The cherry blossoms are in bloom. This weekend marks the "peak" season. It is rainy, and doesn't make for great pictures. Well, there is always a great picture to be had, but walking in the metropolitan mud is not agreeable. We'll see ( Read more... )

Come to the land where the fancy is free and the locks meet the sea ( Read more... )

HCL flew all the way from sunny New Hampshire to visit me in Maryland, also known as the DC metro area. She arrived at BWI and we immediately began our four-day educational journey full of United States history and shenanigans ( Read more... )

I travel too much. That is what people tell me. The truth is that I enjoy traveling, I just hate paying for it myself and ending up sick from a packed flight full of germs. Aside from what I cannot avoid, I don’t mind the routine. I am usually the person running to the gate to catch my flight. For some unknown reason, I am the one that is last to ( Read more... )

I never try to get personal in my blogs - WHO really should - however, I have to announce that I am officially a Maryland resident. YES. Maryland. Resident. Go ahead and applaud. It was a big move and so far so good. So, where am I now ( Read more... )

Traveling without my onboard toiletry necessities is becoming quite annoying. I blame the new airport security regulations for my latest sinus infection, which I believe was brought about by poor quality cabin air on a fully booked flight. GAH! Think of all those germs just stewing in that ideal environment ( Read more... )

Last Saturday I drove from New Hampshire to Maryland. My CD player was not working properly so I rediscovered my love of NPR and let my mind wander while trying to pay attention to the road using only two mirrors ( Read more... )

Ah ... the lease is signed. I move into my Rockville townhouse next week. Yes, Rockville - for those in the know, that is a pretty sweet area to be in because it is close to everything, including DC, where I hope to be working (currently still unemployed, sort of). I'm pretty gosh darn excited to furnish and decorate my living space. Right now, the ( Read more... )

I’m here! Yes, I am officially out of New Hampshire. I’m living NEAR Maryland in West Virginia. I’m in Charles Town located in the panhandle of West Virginia bordered by Maryland and Virginia. For many, the panhandle is just an extension of Virginia. People moved to this area to escape the urban sprawl around DC to seek mountains, corn fields and ( Read more... )

WHERE: Montreal, PQ ( Read more... )