About going to places you know nothing about (i.e. what I liked about Mechelen, Belgium)
A long time ago, the moonlight hit Mechelen’s St. Rumbold’s tower in such a way that made some drunk guy think it was on fire. In his liquored up state […]
Category Archives: Friday’s Five Favorite Things
Short, sweet summaries of some of the good things I’ve found and places I’ve been.
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Artwork on Guatapé’s buildings edition
I’m so stir crazy! Sometimes life just doesn’t do happy mediums. I’ve spent the last few months bored out of my mind, physically unable to do very much because of my […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: About the romance of travel
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d put together a list of the five most romantic parts about traveling with someone you love. For all of you out there […]
Thursday Five Favorite Things: Thanksgiving 2013 edition
This year the usual grieving over the last days of summer just didn’t happen for us. Last summer was a rough one (because of Andy’s tumor and all) and even […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Lisbon nightlife edition
Before heading to Lisbon a few years back I remember flipping through some guidebook and reading that in recent years, the city’s once-hopping nightlife had been significantly scaled back. Well, […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Ayr, Scotland edition
Pisa wouldn’t be so popular if it wasn’t for that building with the shoddy foundation. But the building, and it’s screwy way of standing up, does in fact exist, and […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: New places with old friends
Right now it’s sunny in Portland. Sunny. Right now. In October. In Portland. I love my city and to be honest, the rain doesn’t bother me as much as it […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Traveling with an electrician
I have a special knack for recognizing buildings that would make good funeral homes. It’s true; sometimes I’ll spot a bank or a church or a library and I’ll think […]
Fridays Five Favorite Things: A trip with a purpose – to get our minds off cancer
In case you missed it, we found out that Andy has a cancerous tumor. If you need to, you can read up on all that here and then come back […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Along the Dubai Creek
Don’t think about pink elephants. Shame on you. You’re doing it aren’t you. What is it about people telling you not to do something that makes them want to do […]
Worldwide Shambles 