Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong
The Daily Post hosts a Weekly Photo Challenge. I’ve never taken part before, but with a category like “Wrong,” how could I resist? This photo immediately came to mind. I […]
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We Went to Jail. Directly to Jail.
That’s where we stayed in Ottawa — in jail. A haunted one, no less. The Old Carleton County Gaol, which is now the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel. We stayed in cell […]
My Thoughts Traveled to Georgia with the Changing of the Guard
I watched the changing of the guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada with a little bit of melancholy. My son should have been there with me. He was all I […]
Must. Stop. Eating. Poutine.
I never in a million years dreamed that I would like poutine. I’m not a big potato person. I used to be. I craved them insanely when I was pregnant […]
So I Asked Myself, “Do I Feel Lucky?”
I’m not a gambler by nature. Adventurous, yes. A calculated risk-taker sometimes. A gambler, no. But when I saw the mysterious Travelocity Top Secret Hotel option on their website as I browsed for […]
Mayberry, NC
In memory of Andy Griffith, who died earlier this month of a heart attack, I thought I’d share this postcard my friend Julie sent me in 1998. In it, she […]
I Don’t Look Like Marilyn Manson
“…the alternative circus that is Affleck’s Palace, where in order to go unnoticed, it’s best if you look like Marilyn Manson or a really scruffy Kurt Cobain…” Lonely Planet’s England […]
Dodging Bombs in Manchester
“Imagine it,” our guide Ed encouraged us. “Every night you face the same question: go to the shelter, where it’s stinky, crowded and noisy. Where you probably don’t get much […]
Touring the Theatre of Dreams
My plane landed in Manchester, England and I headed toward the immigration desk. “What’s your purpose in Manchester?” the uniformed customs officer asked me. “Pleasure.” A look of puzzlement and […]
Jumper at the Arndale
I landed in Manchester, England, dropped my bags at the hotel and raced out into the rain to begin my 48 hours in England’s 2nd largest city. I decided to […]
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