I took a small detour on my way to Boston to Concord, Massachusetts in what I would jokingly refer to as an English major's pilgrimage to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau's literary muse, Walden Pond. I wasn't there for long, just sat for a few moments, took a picture or three, and went on my merry way. It made me think back on The Triad ( Read more... )

So. I've been back in California for quite some time now, about two and a half weeks, and I suppose I feel the distinct need to update at this moment in time because I'm about to leave California again. Funny, right? Yes. Yes it is. I am currently sitting in the now-too-familiar Sacramento International Airport waiting for my 9:10am flight to ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted. Somehow it doesn't feel right to post about my California experiences while I'm sitting on the computer in my own bedroom, never mind that the reason I am home is for an outreach trip on the east coast. Perhaps that's why I am only just now updating about my current adventures. I'm currently sitting at Bean Traders ( Read more... )

Day One: So, the whole "two layovers" game went pretty badly. Surprise, surprise. My first flight arrived in Charlotte, NC perfectly on time, only to find that my 8:45am flight to Las Vegas, NV had been delayed to 10:30am. Meh. The flight I had to catch from Las Vegas to Sacramento, CA was scheduled to take off at 11:24am PST and imagine my ( Read more... )

H'ok, so. I leave in about two hours for the airport. I am mostly packed and ready to go. I want to know what I was thinking, btw, saving my laundry to do until today. Answer: I wasn't. I think I was in denial about today being the only day I had to pack ( Read more... )

I figured if I was going to create a blog for my travels, I was going to make it under a suitably clichéd blogger name. So, welcome to the world of earthquaker_grl. It reminds me of Meg Ryan's screen name shopgirl in You've Got Mail. Only without Tom Hanks or a secret internet penpal ( Read more... )