I wanted to write something on my recent trip to East Africa. While brainstorming, I reflected back and realized its been almost exactly a year since I was last in Kenya. In July 2011 I spent the majority of my time in Garissa, which now is much less secure given its proximity to the Somalia …
I am constantly surprised by the Michigan connection. I am sitting in a Nairobi cafe and I overhear two middle-aged men reuniting from their time at Calvin college, which prompts me to write this. As I type, every now and then my ears perk up at as they mention the name of another Michigan city. …
My last night in Mexico I went out on the town with two colleagues and some of their friends. It was there that I had my first ‘Mexican flag’ which consisted of a shot of gran centenario anejo tequila (I brought Bourbon a bottle home, along with another anejo tequila and a mezcal which has …
But really, is it really necessary for airport security to put their sticker AROUND my luggage handle. Not only is it incredibly hard to get off the material on the handle (especially since it doesn’t peel off in one piece, rather into the 30+ puzzle pieces stamped into it) but it is likely to leave …
Was pretty awesome if you ask me. We started the day at the last winery on our list, which also turned out to be our favorite of the wineries we visited during our trip. A small one that gave you the code to the gate to get in. When we arrived we were greeted by a dog, …
It was bound to happen. It was like a laser-guided meteor locked on to the center of the Earth. Impact was inevitable. If you spend enough time and money seeking out good food, eventually you are going to work your way ‘up’ to utter disappointment. You are going to go to one of those types of …
The day started off biking to Bella Winery (about 11 miles north of our inn in Healdsburg). The scenery was so beautiful that we took too much time taking in the sights and realized we were only half-way there when it was 5 minutes before our tour and tasting was supposed to start. So we …
After a 13 mile run over the foggy Golden Gate bridge we picked up the rental car and made two very important food stops, one in the Castro for tacos al pastor and another at Saigon Sandwiches in the Tenderloin/Civic Center of course we got a vietnamese dessert drink to accompany our goodies and headed …
So a month or two ago I was talking about Durham. OK, so where was I? I was eating Mexican food. Upon completion of that task w’all head off to one of the couples’ house. There I believe I drank more and talked about stuff and was offered some homemade habanero jelly. I was ready …
Written by Rosemary, with assistance from Bourbon in describing our al pastor experience. Our second day in SF started with the intention of running eight miles down Market Street and into Golden Gate Park. However we were so smitten with the park that we ended up going further than we had intended. After our run …