Things I Loved This Week #103
“Passport to Europe” with Samantha Brown: Many, many, many years ago, the Travel Channel was a bastion of culture. You could watch programs about nice hotels and learn insider tips […]
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Why Don’t You? #68
Monday: Why don’t you look into buying an acre or so of Saharan desert so that you can build yourself a pyramid for your final resting place? You may not […]
Giggling Through The Galleries
The struggle of waking and getting ready for the day was an even greater one than usual. And that’s saying something. It wasn’t that I wasn’t excited to get out […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #92
LOVE: “Rebel Heart” Preorder: I don’t know why everybody has so many problems with Madonna. I think she’s awfully fun. People just enjoy being offended. I don’t. I don’t really […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #90
LOVE: Word Lens: I had seen advertisements for Word Lens all over Tumblr a while back, but I didn’t think it was real. The Internet is full of lies, after […]
Holiday Wish List 2014
It’s already the holiday season, and I am having trouble believing that 2014 went by so quickly. We all say the same thing every year, though. I hope that time slows […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #87
LOVE: Cornish Pasty: When I went to London to attend the royal nuptials of Prince William and Katherine Middleton a few years back, I stayed at a hotel very near to […]
A Perfect Day In Paris
Paris is a unique city because nearly everybody has been there. Not physically, of course, but we’ve all been transported to the City of Lights in a film or a […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #81
LOVE: “Cheek to Cheek” by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett: I’ve been a fan of Lady Gaga since before she was a thing. I vividly recall watching that strange […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #78
LOVE: Ariana Grande: When Jessica and I were in Paris, we got a little obsessed with making fun of Ariana Grande. Her star was just beginning its climb and we […]
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