my journey, destination unknown
After a short rest and a shuffling of hotel rooms — with five of us, we had two, but only one had been available at check-in, we headed out to find some lunch. Our hotel is in a litle pedestrian area full of little shop and restaurants, so finding a place was no challenge. The…
On Wednesday, I woke up somewhere over Amsterdam, still hours away from Istanbul. Breakfast was the lamest airplane breakfast I’ve ever had, but at least it was vegetarian. While approaching Istanbul, we caught some glimpses of Black Sea and then mosque after mosque; thankfully, the guy behind me stopped counting after 15. As in Atlanta,…
We have two short days in Istanbul before we take the 1.50TL ferry to Asia and ride the overnight train train to Ankara. There I’ll have time to caption the photos and write about our adventures. For now, here are the photos.
We’re now on our way to Turkey, but first enduring a 4+ hour layover at JFK. The time is easily passed in the SkyClub where we are indulging in snacks, drinks, wi-fi and comfy chairs. We’ll head over to our gate in an hour or so and get ready to get on our long flight…
This Memorial Day weekend, we headed up to Blue Ridge for Arts in the Park. We’ve been every year since 2002, except for one. I’d say that makes it a tradition! This year, we headed downtown on Sunday morning, successfully beating both the crowds and the rain. The girls enjoyed seeing all the different booths,…
This year, we returned to the Georgia Renaissance Festival, both girls proudly wearing the cloaks they had acquired when we attended the festival in 2008 (read more in Ahoy There Matey) . While I have no desire to go to Dragon*Con (another excuse for grownups to dress-up, be silly and have fun), I do like…
this weekend, with our friends from out of town staying with us, we did something we rarely do. We went to a “tourist locale” on a weekend. Not only that, we went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. While in the past we would journey to the gardens on a weekly basis, we would never go…
The wind blew and blew during the night. What little sleep I had was not restful. In the morning we refreshed ourselves with some hot TANG, heated on the JetBoil. Before heading back to the Kids’ Village, we all found our winter coats to wear — so cold still! The girls and I spent the…
We woke to a very, very windy morning. The night before, both ATMs were broken, so I didn’t want to spend the last of our cash on breakfast. Instead, the girls had hot chocolate and fruit and granola bars, which suited us all fine (Thank goodness for the coffee press gadget that came with the…
A crazy week, consisting of flying home from NYC, big deadlines at work, unpacking and packing. But then, Friday, midmorning, we were off again! The girls were filled with anxious anticipation over our return to LEAF. We had gone for the first time back in the fall, and they loved it. Rob, unfortunately, could join…
Leg still hurting, I didn’t know what we could do for fun on our final morning in NYC. We’d have to haul our packs, in the rain no less, and I wasn’t sure how mobile I’d be. Camille found a cool looking museum, but I made the mistake of not checking online before we headed…
While I have a difficult time thinking of myself as an “industry” person, the girls and I headed up to Brooklyn last weekend for the whole of kindiefest. What an amazing experience we had! I loved catching up with old friends and making lots of new ones too. The girls, Chloe in particular, were happy…
Despite my pain being reduced enough so that I could sleep, I still hurt while walking. However, we were in NYC! It was not a time to stay in bed and read a book. Chloe wanted to eat in the hotel (yuck), so we headed down and she ate while we talked with our friends,…
friday morning I woke early and went down to the breakfast room to get some coffee. How depressing to know that there are so many great coffee shops nearby, yet be stuck drinking terrible hotel coffee. After the girls woke, we all went down to breakfast. Frozen Lender’s bagels in Brooklyn? No thanks. I had…
I don’t know if it was the terrible internet in the hotel (Holiday Inn Express, I was going to give you a try, but now I am going to stick with the predictability of Fairfield) or my pinched nerve or the exhaustion from “networking” (something I don’t do well and would rather avoid overall), but…
Last fall, my mom came home from an auction with a Biscuit Brothers CD and tickets to a show at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. For April. The concert has been sitting on my calendar for all these months, but, until Wednesday evening, I wasn’t sure whether we’d make the trip to Texas. We did….
last night, after our adventure filled drive and dinner at my parents’ house, we ventured out, 7 of us packed in my mom’s car, to the square for the Red Poppy Festival. My first remark was that Georgetown has changed dramatically in the past 20 years. People were sitting, on the courthouse lawn, with glasses…
we had planned to have breakfast and then swim before leaving, but the weather report made me rethink our plans. I hoped that by leaving earlier, we would hit the storms before they had gotten stronger. Maybe that’s true or maybe not, but we had some wild weather. In Louisiana, the clouds started to get…
Despite having wanting to go for months after seeing a neighbor’s photos, we had not taken the time to head to Arabia Mountain until yesterday. Why did we wait so long? Nearby, free, uncrowded and amazing!!! We were met in the “nature center” by a ranger, who suggested a hiking route for us to follow….