Let’s take a moment to address the big elephant in the room. Pho, a steaming bowl of noodly goodness, is a Vietnamese dish; and its pronounced “fuh” not “fo.” Trust me on this one. The proper pronunciation has lent itself to many slap-knee, hilarious restaurant names or innuendos. Among my favorites are: Pho Ever Yum, Pho Show, un PHO gettable, Pho-natic and Good Pho You. I digress. When I’m feeling under the weather, there are only two things can hit…
Over the last week I’ve been on a rollercoaster of emotions – high, low, and everything in between. True to form, I immersed myself into the daily grind and just tried to keep busy. By Wednesday – only halfway to the weekend – my energy had visibly waned. Being my better half, Jay, can often sense my restlessness; and he tries his best to ease my inner turmoil. Tonight I came home to a nice martini, a bowl of sweet…
To my friends it comes as no surprise that I am not big on social media (wrote the girl who blogs about her life & musings for all the interweb to see), but it’s true. Please allow me to clarify: I do not think that communication via social media is a substitute for other forms of personal contact. Nor do I believe that sensitive or personal information should be sent via a private Facebook message, or worse yet, as a…
With it being out first day in Ireland with no place to be in particular, we decided to stay local and familiarize ourselves with the area. A quick consult with Kathleen and the many Visit Ireland brochures lying around the cottage made a day trip to Schull (pronounced “Skull” /skəl/) and Bantry the obvious choice. The two villages are located in opposite directions with Schull to the south and Bantry to the north, which caused us to double-back for part…
Much to my surprise, we all woke up pretty early despite all the traveling we had done the day before & the fact that it was Sunday – the perfect day to be lazy. By the time I reached the front deck with my tea and breakfast in hand, Gaby was already outside of our fabulous cottage building a fort upon which to balance her iPhone. I was quite entertained watching her run back and forth from the camera to…
Halfway through Maryland I discovered that my Nikon was still sitting pretty on my nightstand back in Pennsylvania. Would you settle for grainy, but decent iPhone pics? Good, because that’s all I have to offer. Despite our best efforts to leave before 4PM, we weren’t able to leave until nearly 6PM. A good time to leave if you want to be stuck in traffic for a while. If we didn’t already have dinner plans we probably would have waited until…
We said our goodbye to California & the PNW on Tuesday night (more on that later). I’ve spent the last two days in denial that (1) our West coast vacation is over (2) the pile of laundry will do itself. We’re leaving for Washington D.C. later tonight, so I suppose I should probably get started on that. I’m less than thrilled about having to unpack and repack for another trip, but I am pretty excited to eat great food and…
Remember this post post? The one where I was extremely homesick & shamelessly cried while writing about all of the things I wanted to do and see? Yeah, that one. Well, in less than 7 hours I’ll be able to do all of that and more! That’s right people, as you all read this, my little family & I will be en route to California! Unless of course you’re reading this later, in which case I will already be basking…
All of the traveling was finally taking it’s toll; and we were all pretty exhausted. As it turns out, we were pretty hungry too, and of course those feelings outweighed our need for sleep. On Kathleen’s suggestion, we decided to make the trek back into town and eat at Antonio’s. I know, don’t say it. Italian food in Ireland. In our defense, it’s where the locals eat. Just as Kathleen said, the restaurant was extremely busy & there wasn’t a…