Notes from the Road

Cold and Wet
It's cold and wet here in Dublin. The kind of cold that blasts through your coat with the force of the wind. The type of wet that waxes and wanes...
Cold and Wet
It's cold and wet here in Dublin. The kind of cold that blasts through your coat with the force of the wind. The type of wet that waxes and wanes...

Lost in Space
Barcelona is dead quiet in the early morning darkness. Back home, the pre-dawn hours are noisy. Delivery trucks clang and clatter. Buses slide by, their hydraulics hissing at every stop....
Lost in Space
Barcelona is dead quiet in the early morning darkness. Back home, the pre-dawn hours are noisy. Delivery trucks clang and clatter. Buses slide by, their hydraulics hissing at every stop....

Seventeen Years Later
In 2006 I stepped on Irish soil for the first time. As an inexperienced traveler, I was anxious about all manner of things. How much currency should we bring? Did...
Seventeen Years Later
In 2006 I stepped on Irish soil for the first time. As an inexperienced traveler, I was anxious about all manner of things. How much currency should we bring? Did...

Vegas for Squares
It's strange that I enjoy Vegas as much as I do. I don't gamble, I rarely drink alcohol, and I'm not into nightclubs. But there's something entertaining about being in...
Vegas for Squares
It's strange that I enjoy Vegas as much as I do. I don't gamble, I rarely drink alcohol, and I'm not into nightclubs. But there's something entertaining about being in...

Post-Pandemic Road Trip
Seven days after our second dose of the vaccine, the second we felt safe enough to travel, Patrick and I packed our backpacks...
Post-Pandemic Road Trip
Seven days after our second dose of the vaccine, the second we felt safe enough to travel, Patrick and I packed our backpacks...

Roadtripping to the Stanley Hotel
Sometimes a place grips our imagination so tightly that we can't help but dream about it...
Roadtripping to the Stanley Hotel
Sometimes a place grips our imagination so tightly that we can't help but dream about it...