Posts tagged "travel"

October 22, 2017 Leave a Comment

James and the Giant Road Trip

First off, thank you to everyone who contacted their representative on my behalf during the latest round of the healthcare battle. I really appreciate your efforts and your empathy for my situation. The two companies left in the Indiana health exchange took into account that Trump would probably kill the cost-sharing reductions, so even though... [Read More]

April 7, 2016 6 Comments

Savannah, Georgia: Spanish moss, a lot of squares, and the attack of a drone!

I was going to say Savannah, Georgia has more squares than a chessboard, but a chessboard has 64 squares whereas Savannah has 22, so that's not true, though it makes for a nice opening, so I snuck it in there anyway. My mother and I headed down south to Savannah last week to catch the... [Read More]

January 3, 2016 14 Comments

Road Trippin’: What I’ve learned from travelling 3000 miles

I spent a total of 48 hours driving in the past two months, which is something I would have thought only long-haul truckers did, not thirty-something, middle-class women who live reasonably close to an airport. However, I am also a thirty-something, middle-class woman who likes to save money and travel in comfort, which is why... [Read More]

August 13, 2015 Leave a Comment

Tales of travel and adventure

My travel posts have always seemed pretty popular, so I've compiled a list of them on this Travel and Adventure page, complete with intriguing thumbnail images. I included posts from this site and from my old blog, PastaQueen. I had to skim through the titles of all my posts on both blogs to be sure... [Read More]

May 24, 2015 4 Comments

Charleston, South Carolina: Palm trees, peacocks, and pirates, oh my!

Charleston, South Carolina has been named the top city in America by Conde Nast for four years in a row, but my mother wants you to know she wanted to visit the city years before any of that happened. I'd like you to know that those ratings actually make a difference to the popularity of... [Read More]