I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog over the past year how I haven’t gone out much since the COVID-19 pandemic. Whenever each lockdown was lifted, I kept on … Continue reading Showing Faraway Friends Around My Home City
The intent of this little series has always been to reflect on my obsession with preserving the past, which I’ve always gone about in the same basic way: externalizing the … Continue reading Preserving the Past Part 3: Post-Graduation Travels in the USA
After leaving Mexico, we had one full day at sea before we disembarked at Galveston. We were still cozily wrapped in the envelope of a dream, but now fleeting glimpses … Continue reading Cruising Around the Caribbean – Part 6
By the time the shuttle bus for the cooking class arrived, we were pleasantly buzzed from our cocktails at Fat Tuesday. We had to sign a waiver thing in case … Continue reading Cozumel – Part 2
Our third and final port of call on the cruise was Cozumel, an island across from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. We docked on the western side of the island, on the … Continue reading Cozumel – Part 1
I’ve always been intrigued by mysterious places. I’m a sucker for anything that’s off the beaten track. Enclaves, anomalies, curious mixtures- be it geographic, linguistic, cultural, whatever. Quiet, inbetweeney places. … Continue reading Belize
We were hoping that returning to the Freedom on the early side would give us a good chance of snagging one of those delightful hot tubs, but no. Nope. They … Continue reading Cruising Around the Caribbean – Part 5
I’d always been curious about the Florida Keys- especially Key West. In fact, I remember the first time I heard about them. It was about ten years ago, and my … Continue reading Key West
I was rambling about nothing in particular, frozen daquiri in hand, the edible lime-flavored straw halfway eaten, when Aaron suddenly went “Shhh…you hear that?” “Whaa?” I burbled, blinking at him … Continue reading Cruising Around the Caribbean – Part 4
For the first day at sea, we forgot about the virus. We were cut off- both physically and digitally- from civilization, and had no desire for the end of the … Continue reading Cruising Around The Caribbean – Part 3
My first impression of the cruise ship was that it was fucking big. We entered the belly of the beast through a long, zig-zagging umbilical cord of glass and steel. … Continue reading Cruising Around The Caribbean – Part 2
Last week I got back from a cruise in the Caribbean and I think I just about got away with it. Even before I went, there were reports of passengers … Continue reading Cruising Around The Caribbean – Part 1
