Category: Travel

Not to go all Arnold on you, but… we’re back! 🙂 I realize now that some of our friends might not have known we were gone. We stay pretty private and don’t tend to announce our travels on Facebook prior to our return, for safety reasons, as you can imagine.  But now, I must share. Europe 2023… continue reading

When you live with strabismus, the sky is often the easiest thing to look at. Nothing jagged about it. You can look at the starriest, smokiest sky with exhausted eyes and still, it won’t daze you, because there are no real edges in it at all. Just light or darkness hanging in the gossamer of… continue reading

Hello from Barcelona! We’ve been here since Wednesday. We’re staying in an adorable Airbnb close to Las Ramblas owned by a beautiful, honey-skinned, maple-eyed girl named Maria. Her little apartment is furnished with retro decor: a red couch, black coffee table, white footstool, and plenty of funny/inspirational quotes on the walls. A smile is the best make-up any… continue reading

“She was not so beautiful in real life,” said the museum guide at El Prado. “In fact, she was so ugly, it is no wonder that the sculptor even threw a veil over her face…“ We were standing in front of Isabel II’s delicate, ivory bust.  I laughed out loud. Michael had already warned me that,… continue reading

T-minus three hours to being drunk on an airplane and flying towards: Madrid! Barcelona! The South of France! Although I travel light — always! — it feels like I have been packing forever. I consider myself a minimalist. I like to keep an almost-empty closet with “staple” garments: two pairs of jeans, two shorts, a… continue reading