Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

...how POKEY are your branches!

(oooOOOOch!!)

Dear Santa,

Please bring me lotza NEW Exciting Globetrotting Adventures in 2010!

I have been extremely very sorta good...

well ok, I have tried.

Ummmm,

I have cooooookies for you!

~xoxo

This Video Is Elemental...but not about ME. Again. (Beauty Skool Update #7)

As ya'll are painfully aware know,
instead of devoting her life entirely to
ME and MY Exciting Globe-Trotting Adventures,
my blog-mistress has slowly but surely been infiltrating
MY TRAVEL BLOG with HER silly "Adventures in Beauty Skool!"

*sigh*

...guess I only thought I was done puttin' up with her stuff.

Oh well, at least she and her fellow Beauty Skool students are
puttin' their stuff to good use...check it out!

Hmmm...What Do YOU See?

My blog-mistress snapped these shots with her camera phone today...

I think she misses me.

Olga's Post-Thanksgiving Day Report: Phew....I'm STUFFED!

CLICK ME!

To read the orginal post

which has been moved to My Blog Overfloweth page...

I Heart Big Al's!

Whilst I'm traveling to Germany with RennyBA this weekend (!!!)

I thought I'd pull out a few more pictures from my hometown

Chico Scrapbook to share with ya'll...

Big Al's Drive In

is a Chico, California landmark...

A true blast from the past...Big Al's still serves burgers and fries in a little red plastic baskets lined with white paper...and the onion rings are to DIE for! They offer about a gazillion different flavors of real milkshakes that are "triple thick" and require a spoon...(my personal favorite being Mocha Chip...oh how I love fishing all those little bitty chips out from the bottom of the cup!)

...but what I really love is the big ol' BIG AL'S sign out front!

How could anyone top that?!?

'Cept me, of course!

(Click here to read a humorous "Investigative Report" about Who Is Big Al?)

It's QUIZ TIME!

I've got a big bag of sweet, crunchy, healthy, and oh-so-tasty sugar snap peas my-hometown grown almonds for the correct answer in my comments (if more than ONE person answers correctly, I will draw names from a hat! A nice hat!)
UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO AWAKE IN ROCHESTER for answering CORRECTLY (see comments)A big bag of nuts are comin' your way! Woo-hoo!!!

The Kid Can ROCK!!!

Click this picture (of my Blog-Mistress's son)

& prepared to be ROCKED!

Crazy Nekkid People, Fog and Blisters?!?

Chock up another successful delivery for FedEx

and Olga, the Traveling Bra! Sorry Crusty, Hungry Mother, and Speedy (I miss you!) - no photos of the cute FedEx delivery gal this time...you'll just have to make due with pictures of my blog-mistress.

I arrived in Chico just in time for her birthday, and as you can tell by her

big cheesy smile, she was pretty happy to see me again!Check out the nice collection of souvenir pins I'm accumulating on my Traveling Lingerie Bag! (Thanks Heather for the cute England and France pins!)

"Hey Blog-Mistress! Get me outta this bag!...it's HOT and I'm getting all wrinkled and saggy! Which reminds me....Happy Birthday!"

**YANK!**

"Ow!" Geez...old people are soooo sensitive!"What a pair ~

One bodacious Traveling Bra and one silly ol' bra-wd!

Me: "So now that I'm here...what are we gonna do???"

Her: "We're taking a little birthday celebration road trip Olga!"

Me: "Where?"

Her: "You'll have to wait and see Olga!...but there's a good chance we'll be encountering crazy nekkid people, fog, and blisters!"

Me: "Woo-hoooo!!!"

(So now you'll know why if ya don't hear from me for a few days....

I'll post photos from The Birthday Road Trip ASAP, unless of course,

I am in jail!)

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Oooooh!!!! This just in!.....My blog has been listed as one of the

100 BEST TRAVEL JOURNAL BLOGS by TravelHacker!

I am very honored because there are lots of terrific travel-blogs on the list...including those of my blog-roll buddies Travel Betty and RennyBA!

Thanks TravelHacker!

This is Not an April Fools Joke!

Or.....is it??? Better click HERE and find out! Bra-ha-hahahahahaha!

The Morning After....

Ohhhh...my aching head cups!

Last night's St. Paddy's Day festivities are still a bit of a blur....

ugh...

I musta really tied one on...

I vaguely remember...green beer....Irish music...

Crusty dancing a jig...Speedy in a dress?...

more beer...

something about "Crustettes"???

Drowsey and...

OMG!!!...Meleah's head?!....

MORE beer!!!...

oink?...

and then...

oink?...

I woke up...

HUNG-OVER

THIS FENCE!?!?

Ahhhhh!!!!

Somebody pass the aspirin & get me OUTTA HERE!

Stay tuned....

Have Passport ~ Will Travel!

Woo-hoo!

Not only am I the world's 1st (& only) Traveling Bra...

now I'm an official Lalaland National with a passport to prove it!

Click the images above to be whisked away to Lalaland

where you can get your very own passport!

(I hope Heather has her passport ready for our trip to London/Paris!)

SUPER BOLGA?!!!

Yesterday I was just hanging around in peaceful, picturesque

Upper Bidwell Park in Chico, California...

...and then my Daring little Italian Chaperon
(formerly of Petaluma, California ~ now of Scottsdale, Arizona) called and said,

"Hey Olga! Get yer cups down here - there's a big golf tournament and football game in town this weekend! How'd ya like to come play around...maybe rub shoulders with the Big Guys?!"

