I figured it was high time I let you in on the spring and summer travel plans we have planned. You know, considering I'm leaving tomorrow. So here it goes: 1. Baja California Sur - Mexico Until quite recently, I had never heard of Loreto, Mexico. This little town in the state of Baja California Sur is on the east side of the peninsula, bordering the Sea of Cortés [Google map]. This little ...
Springtime in London’s Parks and Public Spaces
The last time I visited London was the mid-winter, just before the New Year. It was cold, and grey, and colorless, punctuated only by their signature red telephone booths and double decker buses. It even snowed the last few days I was there. I don't mind visiting big cities and doing urban trips in less than perfect weather. You can still see so much beauty in cities in inclement weather. ...
Deeper Connections Through Language (And How I Failed to Make One)
I stood at the door of my 5th floor Paris apartment. As is typical in old buildings like these, there was no elevator so I had trudged up the stairs, my arms full of groceries. I put the key in the lock, turned it to the right until it stopped. Nothing. Turned it to the left until it stopped. Still nothing. Our AirBNB host had said the lock was fussy, but told us how to overcome it. I repeated ...
How Do You Choose a Hotel When You Travel?
Maybe it's just me, but it seems that the process of choosing a hotel has gotten really complicated. Technology has brought us so many different hotel booking and review websites and apps, not to mention new alternatives like private guest room rentals and houseswapping/housesitting, the task of finding a place to stay can be really time-consuming. It doesn't help that I've gotten a bit more ...
Sima: Recipe for Finnish Fermented Lemonade
I enjoy cooking, but the things that really excite me are what I call my "food experiments," fermented or cultured products that rely on the complex interplay of yeast, bacteria, sugar, and oxygen. We regularly brew beer, make kombucha (a fermented tea), yogurt, kimchi, pickles, and sauerkraut all from scratch. Each batch is different, you never know exactly how they will turn out. I have a ...
Home Again
We arrived home early Tuesday afternoon somewhat delirious after our twelve-hour flight from Paris and nearly no sleep. We made plans to meet Kevin's mom to pick up our dog at 7:30pm, and laid down for a short nap. When I woke up, the sky was dim and I looked at the clock. 7:45! I picked up my phone and had four text messages from Kevin's mom who had driven 30 minutes from her home to meet us ...
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