I started worrying over our flight to Greece a full 18 months before it happened. The husband has severe food allergies to sesame. Let’s fly to Greece – where they love some sesame. It is scary to even go to […]
Cruising in an Age of COVID
I’m on a cruise. If that just made you screech internally, you may be interested in knowing what precautions are being taken now. This was supposed to be a river cruise on the Danube in October 2020. Yeah, that didn’t […]
Blogging from A to Z – I
Iceland Iceland is one of my bucket list trips. It is almost the perfect place for me. When I think of Iceland I think of three things: Ponies! Yes, I know that they are officially […]
Randomly
I’ve been reading and doing stuff. Honestly. What I haven’t been doing is writing. Since I don’t seem to have enough info for a full post about anything in particular here is a list of random stuff that’s been going […]
No, Seriously, France…
Yes, I did go to France all the way back in November and never even blogged about it. I’m such a blogger failure. So here is the start of the story… AVIGNON Day 1 We flew into Marseilles and were […]
Allergies and Vegetarian Diets on Viking River Cruises
When we decided to go on a Viking River Cruise the aspect I was most worried about was the food. The husband has life-threatening food allergies and I’m a vegetarian who prefers to eat mostly vegan. We can be hard […]
The Husband’s Idea of a Vacation
The husband has been fascinated with Viking river cruises for years. I have been less enthusiastic. My idea of a good vacation is to get settled in a city for about a week and explore the heck out of it. […]
Trippin’
A few years ago the husband and I went to Nice. We didn’t have any great desire to go to France specifically but it was a good place to be based to be able to also visit Monaco and take […]
Renwick Gallery
My favorite Smithsonian museum by far and the one that I have to visit every time I’m in D.C. is the Renwick Gallery. This museum is dedicated to crafts. It is directly across from the White House by Lafayette Park […]
Neither Snow Nor Rain
“The United States Postal Service is a wondrous American creation. Seven days a week, its army of 300,000 letter carriers delivers 513 million pieces of mail, forty percent of the world’s volume. It is far more efficient than any other […]
Jackson Forest
I headed out to California over the weekend to judge a trail ride. I was wooed with promises of the ocean and redwoods. I didn’t see any salt water but there were trees. I kept the truck in the picture […]
National Zoo
There were more than just trashy animals at the National Zoo. Of course the main draws are the real animals. The National Zoo is famous for their pandas. It was hot.  They were sleeping inside. It was so hot that […]
Trashy Art at the National Zoo
When we went to the National Zoo in July there was an exhibit of animal art made out of trash that was found in the ocean. These were scattered throughout the zoo. There were several near the entrance. I heard […]
United States Botanic Gardens
I never even realized that there was a United States Botanical Garden until the torture/interrogation scene in Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol that takes place in the middle of the jungle room. I’m not sure what that says about me […]
Library of Congress
I don’t know why I’ve never been to the Library of Congress. The building is beautiful. Some of Thomas Jefferson’s library remains on display and there is a copy of Common Sense. You can see the reading room but lowly […]
The Hick’s Guide to Uber
I love public transportation. I live in an area where it isn’t developed enough to make it a practical option for everyday living so when I travel to a city with a good system, I love it. We went to […]
So Much for My Quiet Trip
I have a solo, quiet, just me and don’t worry about anyone else trip coming up. I wrote about it here. Now, the husband has decided that he is coming with me. So much for that plan. Ok, regroup. Conditions […]
Traveling with The Lost Symbol
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown This book is a hot mess. I say that as an actual Dan Brown fan. I loved The DaVinci Code. Actually, I love the exposure of the suppression of women by the institutional church […]
Animal Kingdom
I ended up taking Z to Animal Kingdom because the husband got sick. They also needed a break from each other. She ended up being the best that I’ve never seen her. She was calm and focused and self aware. […]
5 Literary Places I’ve Visited
Platform 9 3/4 When I was in London I had to go to King’s Cross and get a picture at Platform 9 3/4 even though my mother did not understand at all. Bath Anywhere you go in England could […]
