Remember the Seinfeld episode-in-reverse where the gang heads to India for Elaine’s frenemy’s wedding? I always laugh at that scene where the groom’s (Indian) parents urge Elaine to stay home and just send a present instead. “India is a dreadful country,” the mother says. “Do you know they still have the plague?” Well, plague be […]
Y’all may have noticed that I’ve been a horrid blogger as of late. Yeah. I’ll own that one. Why the ridiculously late responses to comments and full weeks between posts? I’ve been a-travelin,’ of course! (A-travelin,’ as in I just completed my 9th cross-country flight in 6 weeks. NINTH. My meds are working overtime.) The […]
Day #10,354: After an 11-hr flight from San Francisco, amounts of anti-anxiety flying meds that would impress a junkie, and a steamy hot blur of a train ride from Rome, Mr. M & I found ourselves in the golden town of Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. (“Found ourselves” meaning face-planted into bed at 8pm in […]
After a particularly luscious day spent in the land of hospitality, Mr. M & I had a mere slice of weekend left to enjoy in Charleston, South Carolina. Day #11,242: With only my stretchiest of stretchy-waisted leggings up to the task, I quickly decided that Mr. M & I needed to do some walking- or, […]
**Where are my manners? I never related Part Two of our extra-long layover in the beautiful city of Amsterdam! Hopefully absence has made the heart grow fonder.** Day #11,221: When I mentioned we were stopping in Amsterdam for a 2-day layover, two different people independently told us to take our picture with the “Amsterdam” sign. […]
New York City’s electrifying street art may just make up for its incessant noise, pollution, and subway-shoving. (Not street performance art, mind you… the interpretive dancer who takes up residence on a nearby street corner tends to be a tad progressive for my taste. I’m judgey about my art.) But really good, actual street art […]
Whilst weekend tripping in Montreal, Mr. M & I decided to take advantage of our proximity to yet another Place We’d Never Been Before: Quebec City. Quebec City came highly recommended from Mr. M’s aunt & uncle, who claimed it was more than worth the 3hr drive from Montreal- although honestly, convincing us to visit […]
One of my very most favorite places in New York exists thirty feet above the city. Beginning in 1847, an actual railway ran down the very busy 10th Avenue on the west side of Manhattan. Like seriously down the middle of the street. A freight train. When the train started colliding with pedestrians & their […]
Day #9,467-69: After 40 hours of traveling from LA to DC to Senegal to Johannesburg, the newly married Mr. M & I touched down in the city of Durban on South Africa’s eastern seaboard. It was midnight and the first time my feet had ever stood on foreign soil. My first night abroad was not […]
The word “tourist” conjures up nightmarish images of herds of fanny-packed folk clogging the sidewalks for cheesy photo opps and complaining loudly about locals who don’t speak English. (Can you imagine only knowing your one, native language? The nerve, am I right, fellow Americans? Oh… wait…) If neon is the new black, ‘tourist’ is the […]