So, people who have traveled to London and/or Dublin ( Read more... )

I feel like I have very little to say about the Inauguration and also kind of a lot.

( So I'll blather on in a lot of detail anyway, even if there isn't a lot of substance since we technically didn't get to witness history. )

• 09:26 Funny having to take a call rescheduling a chiro appt while waiting at a checkpoint #
• 09:32 twitpic.com/152fu - #
• 10:08 Still stuck at the checkpoint... #
• 10:37 Mission aborted. #
• 10:45 twitpic.com/153g7 - #

I'm home from the attempt to witness the Inauguration Swearing In in person. Man, what a disappointment. I comfort myself in knowing that at least I was shoulder to shoulder sharing goodwill with thousands of others who didn't make it on to the National Mall, either, but were all there for the same reason ( Read more... )

I am on vacation. I have had a whole lot of things going on preceeding vacation, things that I had intended to post about in varying degrees of detail, but never got around to it because more kept happening and stuff. Anyway, I'm celebrating my "10 year Friendiversary" with a couple of friends from college. We decided to leave our various ( Read more... )

Last week, rather than drive home from work the whole way on the boring highway, my mom and I decided to take the Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry across the Connecticut River. Apparently, this is the oldest continuously running ferry IN THE NATION, and used to be a raft pushed across the river by poles. (Not Poles, although some of the pole pushers ( Read more... )

So, next Friday I plan to take a day trip to NYC. Part of the day will involve watching a grown woman dance around at 30 Rockefeller Plaza dressed as a tomato.

It is too early for Christmassy things, unfortunately. So, what else should I do with my day?

ETA: A Tomato Dance Update

For a recap of one of the highlights of my week, read anais921's journal entry "Something a Black Man Just Don't Do"

The journey down to New Orleans was suitably adventuresome. Not a lot of drama, but some interesting stuff. We took a detour at the end of Wednesday's leg of the journey so I could see the Luray Caverns, which are a marvel of geology. Thursday we drove through Virginia and rain, and into Tennessee. We knew we wouldn't have the time + money to ( Read more... )