And now for the final post on our Italy trip. After the Amalfi coast, the next stop on our adventure was Rome. The last time I was in Rome, I was in ninth grade and spent most of my time there eating gelato, buying crap, and not appreciating being in Rome. I mean, I appreciated […]
As I mentioned a few days ago, Al and my parents and I went to Italy for Christmas this year. It was a big trip for a couple of reasons: first, it was a belated (by one year) celebration of my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary (wowza!), it was the first time I’ve spent Christmas with […]
In the five-plus years that Al and I have known each other and traveled together, we’ve seen a lot of stuff but run into very few snags. I was wracking my brain the other day trying to think of one trip that we had taken where something had gone wrong and all I could think […]
Happy new year to all my readers, friends, family, and people who clicked on this accidentally! Well, guys, we made it. Here we are in 2013. The world didn’t end after all. Which means from here on out, I’m definitely going to take everything the ancient Mayans say with a huge grain of salt. […]
We are spending Christmas in Italy this year with my parents and it’s been fantastic. We’ve been in Sorrento since Christmas eve and this is the first time I’ve had internet access, so please excuse the radio silence! Things will probably be quiet until we’re back in civilization (i.e., Africa) again, so for now, please […]
As you’re probably aware, my blog has been offline for the past week or so. This is because it was viciously attacked by malware. I don’t know what malware is, exactly, but it’s bad and it virus’d my poor, innocent blog. I like to think that I was targeted by international spies for knowing too […]
On Saturday, Al and I drove an hour outside Cape Town to Franschhoek (“French Corner” in Dutch), which is considered the food and wine capital of South Africa. Our plan was to go wine tasting and also check out a few of the area’s restaurants. The day started off cold and drizzly. Our first […]
Happy Black Friday! May none of you be trampled to death today and may you all enjoy many leftover-turkey-and-stuffing sandwiches! Al and I are in Cape Town. We came down yesterday morning and are staying at the beautiful home of Al’s former boss, Hillary, her husband, Alfred, their two sons, Boden (7) and Asher (16 […]
Today was interesting! Remember that thing on my hand? It got worse. Then, last night, I developed a gross rash all over my chest, neck, and face that looked like a collection of bug bites/zits. My whole face and chest itched like crazy. And then I woke up this morning with my bottom lip swollen […]
As a writer, I feel that it’s part of my job to constantly read. Which is good, because I would do this anyway. Even during my law school and attorney days, after long days of reading dry-as-a-bone legal documents and cases, I’d come home and read fiction for hours. In fact, looking back over my […]
