It's just one of those web days with a lot of interesting bits happening at once.

I'd really like to visit the House on the Rock someday. Not even primarily because of the Neil Gaiman connection; just because it looks like a wonderful oddity.

Two bits from Plastic:

Cross The Border Much? Big Brother Is Watching You

Justice Department Rejects Net Neutrality

I know at least one of my friends is going on a cruise soon, and I thought this information might be of interest. It's something I'll have to keep in mind whenever my husband and I have the opportunity and means to go on a full-on vacation.

Article from USA Today on cruise cuisine, preserved for posterity behind the cut:

( Cruisine )

Poll Cruise questionsNo, we're not about to book anything, I'm just sort of daydreaming about the future, and I figure it can't hurt to be informed ( Read more... )

This article in the New York Times describes a trip I'd love to take someday. Text preserved behind the cut for posterity.

( My Chateau is Your Chateau: Bed and Breakfasts in Burgundy's Vineyards )

I caught up on a few DVR recordings tonight. One of them was the episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations where he visits ParisHe went to a bakery at the crack of dawn to talk with a chef who left his position teaching at Le Cordon Bleu to open a bakery with his brother. He's in it for the pure love of bread, and I swear you could almost smell ( Read more... )

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005We left Atlanta at about 9:50 am EST, and arrived just before noon Pacific Time. The Portland airport is small, clean, and has many places to obtain coffee. We should have paid attention to that as a dark-roasted harbinger of things to come, but I was too overcome by the non-Georgia weather ( Read more... )

It was a fun little get-together last night, even if we did accidentally overcook the burgers by about a minute or so. (I'm still proud of David for cooking ( Read more... )

A precious aroma fills my nose at the moment. In September of 1999, we were on honeymoon in London, and we went to Twinings' tea shop. Standing in this place that had been around longer than our own country, I bought a few tea bags that could not be readily had in the US at that time: coconut, verbena, vanilla, and lapsang souchong. I have kept ( Read more... )

This is kind of neat: a web toy that creates a map based on where one has traveled. According to it, I've visited seven countries, which is 3% of the recognized listings.

( click here to see my map )