The plot of the movie The Hangover is total bullshit. There is no way someone could remain undetected on the roof of a Las Vegas hotel for three days. I know this from personal experience. In 2009, I was nearly …
Category: Photo Journal
Midwest Ruminations: A road trip, family vacation and four-state photo journal
Dakota Confusion My 7th grade geography teacher assigned yet ANOTHER diorama, and while I usually relished a fun, creative, easy project like that, I did not relish not getting to choose the state. I wanted to do New York (Broadway!) …
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Where Did I Go?
I’ve been quiet — too quite for my own liking! — since our New York trip in early May. I’ve been slacking on the blogging front and I don’t have a good excuse for it. Just… life. We didn’t go …
New York Photo Journal
In New York you can be a new man. – Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be In the …
Nuevo Vallarta Photo Journal
In March, the husband and I took a much-needed 8 day vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico as part of a non-simultaneous home exchange. This was meant to be a true vacation, which meant I told all of my co-workers that …
Three Dutch Cities, Three Faces of the Netherlands
During our month in the Hague, we took a few side day trips to other Dutch cities: Groningen, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Netherlands is a small country. Slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey. So, to us, taking …
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The Hague, den Haag, Helluva Town
How do you sum up a city? How do you convey the sense of an entire place, made up of so many people and buildings and cultures? How do you explain how this places makes you feel without veering into …
Budapest In Pictures
(To view any of the photo thumbnails larger, just click on them to load in a lightbox viewer.) Budapest is made up of two cities – the hilly, quieter Buda and the lively Pest. Originally, Buda was where the royalty …
Bruges in Pictures
Someone recently told us that they thought Bruges was beautiful but like a museum. We didn't really know what they meant and had no preconceived notions about the town. (Well, not many, at least. All I ever think of when …
Paris avec mon amour
A lot of people don’t like Paris. Whether it’s bad experiences with rude French people or confusion on the metro or witnessing homeless guys peeing on the side of a building, plenty of dirty or frustrating experiences can ruin a …
