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Trip Report: Finding My Roots in Stavanger
Am I writing a blog post to keep my mind off the most consequential and potentially historic election of my wizened old lifetime? Perhaps. Also: My stomach is in knots and I am scared yet hopeful for democracy and tomorrow’s outcome. Speaking of democracy and pursuing the American Dream, let me tell you about a…
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Indignities of Aging I Was Not Prepared For
Young people: heed my advice. Do not get old. I do not recommend it. 0 out of 10. Negative stars. It sucks. And yes, I know the alternative is not getting old, aka: death. But sometimes, the indignity of watching your own slow degradation makes death seem like an attractive option. I got my second…
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Hotel Crashing, Bushtops Serengeti, Tanzania
Back when I was a nubile young woman–aka: my broke-as-hell-and-unable-to-afford-any-sort-of-vacation period–my friends and I would often retreat for into the verdant hills of Central Texas and go camping for a couple of days. And believe me, I do mean camping. Not glamping. There wasn’t anything glamorous about it. We’d load up our respective cars and…
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Hotel Crashing: Lemala Kuria Hills, Tanzania
Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I was a bit bummed out by the election results. For a variety of reasons, I’m not going to get too far into this topic, but this post from my favorite blogger, The Everywhereist, pretty much sums up EXACTLY how I feel. Go. Read it. It’s really…
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5 British TV Shows to Replace Downton Abbey
A sad(ish) thing happened to Anglophiles and history nerds a couple of weeks ago: Downton Abbey ended after six seasons. I watched a couple of seasons of Downton Abbey, but I was not a consistent watcher, although I do thoroughly appreciate the way they would just hurtle forward in time to avoid expensive production moments.…
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Cracking the Oyster Cracker Code
Yes, we went to London weeks ago, and yes, we’ve been back for a couple of weeks now, and yes, I owe the world some posts about the Ab Fab time we had. But to misquote Kanye, “Yo, London, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but….” (Sidenote: I had to bookmark this Wikisite…
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When Life Hands You Lemons, Use Them as Weapons
Crazy year. Still one of my favorite posts I’ve ever written. And I still think lemons make a perfectly acceptable weapon.
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Friday Links: Panda Poop Edition
It’s been quite a week. The days are getting so much shorter, which has made getting up to go to the gym at 5:30 am so much harder. The weather’s been weird, or, actually, typical for September — brisk one day, hot and humid the next. On Wednesday night, my metro train got stuck in…
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Links: Naked and Afraid of Sharks Edition
Hope everyone had a great weekend. My personal master-of-the-remote XFE and I certainly did. I suppose you heard that we’re having a heat wave up here in the Northeast, so we did the safe thing, and spent Sunday lying on the couch with a couple of pitchers of watermelon-mint-tequila-aqua-fresca watching the first four episodes of…
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Life. Blergh.
Sorry, kids. No post this morning. A very long day at work coupled with a complete metro commuting hell meltdown and no cabs meant I got home very late last night. I barely had time to eat and watch the most recent Real Housewives of Orange County before crashing. Speaking of RHOC, this is how…