Category Archives: travel
Clearly Going
In the long-running debate between the mountains and the shore, I think that Hawai’i, the biggest island of the archipelago, may provide the best resolution. We’re staying in Waikoloa, about thirty minutes north of Kona, at a condo overlooking a … Continue reading
Come on Oliver, let’s lounge!
So I haven’t posted in forever. It happens. The Bahamas were just lovely, with plenty of lounging, reading, eating, lounging, swimming, lounging, judging, eating, lounging etc. going on. Spring finally arrived in Williamstown in the form of summer, and at … Continue reading
Filed under crazy packing day, Food, Friends, Summer, travel
Apple pancakes
Another finals week done. I think between the six of us our house wrote enough for a full-length dissertation in the past nine days, and so it was with relief that we dug into our finals Sunday brunch, Poker F … Continue reading
Fried Artichokes and Passport Control
My final four days of Italy were spent in Rome, which was just as chaotic, ugly, and beautiful as everyone said it would be. We hit the usual spots (the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum) and they were all … Continue reading
Filed under crazy packing day, Food, Italy, musems, travel
Ik heb de T-FACTOR!
When I was waiting at the gate for my flight from Gatwick to Fiumicino this January, I watched as each passenger came up to the agent and flashed his or her passport. I was the only American on the flight, … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Food, Friends, International Relations, musems, Netherlands, travel
Italo Calvino
Here (finally) is something in response to some friends’ study-abroad panic attacks, from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities: “And yet I know,” he would say, “that my empire is made of the stuff of crystals, its molecules arranged in a perfect … Continue reading
GOOSE LIVER!
Title inspired by purloined from this excellent strip. I am leaving for Newark Airport in just under three hours. nnnnnn! I am very nervous about all the logistics in getting to Rome, but that is undoubtedly caused by my anal-retentive … Continue reading
Filed under angst, Packing, Things that should be easy but aren't, travel, Webcomics
Back Home!
Made it back home yesterday without great incident. The last night on the Cape (Friday) is, understandably, a little melancholy for everyone in the house. Strangely, I wasn’t feeling this malaise, nor had I been much plagued by any looming … Continue reading
Filed under angst, Bloomsburg, Cleaning, Press Enterprise, travel
Spring Break woo-hoo
Sorry for being totally absent for the last week. I got home and I just had to mentally check out. Seriously, it’s been non-stop eating, sleeping, and watching old seasons of The West Wing. Midterms closed up on a good, … Continue reading
Filed under Crystallization, Friends, travel
