Category Archives: Wanderings
My Travel Hats New Year’s Resolutions
Normally I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, especially since I make other goal-oriented lists already (like the before-30 list, the before-33 list, the before-35 list, the Summer List, Autumn List and now Winter List). However, I felt there should be … Continue reading
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Kids: Traveling while pregnant
The only time anybody welcomes a small child on a flight is if it’s still in utero, and for some reason, people just love pregnant women. I recently flew to Chicago for the weekend with my kid, even if it’s … Continue reading
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Wanderings: I have no weddings this summer/ Eat Pray Love is cliched and trite
(This is a picture of my friend Boris on the bike we rented in Goa, India – in reference to the way we “prayed” in India (or didn’t pray, just had fun like normal people) It is an unbelievable summer: … Continue reading
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MY TRAVEL HATS STILL EXISTS!
Just because we’ve picked up a very busy full-time job doesn’t mean we’re not still traveling. In fact, we’ve been to the island of Culebra (Puerto Rico) and to lovely Orlando, Fla. since the last entry. And we’re hoping to … Continue reading
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My Travel Hats back from hiatus!
It’s been a very exciting month of August, filled with travels galore – from the Great Rift Valley to the San Fernando Valley, I’ve been galavanting around through northern and southern California to New York. Apologies for the lack of … Continue reading
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Wanderings: We’re back from Africa!
Photo: Sunset over the Serengeti. We’re finally back and fairly jetlagged! Jon fell asleep in the middle of eating his burger last night but we managed to sleep through the night, even though our bodies are about 7 hours ahead. … Continue reading
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Wanderings: Wild Things (our Tanzanian safari)
Lions! Tigers! Bears! No, actually no tigers or bears, but lions galore, like a female chomping loudly away at a baby gazelle, bones and all. We just completed our four-day safari through the vast Serengeti (Maasai for “endless plain” which is … Continue reading
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Wanderings: I need a shower! (Greetings from Kenya!)
I’m on a terrible keyboard here outside Nairobi, where Jon and I just finished our one-week volunteer stint at a Maasai village where we lived in a house of mud/tin/sticks with no running water and no electricity. They had to … Continue reading
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Wanderings: traveling light to Africa
I’m fairly swamped today with last-minute preparations/ cleaning/ deadlines/ etc. before we take off for Africa, but I’m pretty impressed with our minimalist packing. This is an entire week of clothing (well, we each get two pairs of pants or … Continue reading
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On My Itinerary: we’re driving to Chicago
Hark. We’re driving to Chicago. In a car. From Baltimore. I don’t know why this is such news, considering I did this route many times between St. Louis – New York during college, and Chicago- New York during graduate school, … Continue reading
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