Coastal Weekend

Took the weekend before last off due to extreme overexertion on my part. 4 1/2 months with no weekends off does not a sane girl make. We drove to Hampton Beach where the sun’s rays actually burst through the clouds, then drove up the coastline enabling me to drool at the perfect houses with stone […]

Channeling Tuscany

What I would give to be in Italy right now. Photo from citypictures.org

Beach Song

Some shots from our Florida trip late last summer.

Live The Language

Becoming multilingual has forever been on my bucket list, and it seems that every year I have high hopes to further my previous French and Spanish lessons and turn my frequent bursts of crossbreed hybrid foreign catchphrases into something more useful than confusing family and those standing too near. These EF ads might just help […]

Grüner See

Grüner See (literally “Green Lake”) is a spring fed lake in Austria that fills up with crystal clear water every Spring, and dries out in the Fall until April. When it’s not underwater, it’s a park with benches, paths, roads and meadows. But when the snow melts off the mountains, it becomes one the most […]

Italy Photochrom Prints

Photomechanical prints of Capri, Italy between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. I was at the island about 7 years ago and it was quite different! From the Library of Congress flickr here and here.