Colorado: you will be entranced
Our parents lived in Boulder in the 1970’s when they were pre-hippie newlywed naturepeople, spending their weekends tromping through the state’s many mountain ranges with their best friends. As kids we heard a lot about Colorado (and saw numerous slideshows of these weird flannel-clad people who looked vaguely like our parents) but growing up on … Continue reading
Teotihuacan
Several months back, I went to Mexico to visit some old friends. Okay, it was kind of a long time ago, but whatever. It takes me kind of a long time to get my shit together, and that’s just the way life goes. In any case, on one of my last days there we organized … Continue reading
DF Deliciousness
Mmmmmore food! Upon arrival in México, la capital, DF, Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, or wherever the fuck I was, I immediately continued to eat. Best. Vacation. Ever. My hosts whisked me away to Eno, a hip sandwich shop in their Polanco neighborhood. I have learned that in today’s globalized world it is possible to … Continue reading
Dónde estoy?
It is pretty confusing being in Mexico and talking to people about where you are. I *thought* I’d learned from my friends back home that proper nomenclature for the capital city was “DF” (pronounced day-eff-ay), much like our own nation’s political center, D.C. Here the abbreviation refers to distrito federal rather than the District of … Continue reading
Oaxaca Deliciousness
We’ve already been over why I hopped on a southbound bus as soon as I entered Mexico, so the most important thing to talk about is obviously the food. Granted, it took me three or four days to remember to do my online research from both the crazy kids at Chowhound and the incomparable Mark Bittman, but … Continue reading
Random aside
Somehow travel inspires a great deal of forward and backward thinking for me. Not sure why, but something to ponder indeed.
And now, for the grand finale
A random assortment of lists. You’re welcome. Things We Lost 1 reef flipflop (Joseph River, OR) razor & eyeliner brush (San Diego, CA) 1 liter Nalgene, bicycle hand pump (Bozeman, MT) magical quarter (unknown) tupperware container (unknown) broken dress (Jackson, WY) 2 tent stakes (somewhere in Texas?) Things We Acquired Magical earrings (Joseph, OR) 1960’s … Continue reading
Oregon Trail: Eats and Drinks
In addition to being asked the befuddling question of “red or green” in New Mexico (greatly clarified by my current classmates’ knowledge of enchilada sauces), we did our best to eat like the locals. As many of you know, a trip just wouldn’t be a trip if it didn’t center around epicurean themes. Thus the … Continue reading
Some stats, somewhat belatedly
I’m a terrible procrastinator. When I went off to college many years ago, we were required to write a letter to our faculty advisor introducing ourselves. Because Haverford is quaintly small and completely awesome, the college President reads all 300 odd letters from the incoming class.* Not only did I write in twelve different fonts, … Continue reading
Yellowstone Craziness
Eastward we continued from Oregon through Idaho (which was shockingly beautiful; naked bathing in clear mountain streams, natural hot springs and sunny winding trails through the pines) onwards to my own primary destination: Yellowstone National Park. I’d planned to be in Yellowstone in 2009 but that didn’t happen for a number of complicated reasons, so my … Continue reading
Amarga 