Ask a knottie anything!

Stackeye210

As in ANY knottie.  

AND GO!  

Fische, can I have your recipe for brownies?

Emily, how many trips total did you take in 2011 and how many are you shooting for in 2012?

crfische

HEY. STACKS.

































EFF OFF.

FutureMrsFezz

hahaha. i love you guys.

Stackeye210

Dude, I set water on fire, I'll gladly exchange recipes!  

crfische

It's pretty adorable that you think I have any recipes.

annakb8

Fishy, what are your cats names?

Chrissy, what is your favorite type of beer?

emilyinchile

Stacks, I think it was 8...Torres del Paine (south of Chile), California, Oahu, Buenos Aires, Rio, other south of Chile trip, wine country trip, England.

I don't have a specific goal this year, although we're booked to go to Iquique (north of Chile) in March for our anniversary, probably CA in April for a wedding, and my CW and I just today started discussing going somewhere for the Easter long weekend since H will be gone. I'm pretty sure there will be some more trips because we have a couple nice long weekends I want to take advantage of.

Fishy, have you always been into golf? That's one of those activities that just has no appeal for me, probably from being dragged around courses as a kid while my parents would play.

crfische

My cats names are Howie and Lyla. HOWARD when he's in trouble.

And I have always hung out around golf courses, but I didn't start getting serious about it until I realized that it really is a good lifetime sport to have for business as well as pleasure. So I've been like...GOLFING for probably 6 or 7 years. I've gotten much better in the past 3-4 years, though.

It helps that one of my best friends is the golf pro at my course. He's ramped up my game a bit.

emilyinchile

Edie, are you completely deaf, or do you have some hearing? Do you lip read?

MattsPenguin

Stacks, is there going to be another little stacks running around at any point?

Emily, my friend is getting married in California in April, too!  I know it's big state, but that would be a funny coincidence.

Stackeye210

That's really cool Em.  I was just looking over your blog today and was thinking that you do a lot of cool little trips and it makes me want to be more adventurous.  

Stackeye210

MP I have NO idea.  Like none.  We tried for a day and then both chickened out.  Our new goal is this summer, but now we have a pretty definitive timeline for buying a house and a baby would mess with that.  So we really have no plans right now.  So summer, maybe, or maybe never.  It's like the hardest thing to decide ever.

emilyinchile

Stacks, that was one of my big goals for last year, to just make the effort to take advantage of all the little opportunities instead of letting time slip by. I mean, the trip to my friend's farm in the south of Chile was awesome, and it was maybe like $100 for the bus there and back plus food for the weekend? Obviously some trips are more expensive, but you can for sure do cool things without too much time or money.

MP, my friend went to Stanford and is way into football...I feel like if you know her it will be through some "women who are obsessed with college football" connection

FutureMrsFezz

I love me some Howie.  True story.

MattsPenguin

Em, that's a good goal.  We have a list of things to do in Boston / New England, since we figured that as people who live here we never get to do the touristy things.  We're about 1/2 of the way through it.  And I would be friends with your friend.  She sounds awesome.  I don't know where the bride went to undergrad though. 

Stacks, I can imagine it's a tough decision.  Just realizing that we're nearing the time to start a family (and that I'm actually "old enough") freaks me out when I think about it.

ootmother2

Do all your friends IRL think your H is really hot or is it just me?

emilyinchile

If it were my friend, you'd know where she went to undergrad. She has a borderline ridic amount of Stanford pride. Oh, and she's an engineer, so you guys are basically twins.

Stackeye210

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ask-knottie-anything-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:62b0c6fc-b268-4906-b08d-fada3941ffe3Post:0467f9b2-c536-481e-8f23-12e5cbee9e75">Re: Ask a knottie anything!</a>:
[QUOTE]Do all your friends IRL think your H is really hot or is it just me?
Posted by ootmother2[/QUOTE]

<div>No.  haha.  One of them even said I must just like his personality and that made him cute to me.  Haters always be hatin, right?  </div>

MattsPenguin

YAY TWINS!!  I'm friends with the groom.  I just know that she was doing her PhD at Berkeley.  Probably not the same person.  But I like her anyway!  (both my friend and yours!)   

Stackeye210

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ask-knottie-anything-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:62b0c6fc-b268-4906-b08d-fada3941ffe3Post:20c0a309-1fba-4659-a830-fd1f0376956f">Re: Ask a knottie anything!</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Ask a knottie anything! : You're talking to Stacks, aren't you?
Posted by edielaura[/QUOTE]

<div>I hope so or my head is going to look really big right now for answering!  </div>

emilyinchile

Well, this was a great idea that went approximately nowhere. Come out, come out wherever you are, everyone!

ootmother2

It was directed to Stacks

Megbo2012

Stacks, how did you meet Mr. Stacks?

