Your level of hotness, much like the attractiveness of artwork, is completely subjective to the viewer. Some guys like lots of make-up and fashion on a woman, others prefer a more natural look, and some want the geekiest of geek girls. And there are some women who, not being so painfully hot as to make…
I recently had the good fortune of stumbling upon the list of eleven vows that Gandhi strove to adhere to. The list resonated strongly with me and reflected aspirations that I already had about how to live my life. One of the items listed is “Avoidance of Bad Taste”, by which he meant to only…
I am taking back my time by putting myself on a Facebook diet. This is especially difficult in my current situation: snowed in in the middle of the woods of Vermont. It’s lonely here in the woods, and the friends I have in Vermont live miles and miles away. There is no coffee shop or…
You would think by my posts last month that Europe is the only cool place in the world to experience city life, but that is just not so. The United States has some really wonderful pedestrian-friendly, people-powered cities. One of those happens to be St. Petersburg, Florida. If you have two feet and a bicycle,…
There is nothing like the feeling of being part of something that is bigger than yourself. That is how I feel when I participate in the campaigning and election process for the position of President of the United States of America (or as it has affectionately been dubbed: POTUS). Four years ago on election day,…
So… it’s been almost a month since I returned from Europe. It still feels like only yesterday that I was strolling the streets of Paris. Funny, before the trip, I did not have much affinity for Paris despite having visited there in 2009. Perhaps it was the fact that I sprained my ankle as I…
The last few days have been less touristy than usual. Jim’s conference has gotten underway, and he is preoccupied with that. Also, the weather has been rainy and chilly – not the best for wandering around gardens and monuments. On Tuesday morning, I was feeling a little rough around the edges, so we got a…
I’m feeling a little dogged right now, but I’m going to power out this blog entry regardless! On Saturday, we caught a City Night Line train from Prague to Cologne, Germany. We had the bad fortune to end up in a sleeper cabin right next to a kitchen from which clanking beer bottles were regularly…
Before I delve into the smells of Europe, let me describe our last day in Prague. As our train was not leaving until around 6:30 p.m. (or 18:30 in Europe-speak, in which I am now fluent), we had asked about leaving our bags at the apartment until later in the afternoon and were told this…
I have noticed several recurring themes in Prague that repeat themselves daily. First, brides. There are a ton of brides roaming around various parts of the city, followed by an entourage of photographers and videographers. Their dress dragging across the dirty cobblestone. We think that perhaps we are not seeing them on their wedding day but…