Category: Oot & Aboot

In all the travel I’ve done, I’ve noticed one near constant (at least in North America): Cars that take you to the airport (especially when they’re pre-arranged) are generally very nice. In Vancouver I always end up with a nice, new, clean cab. In other cities I’ve had everything from nice taxis and shuttle vans … Continue reading Taxi!

There have been a few times when people have asked me “how’s married life” and I’ve answered “Uh… I’m not really sure.” I’m sortof joking because for the most part I think married life is grand and really not that different from living in sin (with a delightful lack of disapproving “tut tuts” from those … Continue reading Travel Bug

Cruise Ship Passengers Make the worst airplane seatmates DEPLANE ALREADY Return home to find My plants all look dead, again. Hubby can’t water The dog smells real bad But it’s still so very nice To be home with her Houston is a place I could be very happy Never to return So good to be … Continue reading Haikus for Home

Oh Orlando. City of sunshine, swamps and serious mediocrity. Where every meal is a different flavor of Denny’s and the monotony of flat, mushy landscape is only interrupted by yet another timeshare or theme park. The one upside to being stuck in Orlando for fourteen entire days is that Neil flew down for the weekend, … Continue reading Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Part One Here. Outside of Marrakech, most of the rest of the country was kindof a blur. We caught many of the highlights: The palace in Rabat (no photos allowed), The art deco and impressive Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, the incredible souks of Fes, the dunes of Erg Chebbi and more Kasbahs than I … Continue reading East Meets West – Part II – The rest of Morocco

If you’re following my facebook or twitter (the line between the two is increasingly blurring these days), you might have seen that I posted about finally uploading the honeymoon photos. After sorting through 10 gigs of pictures, I think I managed to put a pretty good selection on flickr. I was going to attempt to … Continue reading East meets West – Part I – Marrakech

Honeymoon is over, still like being married. I got a whopping 15 hours in Vancouver before flying out again, am now in Orlando, jetlagged to hell with the end trailings of a migrane. At least I’m the only girl on this trip, so I have a hotel room to myself! I make it back to … Continue reading Home-ish

Apparently I need to write this quickly, since Neil doesn’t want to pay for more than 30 minutes of Internet. Great, I got myself a cheap husband (kidding!) (mostly). Thankfully, this particular internet cafe has the option available to change the keyboard from French to English layout, so typing will be much faster than last … Continue reading Marrakech Express

Greetings from Fès! Hqve you ever touch)typed on q FrenchùQrqbic keyboqrd§ It co,es out so,ething like this::: (Have you ever touch-typed on a French/Arabic keyboard? It comes out something like this…) Anyhow, Morocco is amazing so far. It was really hard to feel comfortable at first, and we’re still pushed heavily toward tourist traps most … Continue reading Africa Hot

Hi there. How are you? I’m okay! (Sometimes I forget people I don’t talk to often, or ever, read this and then think I have dropped off the face of the planet from anger or illness or both – hi mom!). I really am okay though. Wedding planning is still on track, and while I’ve … Continue reading Pack it In

It might be less of a hassle. This is what happens when an airline British Airways flies codeshare with goes out of business. You lose your pretty good rate one stop flights (transfer airlines at Heathrow) and, if you’re unwilling to add 2 more stops and $700 per person, get this instead: March 31 Depart … Continue reading Fly me to the Moon

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I’m flying solo this week as Neil jets off to the exotic plains of Columbus, Ohio. I suppose it’s only fair he finally gets his own trip – after all, I’ve been to New York and Las Vegas while he’s stayed behind, holding down the fort. What I think is completely unfair however, is that … Continue reading Celebrity Skin