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Boston: It Could Still be a Great Canadian City
Boston. It should be part of Canada. I don’t think Bostonians would really mind. They like hockey. They have snow. They use “sorry” like we do. They’d assimilate quickly. Have you ever noticed that? To me, “sorry” should be reserved for when an apology is required. A real apology…one that conveys sincere regret, an intention […]
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Time Travel: Cape Cod Style
Twenty years, at least, is the length of time this part of Massachusetts has been on my radar. A bucket list item. The trouble with bucket lists is that with anticipation like that, it’s hard to separate out expectations. It’s not that Boston and Cape Cod are “less than” or “more than” I expected. Just […]
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See? I didn’t even realize there were photos!
So I just posted my blog and my husband said “Did you post it?” “Yes” “Did you post the photos?” “You took photos??? I had no idea!!” “Yes! I had a feeling this was a big event.” Good grief.
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It’s Important to Wear Clean Underwear Because You Never Know What’s Going to Happen…
11:45 pm and way past my bedtime. In truth, I had been asleep, but now I stand in my hair-standing-on-end, be speckled state on a Boston sidewalk. You might recall from an earlier blog that my eye glasses NEVER go out in public. But here they, and me, are…along with all the other guests of […]
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Have you Ever Noticed How Much People Wear on Themselves?
Boston. Wicked Smaht. A few fun facts to illustrate the point…back in the day of the thirteen colonies. You know… pre-1776 and all that, Massachusetts literacy rate was 88%. Too bad today’s fashion wasn’t in fashion in 1761…they could have read each other’s chests. We’re visiting in the summer, but during the academic year here […]
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You Don’t Know What You Got ‘Till It’s Gone
Joni Mitchell was right. As this applies to my kitchen-less state, at least. Being Canadian, turkey was on the menu this past Thanksgiving weekend. So I left town in order to find a kitchen in which I could cook one. And I find myself remembering things that I used to cook in an oven. What […]
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Where’s the Chocolate?
Dear Garbage Collectors, You are my new bff’s! Seriously. That day I saw the empty garbage can I did the “Happy Snoopy Dance” right then and there with my neighbors looking on over their breakfast preparations. There’s nothing like a kitchen renovation to break down one’s inhibitions, I have found. In my pink fuzzy house […]
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A new departure for this travel blog…
Dear Garbage Collector, Enclosed you will find copious amounts of chocolate. Some would interpret this as a bribe. I would never insult you with that word. It is a gift. You see, I started renovating my kitchen about two days ago. It feels like two months ago and I am afraid of what […]
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Manzanillo is a ’10’
I can’t leave this part of Mexico without commenting on Manzanillo. If you’ve been exposed to North American culture, and are over the age of 35…then with or without realizing it, you know about Manzanillo. Especially if you saw Dudley Moore and Bo Derek in “10”. I can’t think of a man my age who […]
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