I’m kicking myself right now because I had this grand scheme, like I always do, to get everything done well in advance, before I leave on a trip. Although my to-do list does look pretty good right now, one thing is still uncrossed. Continue reading
A few weeks back, when I wrote this post, I mention that I have some pretty bad tales about creatures from the sky but that those are for another time. Anyway, that time is now. Continue reading
A few years back when Facebook made us all switch over to the Timeline format, I took the news a bit better than most. People always get up in arms when Facebook changes but this one promised to give my feeble memory some much-needed help. I was sick of having no idea when I was anywhere. But then, after one afternoon of muddling through old photos and texting everyone I’d ever taken a trip with, I finally nailed down the who, when and where of my past travels and could just sit back and let Facebook remember it all. Continue reading
Earlier this week I finally got around to setting up a Thorn Tree Forums account. I know, right? And I call myself a traveler. Anyway, the reason I’m bringing it up is because as I was attempting to give my profile a little personality, the “Favorite Places” question stumped me. Before I backspaced my initial answer and instead went with the cliché, “too many to count” response, I had first written Porto, Portugal. Continue reading
Last summer, after a wedding rehearsal dinner, a few of my friends and I had one of those meaningful conversations that, at the end of my life, I will look back on and think, ‘Wow, that was a special moment’. Just kidding – we were talking about our hair, more specifically, how frequently we wash it. Continue reading
This week the internet was abuzz with April Fools jokes. My favorite was YouTube’s joke – it doesn’t have anything to do with the life aquatic, you’ll have to watch the video and then read on for that… Continue reading
A road trip is a strange and wonderful kind of thing – the open road, a killer playlist, sunshine streaming through the windows of a car packed full of laughter and adventure and, or course, the opportunity to face at least one disgusting gas station bathroom. Okay, so it isn’t all rainbows and kittens (well, actually there were kittens, but I’ll get to them later). Continue reading
There’s a cheesy country song called, “Tequila Makes her Clothes Fall off” and, when we’re traveling, Andy likes to change it to, “Traveling Makes her Clothes Fall off.” The song (and the meaning behind Andy’s adaption) isn’t as scandalous as it sounds. The lyrics talk about a girl who is prone to losing an earring in a bathroom sink at a bar or maybe she’ll ditch her Continue reading
Old habits die hard. From the years 2001 to 2010 there were only two short summers in my life that I didn’t need to save quarters in order to do laundry. The rest of the time, if I didn’t have a healthy supply of quarters on hand, I didn’t have clean clothes. Quarters were like gold to me for almost a decade, and even though I don’t have a reason to save Continue reading
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