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Florida Overseas Heritage Trail

If you’re thinking, blah, blah, blah, palm trees, Jimmy Buffett, and key-lime pie, boy are you are in for a surprise: this blog post is mostly about infrastructure. But! I hope I can make you at least partially as enthralled with the nuts and bolts of the Florida Overseas Heritage Trail as I became overContinue reading “Florida Overseas Heritage Trail”

I Never Promised a Total Moratorium on Jackson the Cockatoo Videos

Ahem

Best TV Resolutions by Size and Viewing Distance

I’m looking for a new smaller smart TV or monitor that I can use to stream shows while riding my trainer and also game on. This is exactly the table I needed, and so when I finally found it, I thought I’d share it! i.rtings.com/images/optimal-viewing-distance-television-graph-size.png

How did I lose to a bird?

I did say EVENTUALLY

ESC #46: Birthday Edition

Featuring not one but two birthday cakes because that’s how your girl likes to roll. My sister popped into town over the weekend for a surprise visit, so naturally we had to bake something. That was cake #1, the Apple Rose Cake. On paper and in photos it looked great: pistachios, grated apples, olive oil,Continue reading “ESC #46: Birthday Edition”

Jackson Hates Ads

I promise I’ll stop posting these at some point. Eventually.

Jackson, it’s 2 in the morning!!

I don’t care if this is real or not. It’s right up there with Scottie Pinwheel for my favorite thing on the Internet ever:

I Have Notes for…ATEEZ

Yep, that’s right. You can love something or someone with big ol’ heart eyes and still have Ideas about How They Could Do Things Better. It’s probably best not to share these Ideas with them directly, however…. Good thing I have a blog the boys will never read! Let me start with their newest titleContinue reading “I Have Notes for…ATEEZ”

A Weekend in Reno

I always tell people that Reno is a sleeper. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like much. Folks visiting Tahoe are grateful for its small, easy-access airport, and that’s about the end of it. It’s not laid out the way you expect a nice small city or cute big town to be laid out: theContinue reading “A Weekend in Reno”

Edinburgh

I did a semester abroad at the University of Edinburgh in the 1990s, and though I’ve been back a couple of times since, I haven’t had the chance to hang out in the city again the way I did as a student. I got that chance last week when I flew to see my friendsContinue reading “Edinburgh”