Although my decision-making process regarding what days to write about is generally pretty haphazard (read: non-existent… it’s a blindfold, spin, & point situation), Pope Benedict’s recent abdication had me thinking of our own visit to the Vatican City a few years ago. (It also has me wondering whether he can still insist on being addressed […]
Day #11,220: I always pictured nighttime in Amsterdam to be the breeding grounds of some very bad behavior. Evenings bathed in harsh red light, neon “XXX” signs flickering above, the air reeking of seediness (read: stale weed). But somehow in my Hangover-Part-Four-style imaginings of Amsterdam, I had forgotten that Mr. M & I are not […]
Days #11,188-9: After a youth spent despising New Year’s Eve for its empty, sequined promises that never met the enormity expected of Last Night of the Year (ugh, or the Millennium… NYE 1999 was particularly horrid) my old age hath brought wisdom. The key to a good New Year’s Eve somehow isn’t good planning (this […]
Day #11,185-6: Because family and traveling are a few of my favorite things (Maria aimed a bit low with cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudel), Mr. M & I spent the last bit of 2012 in Portugal with his brother B, our soon-to-be sister-in-law L.P., Mr. M’s cousin Bash, and Bash’s girlfriend Jess. By the time Mr. […]
**I am alive! I felt this should be heartily exclaimed because (1) it’s a refreshing thing to affirm every so often, and (2) I completely fell off the map due to a nasty flu & subsequent internet-free travel abroad. I’ve been a bad, bad blogger, but on the upside… I am alive!** Days #11,184-85: After […]
This year we’re spending New Years with brother-in-law B, soon-to-be-sister LP, Mr. M’s cousin Bash, and Bash’s lovely girlfriend Jess. And the six of us have somehow decided that 2013 should be welcomed in Lisbon, Portugal! While Portugal somehow never made my list of Top 100 Places to See (no sugar-coating that one), I’m still […]
Day #10,242: On the third day of our Parisian adventure, Mr. M & I woke up early in a futile attempt to beat the masses on their pilgrimage to the bourgeoisie capital of France. (Try as you may, my friends, it ain’t gonna happen. Unless you steamroll your way through the interior like you’re sprinting […]
A while back, Mr. M & I were lucky enough to take a five-day trip to Paris. It goes without saying that Paris is a rich & unrivaled city: the culture, the atmosphere, the food (lawdy, the food… if you go for a week and don’t gain 5 lbs, you have Failed the Mission and […]
Day #11,040: Like all last days of vacation, this one had a twinge of that Sunday Night feeling. When you start mentally prepping for a return to real life and making checklists and generally acting more serious than being on vacation should merit. To combat this, Mr. M & I went on a morning hike […]
Day #11,039 (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland): At 6:13am, I rolled over in bed and- only 25% awake and an hour shy of the alarm- realized there was a golden ray of sunshine stealing into the room. Oh. My. Gaw!!! I leapt out of bed, threw open the curtains (sadly for Mr. M, who would’ve been just as […]