Ah, and we’re back to the not-so-regularly scheduled updates! I can’t believe I still have Homestead pictures to put up, but you know how it goes. We participated in a few extracurricular activities during our stay. Joe took me on an early-evening snowmobile ride after the ski slopes closed, and also on a surprisingly terrifying […]
Lifestyle
A haiku inspired by Kobayashi Issa
What do ducks think of While swimming around the lake? I really don’t care. P.S. we found a part of Alexandria that looks kind of like Skyrim. This is Dyke Marsh, yo.
On fighting cravings in 2013
Happy New Year! I’m not big on making NYE-induced resolutions. I am, however, a fan of coming up with one simple rule for myself follow, a rule will ideally simplify my life in the upcoming year. This year, I want to tackle cravings. We all suffer from cravings. Some of them might be major sources […]
Merry Christmas (Joe don’t look at this until the 25th!)
This year I’m spending Christmas welcoming my aunt to Canada (woo woo more immigrants in the family!), and will not be able to say “Merry Christmassss yooooo!” to Joe in person. That does not, however, mean that I can’t wish him a great holiday in style. So, here goes. Joe, Merry Christmas. I made you […]
Meals of Okinawa
Instead of powdered sugar they use this clear syrup! A nice little Japanese-type breakfast. One of the psychologists showed me a little bakery run by a Paris-trained Okinawan chef. It’s called the “Maybe Bakery” because the guy wasn’t sure if he wanted to be a cafe or a bakery Hot canned coffee from a vending […]
Japanukkah
As Hanukkah kicked off with a flicker (and hopefully a badass party involving Costco-sized jugs of Manischewitz) on Dec. 8, I found myself in what has been described variously as the Florida, Hawaii, Nebraska, and Alabama of Japan. Now go ahead and imagine a bunch of Japanese guys in Def Leppard sleeveless tees, floral-patterned […]
The Homestead Spa and Resort in Bath County, Virginia: Entryway and Presidential Lounge
No comments are needed for this installment of our Homestead recap–yes, this place has a presidential lounge. The entrance hallway is the kind of place where you want to get really drunk and curl up with a good book until an angry uncle makes you leave. And this is the presidential lounge (aka has presidents’ […]
The Homestead Spa and Resort in Bath County, Virginia: The Lounges
The Homestead is a rather sprawling building, which has more lounges than M*A*S*H had seasons (both things are definitely for an older crowd, see what I did there?). The lounges are absolutely beautiful, but I must say that Joe and I never ended up… lounging in any of them. It was just a little overwhelming […]