Tag: XFE
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Back to the Basque
Hola, mis gentes. And Happy New Year! (Where did 2015 go? Seriously. I can’t believe it’s a new year. I’m woefully unprepared.) My travel-compadre-for-life and I have had a sort of travel rule for the last 10 years, which is: “Let’s go to new places. Places that neither of us have ever been.” After all,…
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The Inherent Romance of a Hypothetical Near-Death Experience
I know I declared romance to be all but dead just last week, but I wanted to share a recent text exchange between myself and my spousal equivalent, XFE. I think it perfectly highlights how love (and concern for your partner’s welfare) can continue to bloom despite distance, bad dining choices, and self-inflicted injuries. Sure,…
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Fantasy v. Reality: Work Trips
My enamorado XFE has deserted me once again. OK, fine, that’s a bit dramatic, I suppose. He’s travelling for work this week. It’s actually been several months since XFE has been a work-road-warrior. I’d gotten pretty comfortable with him around all the time. Which is why it feels like total desertion. Of course, it doesn’t…
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Infographic Monday: The Longing
My own personal Psuedo Househusband of Old Town, XFE is coming home again tomorrow and it is not a minute too soon. I’ve missed him terribly. There’s only so much remote control responsibility a girl wants before she realizes, there really isn’t anything good on TV anyway. 288 hours is a lot of time to…
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Reality TV Time: Drama on Board – Bravo’s ‘Below Deck’ and Soccer
My main sleeping buddy XFE (Petunia is merely backup) is back from his father-son golfing trip, and I’m thrilled. Finally, someone to cook for me and make me laugh. Petunia is useless in the kitchen and her jokes are pretty lame. For example: What did the calico say to the bowl of food? Crunch. I…
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The XFE Packing Solution
(Editor’s Note: XFE is back with another guest post.) That’s right friends I am back and not with just some hotel crashing post full of pictures, but with real, get to know XFE content. As readers of ThePoeLog know, Poe struggles to get herself properly packed for all of the fabulous trips she takes and…
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Hotel Crashing: The Parker Palm Springs
The staff over at ThePoeLog have been overworked and undercompensated (not sure how) but I, the infamous XFE, have decided to pitch in and lend a hand with this guest post. Not sure why, but since I had something to share, I am. I must state up front that I did pay for my stay…
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One Week in the Life of a Patio
I am so sore. So, so sore. Lemme show you why. Yes, I’m sore from drinking beers. No, sillies. This is what our backyard USED to look like: So yeah. It was a small plot of grass with some rose bushes along the perimeter. But here’s the thing: We’re not rose people. Or even, grass…
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Date Night Redux
The components of a good date night (from this last Saturday). Perusing a book on Peru with a cosmo. Chef XFE’s cocktail of choice. Steak waiting to be grilled with it’s little friend, asparagus. Domino potatoes waiting to go into the oven. Wine decanting. Howard on demand. Petunia, acting…
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How Not to Do Date Night
My super significant other and I had one of those so-called “date nights” the other night. Well, I guess you could call it a “date night.” We put on real clothes and left the house for a pre-planned activity. This is one of those things you have to do when you’ve been together for seven…