higher ground

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

A main road in my hometown has a special section that is on a hill. When in a car at speeds around 50 MPH, if you look up at the right time, you can see the Boston skyline in the distance – a whole 15 miles away. Yesterday, even though we expected rain, Mike and […]

a local tourist

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism has been quite effectively getting the word out about Worldfest 2009. After hearing an ad twice in a row on two different radio stations one morning on the way to work, I decided it was time to see what all the buzz was about. Basically, they are promoting […]

do something every day that scares you. every. single. day.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

I stole that from one of my favorite bloggers- Franki Durbin of life in a venti cup. Once a year she commits to a life tune-up because she “genuinely believes you have to design the life you want.” Think about that for a second…so simple, but so true. In a recent post, she invited her […]

when music takes you places

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Every single time I hear Mr. Jones by the Counting Crows, I am back in Ireland– in a pub. The same goes for Hey Ya by Outkast and Shut up by the Black Eyed Peas. Those three songs were quite popular there back in 2004. When I hear Skylarking by Mic Christopher, I am sitting […]

logging your miles on foot

Monday, May 11th, 2009

[From mappery] Despite the wind, last weekend had the perfect weather to not use a car. In one day, I ran all of my errands on foot- grabbed a coffee from the bakery down the street (.2 miles), got a hair cut (1.2 miles), took a leisurely walk to Harvard Square (2.4 miles) and then […]

travel photos, part II

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Apparently, I am turning the evolution of my apartment walls into a series on this travel gear tuesday. A couple of weeks ago I was rummaging through my parents’ attic in search for a book that my pneumonia-stricken sister could read to pass the time while immobile and I came across a very cool frame […]