It’s always good when the low point of the day is early on, and everything else goes along fine from there. This is just what happened on our (very easy) trek from Florence to Civitavecchia. We get to the train station and buy tickets (see, we’re smart this time, and […]
Outside the Florida Keys
If you were my Facebook friend, or followed me on Twitter a year ago, you would have seen my gelato play-by-play. It was the ten-day, try as many as possible, three a day, gelato fest. It was good. Some were better than others. My friend in Florence like Grom the […]
I had been saving my miles to go to New Zealand, and instead blew them on business class seats to Italy in high season. We departed Fort Lauderdale at 4:15PM (original departure time was 3:00), and arrived at JFK at 6:45PM. this being JFK, where nothing can ever go smoothly, […]
Today we depart the Spirit, as we arrive in Venice, hopefully in time to make our 11:30 AM tour of the Doge’s Palace. Tomorrow we board Delta to JFK, then on to Fort Lauderdale and get back to the real world. Stay tuned for updates on the trip starting next […]
Travel, particularly air travel, is no fun these days. From the banning of beverages to the fee frenzy, it is all very annoying, to say the least. It is because of these inconveniences, and the fact that schlepping large suitcases through foreign train stations sucks, that I began packing as […]
Very few things surprise me. Every once in a while someone does something so egregious that it is shocking, but more often than not, things are just funny (like the woman who wore three not-s0-strategically placed drug store bows to Fantasy Fest). That was it. Three bows and some thigh […]
My Spanish sucks. It is more than a little embarrassing for someone who has spent as long as I have in South Florida. However, when I couldn’t pronounce the name of an absurdly good Mexican restaurant recently, I learned the name is actually Mayan, and my Mayan is significantly worse […]
Last night I saw Jeff Dunham at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL. The show was set up sort of oddly: first Guitar Guy (as the Dunham character’s call him), Brian Haner, came out and performed a few songs/bits. He was very entertaining and performed for about 15 minutes, […]
If you’ve been following along, you know I am a wine geek. I also love to travel and eat. When I travel, I generally stay at small, independently run inns. When dining, I avoid chain restaurants like the plague, with limited, lunch-time-desperation exceptions. Wine is no different. I seek out […]
Life is simply too short to not enjoy yourself. Certain things we do because we must: grocery shopping, laundry, work. Other things we do for fun: bowling, sporting events and concerts. Last weekend was the opening show for Jimmy Buffett’s Under the Big Top Tour, and it was great fun. […]