Literary Male Dog Names

I’ve put a deposit down on a male St. Bernard puppy. It’ll be about 6 months before I get the little one, but I guess it’s time to start thinking up names, since everyone is asking! I’m a sucker for…

Tourist in Your Own Town

In general, I prioritize who I am with over where I go or what I do. This means that I end up in places that I wouldn’t have gone to otherwise. As it turns out, though, it means that I get to do some things I would never have otherwise. Because when I visit friends, the visit is often a mix of going to their favorite places while trying new things that I’d like to do. As a result, I turn everyone into tourists of their own towns, bringing them along when I do the things I want to try when I’m in town.

Following DaVinci

This is the chateau that was given for da Vinci’s use when Francois I invited him to leave Italy for France. The place isn’t huge or extravagant, but it was straight-up fun. In addition to getting to see where and how da Vinci lived, the chateau is decked out with models of his inventions. You can touch them, play with them, and see how he envisioned them.

Sprint through Athens

So, I’m a bit of a planner. For my trip in November, I had most days planned out very specifically. I tried to leave enough room for unforeseen delays, but in my first overseas trip in a decade, I wanted…

Commence

I’ve been sitting on a couple of domains for a while now, all with the same intention as well as the same lack of execution.  Not that I need another side project to subsequently abandon. But the truth is, I…