This is bad. This is very bad. I am SIX books behind my goal for the year. Unless things change dramatically, and I start cheating by reading childrens books, this could get ugly by the end of the year. FINISHED: Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple A while back I read Semple’s other book, […]
Month: August 2017
Travel – NYC with Children
Traveling with children is a whole different ball of wax than traveling as a pair of adults. I’ve written about traveling in London with children, but this trip to New York City was interesting because the Boy and I had just recently done a quick trip up ourselves in the not too distant past. I […]
Restaurant – The Inn at Little Washington
The Boy recently celebrated a semi-significant birthday, and so I wanted to do something really nice. We had already planned a weekend away in the mountains, when suddenly it dawned on me that we wouldn’t be too far away from that premier dining location – The Inn at Little Washington. So despite it being months […]
TV – Big Little Lies
There was a recent stretch of about a week where the Boy was out of town, and I decided to use the time to catch up on the backlog which exists on my DVR. Sure, I could have actually gone back and finished the most recent season of Scandal (which – man, I love that […]
Event – Clustered Spires High Wheel Race
When you live in or near a big city, it can be hard to know which activities are worth spending your time on, especially on weekends when leisure time is precious. I feel constantly overwhelmed, and often find myself having scheduled one activity, only to discover that something else is happening, and having to negotiate […]
Personal – 5 Places I’ve Visited, Want to Go Again, or Want to Revisit
August // 5 places you’ve visited, would love to go again, or new places you’d like to experience. I think these summer reverb prompts are written with me in mind, because food and travel are two of my favorite things. Let’s see if I can narrow down my list to only 5! Japan – My sister […]
Recipe – Peanut Sauce
Posting this recipe feels a little like cheating. Partly because I didn’t follow the recipe exactly (only adding those things which I had in my pantry), and partly because it was so easy. And then even being so easy, I also failed to follow the directions exactly. And it still came out pretty well. So […]
Travel – Quito and the Galapagos
Earlier this summer, the Boy and I went on what was a trip of a lifetime for our honeymoon. We’re both really interested in science, and in more active travel if we can help it, so when we began to discuss destinations that could work, somehow the idea of visiting the Galapagos came up. This […]
Theater – Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Ok guys, I’m going to do a little bragging up front: I’ve read War and Peace. I know, I know. I’m awesome. You can stop applauding now. How does one read a tome like that? By having a very long commute, and using audiobooks. I’m talking nearly 40 CDs. It was a lot. I think […]
Movie – Dunkirk
Apologies up front: I was out of town on Monday, and forgot to warn y’all that I wouldn’t be posting that day. Let’s just pretend I didn’t forget it. I don’t know about you, but in my American high school history education, I felt like there was a lot we glossed over, especially when it […]