And I said,

"I dunno...my last trip to Arizona didn't turn out so well, and I'm really not much of a sports-bra, but...hey...I'm game!!"

So, thanks to FedEx, here I am - less than 24 hours later, safe and sound, in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona! And I got quite a reception too!...after being intercepted by the landlord, fumbled and recovered by the boyfriend, I was handed off to my Sporty little Italian Chaperon, who took full possesion and is holding me tight as we head on over to the Best Damn Sports Show in Arizona!! Woo-hoo!!! Now THIS is the way to kickoff SUPER BOLGA WEEKEND!

Stay tuned...we're just gettin' started!

The Time Is Always Right To Do What Is Right

~Amen

Happy Birthday Dr. King

(Please click on the photos for more information on and inspiration from
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

FedEx Delivers - Again!

As the world's first (& only) fully independent, self-supporting Traveling Bra, I have become a bit of an expert in the area of package transportation...and let me tell you that that FedEx is the ONLY way to go! I made it from New Jersey to California with nary a delay or bump in the road, and quicker than you can say my Granny's name; Ima Holdinemfromfloppin! Not only that, but they have the nicest employees! Here I am saying "Thanks for the lift!" to my good-natured Chico delivery gal who not only hand-delivered me to the doorstep of my blog-mistress, but took time out of her busy schedule for this spontaneous photo op with Yours Truly. (I gave her my card, so I hope she sees this!) Yep, fast service - friendly employees - and a sense of humor! That's MY kind of ride!

Anyhoo, I'll be spending the next couple of weeks hanging around Cheek-O and checking out the bars, getting into mischief behaving myself (maybe) before jettin' off to the bee-yoo-tiful island of Maui! Woo-hoo! I'm just dying to thrust my cups into the ocean...do a little surfing...dance a little hula...and drink a lotta Hawaiian (rum) Punch!

Stay tuned...

Drying out in CHICO, California

Post Winter Storm Assessment:

1 Tree, 1 Swingset = $600

1 Pergola = $800 15 candles = $45

16 AA Batteries = $20 5 Fast Food meals = $140

3 Meals BBQ'd = $50
by this guy wearing a fashionable headlamp = $20
Waking up to blue sky, sunshine and ELECTRICITY = priceless!!!

Blogging by Candlelight

How come I haven't been blogging and WHY IS IT SO DARK?!? Because of a nasty winter storm, with wind gusts of up to 163 mph, that slammed into California early Friday morning...knocking down trees and electrical power to much of the state...including my old hometown, Chico, where my trusty blog-mistress lives! The poor thing has been without electricity (or an internet connection!) ever since...and she just found out that power may not be restored for another 3 to 5 DAYS! ACK!!! Though she assures me that she and her family are safe and their basic needs are being met...I do worry about her mental state...she is already exhibiting early signs of "blog withdrawl"...actually trying to post to my blog via candlelight! I hope she's careful...candles can be dangerous.....

Will return as soon as possible!

xoxo

~Olga, the Traveling Bra

Have Yourself A Nutty Little Christmas!

This nutty little post has been moved to My Blog Overfloweth Page...

Click on the picture to read the original post!

Christmas Sillyness

Awwww...what do my blog-mistress' cute kids

want Santa to bring them for Christmas?

Click on 'em to read the original post!

My Post-Thanksgiving Post: An Afternoon at Canyon Oaks in CHICO, California

Ahhh...after stuffing myself with turkey and pie yesterday, nothing could beat kickin' back on Grandpa's couch and watchin' a little football on the ol' boob tube today...

except...
Going outside and taking a nice little hike!

Here I am hanging out and enjoying a bee-yoo-ti-ful Fall afternoon at the exclusive Canyon Oaks Country Club in Chico, California.

Notice the sign doesn't specifically say "No Traveling Bras Allowed" - still, I thought it was best to stay off the course, especially since I wasn't exactly in compliance with the Dress Code.


Back at Grandpa's - for some reason, my "Ex's" teenage kids weren't too excited about having their picture taken with their mother's big ol' bodacious Traveling Bra!

(Go figure!)

However, their older and more experienced brother understands the importance of keeping a mom happy, and threatened bribed persuaded his siblings to just shut up smile and let mom take the dang picture!

Ta-Ta (for now!) California ~ I'm Aruba bound!

CHICO, California - Cookin' with Olga

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Today will be my first attempt at cooking a turkey!

(a 23 pounder!) 10:00 AM

Step one:

Rinse and pat dry.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Pose for picture.
Lookin' good!

(I wonder how this turkey compares to Maxi Mounds?!)11:00 AM

Step two:

Apply foil version of myself to buttered turkey breast.

So far, so good!

12:30 PM

Step 3:

Baste with butter...

She's looking pretty yummy, don't ya think?!

2:00 PM

Step 4:

Nothing to do now but hang out...

and keep a close eye on things in the ol' oven...2:15 PM

Step 4a

... so how about a little nip?!
...or two?

4:30 PM

Step 5:
Waa-laa!

My Soon-To-Be Aruba Chaperon helps me reveal
Turkey ala Olga!
5:00 PM

And as we sat down to our delicious Thanksgiving feast,

I felt very grateful to be a Traveling Bra ~

and NOT a turkey!
6:00PM

Phew - I'm STUFFED!

Time to loosen up the ol' straps, kick back on the couch and....

...hey wait! Did somebody say PIE?!?