh so sweet! With red juiciness that gets all over my shirt and crunchy seeds that get stuck in my new teeth. How I love you so! You're too pretty to go in my bucket and too yummy to save for later, soooo... GET IN MY BELLY, fast as can be.

Bucket, you say?

First, I'll just remove this green stemmy thingy...

Then, I'll smell it just gently...

Then... Opps, it went in my mouth!

Oh well. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Bucket? What bucket? Time to make a quick get away...

Yay Fresas!

JYK

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Gone Clammin'

Dear Goonies,

My West Coast family and I had a supreme heck of a time digging for clams in your neck of the woods. Netarts Bay to be exact. Safe to say, I was the only Chunk on the beach that day, and I kept careful watch over what my peeps were doing. Given we had the lowest tides of the year at -2 ft, we walked away with buckets full and hearts slightly heavy for the souls lost to our shovels. But boy did they taste good in my omelette!