Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Ponder

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Is the over-abundance of online reviews taking the joy out of exploring and trying new things?
Can’t remember the last time I just stopped at a place because it looked interesting. Now I have to google it first and read the top and bottom reviews and see if it’s worth it. And I’ve been [...]

Tidbits

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

I ran into people talking about gutta percha three times in the last week. I’d never heard of it before.
I got invited to join the honors society at school.
I also submitted a paper about Disney’s parks and how they relate to Fisher’s Narrative Theory for presentation at SOURCE, my school’s annual conference, and it [...]

TDIR

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

We’re back from Disney World, btw. It was exhausting, but fun. 11 nights on the road and in Orlando. I heart my Camelbak. Perhaps I’ll do a more detailed write-up; perhaps not. Won’t be today, anyway.
So, remember when I went all SQUEE about the movie adaptation of The Dark is [...]

Paint-a-comic

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

When I was a kid there used to be these comic books impregnated with ink that you could brush with a damp paintbrush and the page would magically spring into color. Do they still make those?
3 more sleeps until we leave for Disney World. The girls are struggling to clean up their acts [...]

Oh what a sap I am

Monday, May 14th, 2007

We’re planning the big Family Vacation this summer and I’m trying to absorb everything there is to know about Disney World. I came across this video of the Kiss Goodnight they play after the park closes and I got a little teary at the beginning, then just about lost it when they started singing, [...]

Only in Las Vegas

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Only in LV can they implode buildings with such panache. Farewell, Stardust. I’ve stayed there and played there, and it had character.

Disastrous

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

I’m wondering if the horrible situation in New Orleans is going to be the first news event that Jo remembers. She and Caroline have been talking about it a lot - asking what a hurricane is, what’s going to happen to all the houses under water, what would happen if a hurricane comes here. [...]

Worry

Monday, August 29th, 2005

I told someone earlier that I felt like I was at a bedside vigil with a very sick friend, watching all the New Orleans coverage. Y’all stay safe, and I’m praying for you.

New York pictures

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

I’ve got quite a few pictures of NYC up here and am adding more in as I take them.

They know me here

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

The waiter at the Stage Deli waited until he was clearing my plates to tell me.
“You see here, you ordered the exact same thing the last time you came here!”
“The last time I came here?” I was sure he had me mixed up with someone else. I haven’t been to New York [...]