Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
‘Vodka & Caviar’ is the best name for a nail polish. Ever. The Great Sister Trip of 2008 was concluded with a sinus infection and a merciful pedicure with Mum (pink) and Hannie (lime green). I wanted a power red, nothing shimmery, and the name sold me. It was even better on: smooth, vivid red…
Getting soused with sun and chlorine at the pool and playing Super Nintendo all afternoon—most noble of elementary school summer traditions—merited a full afternoon last week. Chris and I beat a couple of worlds in Super Mario World, then he played Starfox while I finished another James Bond book. Then I wanted some attention, so…
I was looking for some old 4th of July pictures from the summer I was in Egypt and was surprised by how fearless I look in all those photos. One set in particular—I’d just gotten over the flu in time to take a midnight train from Cairo to Alexandria. I wanted a photo of me…
Nothing says ‘Independence Day’ like Will Smith…I mean fireworks. So in preparation for the fireworks we will see tonight in honor of our nation, I bring you my favorite firework photo, which I took in Costa Rica at Mariana’s February wedding (quite the occasion). But seriously, to get our 4th of July celebration started, Chris…
Disclaimer: I am not going on a beach getaway. Chris and I live all of 6.5 miles from Jacksonville Beach. We are ‘away’ and do not need to ‘get.’ Therefore, Chris thought this was silly. But anywho, I have about five things I wear the majority of the summer and I discovered they fit conveniently…
So I contained dinner leftovers and loaded the dishwasher, fished the dishwasher detergent out from under the sink and filled the little tubs where it goes, closed the packed appliance and started the wash cycle. There are a million little points where you realize a place is home, and another million that catch your attention…
There will never be better beach reads than James Bond books. Post-Ian Flemming the series is either predictable or delightfully absurd, like the movies. But the originals…so exciting! Bond is a relatable guy, lonely and isolated, far from home on a mission for Queen and Country (hey, sounds like a deployment). And he spends a…
