We know some people who are the antithesis of who we want to be as we get older. (No, it’s…
New year. Now what?
We don’t make resolutions, but we do mark each big turning of the calendar with a theme or a phrase…
From indecision to out the door, 2 days
In our last episode, we were in Italy. Was it just November? That’s almost 6 years ago in Covid time.…
On seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa
“Surprise is the great enabler of seeing” Alan Jacobs How can you see a place that you’ve seen a million…
Getting back on the travel horse, plus the Elsa river in Tuscany
We’re back to our semi-nomadic ways and oh, how we’ve missed it! Ok, maybe not the schlepping of the bags…
Have you been to Genoa?
Yeah, Genoa. Because no one sighs and says, oh Genoa! when you tell them you’re going there. And for good…
10 years, 100 Airbnbs: the good, the bad and the ugly
I remember my first trip abroad in the summer of 1984, between my junior and senior year of college. I…
Change of plans, or here we go again!
We change our minds. A lot. I don’t know if you’ve noticed. But what are plans other than a reasonably…
In which we finally go the the Loire Valley
I think I’ve mentioned how much I hate chateaux. All that pompous decoration and power-play architecture. So what the hell…
What to do, what to do? (or, decision time)
I’ve recently had a couple of conversations with friends of friends who were directed to this blog because they’re gearing…
The Let's Get Lost Game 