Random Nonsense

Too tired to work. Too awake to sleep. Sitting in a dodgy Ramada Inn watching old videos on YouTube and feeling a bit melancholy. Time don...

After last year's nightmare travel to/from the Barbados , we almost didn't go on vacation this year but then we spotted a SniqueAway...

My brother is in Paris on business. His daughter is visiting him for the weekend from university in Seville. In a similar vein, I spend my...

Note: The following blog was stolen , er plagerized , er modified from the April 2010 edition of Bon Appétit . WHO Friends from Syracuse ...

In 1994, I spent "Holy Week" with my girlfriends Melinda (American) and Margaroo (Australian) visiting another friend, Anita (Iris...

I woke up super early this a.m. and, instead of going to the gym, decided at the very last minute to pack for vacation tomorrow. I felt conv...

I was riding the elevator down to the hotel lobby yesterday morning with a business man who was roughly my age. We stopped on the 11th floor...

According to a recent New York Times article entitled "Looking Abroad for Health Savings," A heart operation that might cost $130...

Thirteen! Never thought it would get this far. And it's May 13: my sister's birthday. Happy Birthday Susie! Today I went to the dent...

Last weekend, I met a couple at my mother's house who is about to leave on a trip to Ireland. They were talking about the long, winding ...

Another week -- another day off. Missed last week but it's okay because today I'm packing (yea!) for a week in Sanibel. I just wish ...

Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef . What will I have to do? Blog for Tourism Queensland! Hey, I can do that! Other duties: ...

Happy New Year! As I wrote the last post, I began thinking of that ill-fated bus trip from Athens to London during the summer of '85. It...

Hunkering down inside today given that we're having another 12-17" of snow. It's beautiful. The other night, when the hubby...

My boss just got back from eight days in Costa Rica where she and her daughter had a blast. Her daughter sent a bunch of pictures of the rai...

Flew to DC for my girlfriend Kim's bachelorette party, stagette night, or more simply: girls' night out (i.e., GNO). It was great to...

Wow! According to Youniverse , my personality is a "wild cat." Wishful thinking? Adventurous soul, taste for the good life, unconv...

For whatever reason, this guy cracks me up. For $1, he will think about you for a minute and send you an email. Or he'll take a picture...

Wouldn't it be fabulous to travel the world, a la Anthony Bourdain , eating amazing meals at all of the consummate (but not necessarily ...

It only took seven months for me to get my act together but I finally submitted my review of our February trip to the Dominican Republic to ...