Whenever I put together a list of those places I'd most like to visit, Spain is always way down on the bottom of the list. Maybe a couple of days in Barcelona, a visit to the zoo in Valencia, the Templar castle on the coast, the Santiago de Compostela, a stop at the Prado and, of course, the Bernebeu for a Real Madrid game. That's about it. However ( Read more... )

There was a water main break on the street right beside my condo. Breakfast Television was reporting live from the scene this morning. It was a complete mess outside. I'm glad I was able to avoid the whole situation by rerouting my commute . I'm also thankful it's not expected to be very cold over the next few days or else all that water would ( Read more... )

January 1st marks the 25th birthday of Colin Morgan. He shares his January 1st birthday with Lorenzo de Medici and Rodrigo Borgia...suffice to say he is in good company!! Next week at this time I will be sitting through a two day marathon of his show. Can't wait for the floppy hat moment (below), along with several other completely ridiculously and ( Read more... )

That's a really tough one...I'd narrow it down to two choices:
1) Ancient Rome circa 50 BC to 60 AD -  to witness the First and Second Triumvirates (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus and Octavius, Antony and Lepidus), the Ides of March, the civil wars of Octavius vs Antony + Cleopatra, the birth of the Empire, the entire Julio-Claudian dynasty, the release of ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in ages and of course have a backlog of things to post.

Friday night I was watching Star Wars, Episode IV, which I prefer to call the original Star Wars. It made me realize two things. Notably, it was the first film I ever saw in a theatre. And although I was but a wee lass at the time, I do recall enjoying Han Solo - he was (and ( Read more... )

Dang!! It’s snowing…AGAIN. *runs and hides*