I have now decided to grace my blog with my presence to bring you another long-promised (though maybe not awaited) packing for Pax video. This is everything in my meant-to-be-minimalist makeup (and hair product, and etc.) bag. In the end I think I could have pared it down a little, but I didn’t ever seriously…
Category: Places
Pax Prime Travel- Airport Looks, Day and Night
I’m currently in Seattle for Pax Prime. I haven’t actually seen any Seattle yet, as I’m still in the airport. My flight came in last night, and I slept here. I feel remarkably better than expected today, due to a combination of finding a flat bench to sleep on and taking the time to clean…
Forgetting; Seeing
Its funny how little you can see of home until you leave it. I didn’t know that the sky was gray and heavy with 3D sculpted clouds. I didn’t know that the grass in spring was so tangibly green, that horses would squeeze drops from it as they chewed. I didn’t know that it was…
Statistically Speaking… You’re Better Off at McDonald’s. But Don’t Go There.
Do you ever wander the backroads and old Main Streets of small towns, looking for that elusive gem that you can gush about on Trip Advisor? Somewhere out there… in a town you’ve never heard of.. Ma and Pa Kettle are cooking up something so amazing and unique that you can’t find it anywhere else…
The Misexpectations Travel Blog
I had grand plans for vacation. As I packed, I photographed every item I brought, because I thought I’d blog my packing list and how I wound up wearing it. I thought I was doing one of my best packing jobs ever. On vacation I want to be as sexy everyday as I wish I…
I Still Exist
And my eyes are almost healed. I’m making this post to post something, because I am in my personal blogging danger zone where I might get frustrated/embarrassed by my blog lapse and fall off the writing regularly wagon. You’ll have to wait to hear about my blog project fails, the combination of eye surgery and travel,…
The day in Pictures – Sunday February 24: Mavs, Trains, Plants.
Sunday was taking the train to the Maverick’s game, Home Depot for plants and dirt, and some laundry. There’s always one thing that makes me forget to take a couple of photos; this time its working in the yard. …
Book Haul – Half Price Books and a Theme of Places
Passionate Nomad The Life of Freya Stark by Jane Fletcher Geniesse This one came from the big Half Price on Northwest Highway (Dallas). I can’t say that I know much about Freya Stark, but the cover attracted me. She was an adventurer and writer who traveled the middle east in the late ’20s and ’30s….
SpyCam – People Zoo, Dallas Zoo
I couldn’t photograph anything close to me, but I could reach out and touch somebody with my lens.
Anyplace Glamorous – Miami, Oklahoma
At the end of the summer, I decided to break up a long solo drive by going on vacation. I was driving from Dallas, TX to Effingham, IL and back, alone, in a weekend (its about 11-12 hours). I had taken the Oklahoma route because I didn’t think I could stand the Arkansas route again….
Classless Travel: A Guide to Sleeping in Cars – Part 2
Before we begin this post, I’d like to just point out that someone actually found my blog by searching for “best cars to sleep in”. That is something to be proud of. What to Bring When Sleeping in the Car Most car sleeping situations fall under either all night sleeping as a hotel replacement, or…
Classless Travel: A Guide to Sleeping in Cars – Part 1
Sleeping in your car is a great way to save money, avoid talking to hotel clerks, and prevent over sleeping. Its also a great status symbol. It also may help ward off resort timeshare salespeople, as shown in this example: Resort Salesman: And the last time you went on vacation, where did you stay? In…
Rika Confesses to Almost All of It 