Foo on the Combi

Destination: Juneau, Alaska.

Editors note: Bunny may be going to Juneau, but it's Paris she's thinking about.

I spy with my little eye something that begins with "D"

Hey, it's big boss Doug! And Foo isn't afraid to ask the tough question: "Are we there yet?"

All monkey-suited up.

It's amazing the things we'll do for a boss.
Case in point: Hebert, in a suit.

Too early to check in.

Bunny cools her tail in the lobby of the Benson.

Prop plane: Bunny, she no happy.

Editor's note: (6:37am) "CRJ-700; it's a jet. Me so happy."

Bon mot: sinuous

sinuous
\SIN-yoo-uhs\, adjective:
Characterized by many curves or turns; winding.

Foo prepared to white-knuckle her way up and down the sinuous roads of the Pacific Northwest.

Potbelly Foo

In the vast wasteland of Baltimore-Washington International (BMI), Bunny finds an oasis in Concourse C: a latte from Potbelly Sandwich Works.

Bev and Bunny.

Bon mot: cognoscenti

cognoscenti
\kon-yuh-SHEN-tee; kog-nuh-; -SEN-\, noun:
A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.

Bunny Foo Foo: snickerdoodle cognoscenti

Shiver me timbers—it's talk like a pirate day.

Saturday, September 19th is the date of a rather unique holiday. Pirate enthusiasts around the globe will be celebrating International Talk Like a Pirate Day in various ways, but the unifying theme is to shiver up your timbers and adopt some pirate language, me hearties!

Know the story.
Talk Like a Pirate Day began back in 1995 when John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and his pal Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers spontaneously began hurling piratical insults at each other on a YMCA racquetball court in Albany, Oregon. The logical conclusion of this exchange was to establish a day in which everyone around the world ought to talk like a pirate.

For several years the holiday remained an inside joke between Baur and Summers, until they sent a letter about their made-up holiday to nationally syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry. Taken with the idea, Barry promoted the concept in a 2002 column for the Miami Herald, after which Talk Like a Pirate Day began to spread virally on the internet.

Channel ye inner scurvy now.

Speak like a pirate
Twitter like a pirate
Search like a pirate
iPhone app like a pirate

And for Facebook enthusiasts:

Account settings > language tab, select: “English (Pirate).”

Slinky will go to any lengths to protect Foo from "The Man"

Bon mot: efficacious

efficacious \ef-ih-KAY-shuhs\ , adjective:
Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.

Bunny sought an efficacious method of eating baked goods without the lumpy repercussions to her waistline.

Bon mot: lucubration

lucubration\loo-kyoo-BRAY-shun; loo-kuh-\, noun:
The act of studying by candlelight; noctural study; meditation.

Bunny preferred the hours prior to first light in contrast to lucubration by the light of the moon.

Bon mot: bucolic

Bucolic \byoo-KOL-ik\, adjective:

Relating to or typical of the countryside or its people; rustic.

A bucolic urbanite, Bunny gleefully scampered the muddy countryside in her silk pashmina and well-worn Sorels.

Pig: the other sugar cookie.

Imagine Foo's delight when she happened upon a cookie sheet full of these creative little sugar bombs.

Finally: the sugar wafer finds meaning and purpose in life.

Bon mot: inure

inure\in-YOOR\, transitive verb:
To make accustomed or used to something painful, difficult, or inconvenient; to harden; to habituate.

Inured to morning hunger pangs, Bunny sought out her trusty peanut butter.