Chris and I are renting a vacation apartment in Arcata, CA, which is very cute but has a couple of funky quirks.
An International Laundromat Pro
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Dateline: South Jersey
I’ll try to do a make-up Monday Mystery later this week, but for today I just wanted to update you on our progress. We’re now in South Jersey, the southern half of the state of New Jersey, visiting my mother in Marlton, NJ. We’re also going to be staying in our first airbnb rental in the neighboring town of Moorestown for the next 9 days while we’re here. Continue reading
Food on Fridays: The Watermelon Gap
Today on Food on Fridays we take a look at one of my favorite summer foods: watermelon. Continue reading
Surviving the Supermarket
Before we moved to Europe, it had actually been at least 15 years (and probably more) since I’d been the primary grocery shopper in the family. Chris was the one who did most all of it in North America. It wasn’t until we got to Italy that I took over that responsibility. My challenges in Bolzano’s grocery stores were mostly tied to figuring out where to find things in the store (e.g. learning that the sugar is stocked next to the coffee and not the baking supplies, etc.). Here are links about some of the challenges to supermarket shopping in Bolzano: Continue reading
Driving with Gigi
OK, well, it really wasn’t entirely Gigi’s fault for what happened last week on a road near Orlando. But since it was Gigi’s instruction to take that on-ramp, I’ll put the blame on her. After all, that’s part of the fun of driving with Gigi – you get to put the blame on someone else when the directions go wrong and you wind up taking a wrong-turn. Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: A Plan G Primer
Today on Monday Mysteries we take a look at a mystery a lot of you have been wondering lately: what the heck is this “Plan G” thing that Chris and I are doing right now? Continue reading
Complications of a Donnerstag Due
“Thursday Two” in English doesn’t have the same ring as combining a bit of German (Donnerstag) and Italian (due), even though it means the same thing. So it’s thanks to Chris for this alliterative title for today’s post, which first came about because we realized this morning that we’ve been in Melbourne now for 2 weeks, and the U.S. for 2 months. 2 major milestones of a sort.