Rosie109

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ask-knottie-anything-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:62b0c6fc-b268-4906-b08d-fada3941ffe3Post:5471a180-5611-403b-88e1-70102066815d">Re: Ask a knottie anything!</a>:
[QUOTE]If MilkDuds is around, I always wonder how she comes up with spot on advice.  I feel like she puts the rest of us to shame sometimes.
Posted by edielaura[/QUOTE]

<div>You should totally ask her that.</div>

DodgersBride

Emily- Do you and H plan on moving to California? If so will it be a permanent move?

Rosie109

I MUST HAVE MISSED THE QUESTION MARK

MrsMack10612

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[QUOTE]Em, that's a good goal.  <strong>We have a list of things to do in Boston / New England, since we figured that as people who live here we never get to do the touristy things.</strong>  We're about 1/2 of the way through it.  And I would be friends with your friend.  She sounds awesome.  I don't know where the bride went to undergrad though.  Stacks, I can imagine it's a tough decision.  Just realizing that we're nearing the time to start a family (and that I'm actually "old enough") freaks me out when I think about it.
Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]

My FI are always playing tourist "in our own backyard" andwe always look for off the wall, off the beaten path type stuff.  If you want to exchange ideas - I'd love to hear some of the things you've done.

MattsPenguin

I have it in a document entitled "Stuff to do in Boston":
Swan boats
Ice skating on Frog Pond
USS Constitution
Freedom Trail
North End
Boston Tea Party Boat
Ron’s ice cream & bowling
Fruitlands
Duck Tours
Fenway
Paw Sox
Lowell Spinners
4^th of July
Aquarium
Stone Zoo
Museum of Fine Arts
Gardner Museum
Top of Hancock building
Top of the Pru
Union Oyster House
Gargoyle’s restaurant
Mapparium http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium
Museum of Science
Minuteman Trail in Lexington/Concord

MrsMack10612

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[QUOTE]I have it in a document entitled "Stuff to do in Boston": Swan boats Ice skating on Frog Pond USS Constitution Freedom Trail North End Boston Tea Party Boat Ron’s ice cream & bowling Fruitlands Duck Tours Fenway Paw Sox Lowell Spinners 4 th of July Aquarium Stone Zoo Museum of Fine Arts Gardner Museum Top of Hancock building Top of the Pru Union Oyster House Gargoyle’s restaurant Mapparium <a href="http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium" rel="nofollow">http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium</a> Museum of Science Minuteman Trail in Lexington/Concord
Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]

We've done a bunch of those.  We also did our own walking tour of the city to find some of the unique landmarks like the marker for the 1919 Molasses Flood in the North End, the Cyclorama over on Tremont Street (it originally held the one that is now at Gettysbury NPS) and a handful of others.  My brain is mush right now so I can't think of all them.

amys325

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[QUOTE]I have it in a document entitled "Stuff to do in Boston": Swan boats Ice skating on Frog Pond USS Constitution Freedom Trail North End Boston Tea Party Boat Ron’s ice cream & bowling Fruitlands Duck Tours Fenway Paw Sox Lowell Spinners 4 th of July Aquarium Stone Zoo Museum of Fine Arts Gardner Museum Top of Hancock building Top of the Pru Union Oyster House Gargoyle’s restaurant Mapparium <a href="http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium" rel="nofollow">http://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/exhibits/mapparium</a> Museum of Science Minuteman Trail in Lexington/Concord
Posted by MattsPenguin[/QUOTE]

I've done the Duck Tours, the Museum of Science, and the Aquarium!  You have a really nice aquarium :)

crfische

Oh yeah, man! I play everywhere we go. My course in town here is my favorite because I like the people out there, which sounds stupid, but golf is totally a social thing for me.

My favorite course is the one I grew up playing on that my dad just bought a house on. I'm pretty sure that's just due to nostalgia, though.

IF I COULD EVER EVER play St. Andrews, which, ya know, I can't, but IF I COULD, I would love to play there.

Or if somehow I could get on Hazeltine or Interlachen in the cities area, I might die. But I'm pretty sure I'd have to sign over my first born child and take out a small loan for that to happen.

We played in Mexico, too, and that was fun. There's a course in Medora called Bully Pulpit that is also amazing.

I think I just love all of them.