My HTC Evo broke a while back after I dropped it one too many times, but I continued to use it for another six months. I’ve since moved on to the beloved Samsung Galaxy S3, but that’s not the point. The other day I was digging through old pictures I took on the Evo, and […]
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Portnyagin Wedding
Look what I found! Our friends Dmitriy and Shannon got married almost a whole year ago, and it took me this long to dig up some of the photos I took. One day I’ll be better at this… Unfortunately, I don’t have that many pictures from the event because 1) my camera is pretty old […]
Jefferson Pools
On the way back from the Homestead, we stopped by the very reason the Homestead was founded where it was. The Jefferson Pools are a local attraction, and a real treat in winter. The hot spring that feeds the baths keeps the water at a cozy 98 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, a little sulfuric natural phenomenon […]
The Homestead Spa and Resort in Bath County, Virginia: A winter hike
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Grumpy love
True love is there through the happy and the grumpy, and finds meaning in them both.
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’ […]