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Trinidad Carnival will change your life
Okay, please bear with me as I dust the cobwebs off of my poor deserted blog, and try to re-hone my neglected writing skills. Ahem– Have you ever had so much fun that you kind of didn’t want to tell anyone about it? Like the fun should just be your little secret? Almost as if the words of your merriment left your mouth, the sanctity of the fun-ness might very well leave with them? It’s kind of like buried treasure. There are no exciting maps and treasure hunts for non-buried treasure, then it’s just regular treasure, accessible to everyone and thus…
A Valentine’s date with my passport
It’s that time of year again. Men are roaming the streets carrying tiny, teal bags that are sure to spell delight. Heart-shaped boxes filled with chocolates are out in full force. Everything in the United States has turned red and pink. And people are freaking out about what they are going to do, where they are going to do it, and what gift they are going to rack their brains over for Valentine’s Day. Me? I have a very, very hot date, and I am counting the minutes until we are together. Slim, sleek, and seasoned, my date is worldly in every…
Go ahead, drool: An epicurean seduction
Food is really a beautiful thing; it is my next great love after traveling. The best thing is being able to marry my two loves and embark on an epicurean adventure while traveling the world, or the United States and Canada in this case. Feel free to drool as I did when these meals landed before me. Santa Fe: Green Chile Enchilada at El Farol New Orleans: Oysters at Acme Oyster House Houston: Barbeque Ribs at Barbeque Inn The South: Chicken, Eggs, & Cheese Grits at Waffle House Atlanta: Gourmet Pizza at Seasons 52 Orlando: Red Snapper at Pollo a la Braza Mario…
Road trip: The best & worst of it
We spent 33 days on the road, posed for pictures in front of 33 state signs, visited 44 cities, and drove over 11,000 miles! The adventures were endless and each day held something different. The horizons before us changed colors and shapes as desert turned to badlands and farms turned to cities. Every place was new; every day was new. With all that newness came a lot of great discoveries and also some that I could probably have done without. Here are some of the best and worst of our days on the open road: Best Meal: It’s hard to…
Road trip: Surprise, Montana is lovely
Everything about Montana was a surprise. It was a surprise that we ended up driving through it as it was never on the original route plan, and it was a surprise that I kind of fell in love with it. I mean, let’s be honest, it just isn’t one of those states most people even think of very often. After all, the only thing I knew about Montana was that it is Big Sky Country, whatever that entailed, I had no idea. We drove west through the state and passed a man selling handmade wooden stools at the side of the…
Road trip: A spectacle of spectators at Old Faithful
We arrived in the mountains of Yellowstone National Park in complete darkness. Again. You would think we’d have learned our lesson about arriving at campsites in the dark, but clearly, we had not. We drove through 45 minutes of winding darkness passed deer and elk, and got barricaded by 4 large bison before reaching camp. It was a cool 30° F outside (or -1° C for more dramatic effect) and way too cold and late to set up camp so we camped in the car near to all of the food so that the bears would have an easier time finding us. No,…
Road trip: Girl v. Food
I intended to attack Chicago Girl v. Food style…although that is pretty much how I attack every meal placed before me, but never mind that. I had watched Adam eat himself silly on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food here and planned to do much the same. Besides, with less than 24 hours to spend in such a vast city, what more could we really do besides spend our time eating? And of course visiting the giant silver bean in Millennium Park. After a grueling 11 hour drive plus a border crossing from Toronto into Michigan, we finally arrived in Chicago…
Road Trip: Biking across country
I never imagined I’d ride a bicycle from one country to another, but I did. Sounds really cool and outdoorsy, right? Nevermind that it was the shortest two minute ride across a nice bridge from the Canadian Niagara Falls to the U.S. Falls; it sounds better to say I rode from one country to another, so I am sticking with that. I felt like I was in a movie as the wind whipped my hair and we rode across undisturbed by cars or even other people. It was just me, my bike, my friend, and a bridge in limbo between two…
Road trip: Watching my dinner swim in Halifax
Each one looked so peaceful. They were all swimming around and climbing over one another in a playful sibling sort of way, vying for what little space was left in their waterfront home. They had no idea what was going on. They had no idea that they would soon be whisked away into a shopping basket and weighed for sale. These innocent lobsters had no idea that they were going to become my very lavish dinner. I don’t like to see my food alive. I am no vegetarian, but I can certainly understand the sentiment when an animal, or crustacean in…