MEXICO CITY (1/20) - First, it was time to pack out of my AirBnB penthouse, dashing off a note in English & Spanish - thanks, Google Translate! - to the penthouse’s owner, and also leaving a note that the electrical outlet under the hammock needed fixing… again bilingual ( Read more... )

CHICAGO -- After a good night's sleep, it was up and at 'em in a city expecting a high of 18.

The first stop was the Northwestern campus in Evanston via subway, only to find the bookstore closed for the winter break. So, after a little web research during the bus ride back into the city, I found a college-wear store at Water Tower Place, next to ( Read more... )

GAINESVILLE FL -- Contrary to my normal travel practices, I left Huntington Tuesday night at 9:00. This was just before someone who had apparently been tracking the WVU game on his cell phone announced the final score. The Herdsters on board were slightly disappointed ( Read more... )

PHOENIX -- Today, I visited my friendly neighborhood museum, The Heard.

I was able to get in on the guided tour of its HOME exhibition covering Native Americans of Arizona & New Mexico. (For mamallama, gift alert!)

In order to make the point that most southwestern tribes were matrilineal, one of the guides passed on this story to the group:
A woman was ( Read more... )

mamallama, in defense of the girl at the center of My Kid Could Paint That:

Your kid could paint that? Yeah, probably, from the Sunday Gazette-Mail, 11/26/2007

EDIT: It seems grandmamallama also made today's paper, discussing flowers or somesuch.

It was mamallama's debut today as an official artist. (To think she's been unofficially artisting all this time....) For those that didn't make it, her "Peeps Gone Wild" video can be found on YouTube (approx. 4:45 ( Read more... )