My Aunt Beth was my roommate in Virginia Beach. Nora on the bottom bunk, me on the top, Aunt Beth in the twin bed across the room. One night when some family drama broke out around midnight, we giggled in the dark like we had just come home drunk after toilet papering a fraternity house. [...]
I met this 92-year-old man on a morning jog in Virginia Beach one early morning along the coast. He is a retired Navy officer, a widower who deeply misses his wife who he refers to as the love of his life. He was beaming at the opportunity to share his stories, like the fact that [...]
Traveling with a toddler. Let that soak in for a moment. Traveling. TODDLER. TODDLER TRAVELING. Traveling = gasoline. Toddler = flame. EVERYBODY DUCK! Even if you don’t have a toddler you have traveled with one if you’ve been on an airplane. You know they are unpredictable – possibly entertaining, possibly your worst nightmare. And the [...]
I’ve had my hands full of squealing toddlers — that’s why I haven’t blogged recently. And I needed to share a few days with my daughter sans social media. It has been an absolute treat. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend
The last time we took a beach trip was in 2010 when this group of class flew to Kauai. We woke up to roosters cock-a-doodling and jogged as a pack to exotic waterfalls in preparation for a half-marathon we ran the day before we left. Many people told me it was irresponsible to go on [...]
For the first and only time during my trip to Kiawah Island, I admired the beach from a fancy pants restaurant with Miquel on Sunday afternoon where I’m pretty sure there are rules governing what you wear and how you look. I can confidently say we broke every one of them. I remember saying “what [...]
Introducing Miquel, my date for the wedding last weekend. She performed a dance at the wedding reception that made Beyonce look like a hobo. I didn’t ask her if I could use this photo on my blog because A) I haven’t yet told her about my idea where I pimp her out at weddings so [...]
My parents are going to be so proud when they read that my head was hung over a toilet in LaGuardia airport Sunday afternoon. I had alternating thoughts of happiness and guilt in between the waves of nausea. A memory of the night before would make me laugh — a cab driver who said he [...]
Look what New York did to me. Pictures and stories coming tomorrow. No kids allowed. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend
Now over Kentucky at 30,000 feet, the pilot announces we should be past the choppy air. Good news for all of us who have been holding our breath since the turbulent ascent out of Charlotte. Nora is finally sleeping after asking every man in the airport to kiss her, after stopping to talk to every [...]