May 24, 2020 | Caribbean, Eco, Romantic
We are on the island of Saint Lucia in the American Mediterranean Sea, and we are loving it! Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it covers...
May 10, 2020 | Sport and Recreation, Themed Events, USA
Color Me Rad is a five-kilometer race where the goal is to run, get colored, and be rad. So, naturally, that’s what I am doing. I am at SDCCU Stadium (formerly Qualcomm Stadium, formerly Jack Murphy Stadium, formerly San Diego Stadium), I have my number, and I...
Apr 26, 2020 | Asia, Cultural Experiences, Sightseeing, Unexpected/Unexplained
We are in Reyhanlı, Turkey, specifically to have dinner with the relatives of our San Diego next door neighbor (who grew up in Reyhanlı). There are other fun places we will visit in the area, but we are starting with Reyhanlı. First of all, it’s Reyhanlı,...
Apr 12, 2020 | Cultural Experiences, Islands, Romantic, USA
We are off on an adventure to Kaua’i, the Garden Isle (not to be confused with the Garden State), a tropical paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and are staying at a VRBO on Kahuna Rd in Kapaa, Kaua’i. Rather than staying near the beach, we...
Mar 29, 2020 | Performing Arts, Spectator, Themed Events, USA
A little-known fact is that yours truly met in a Renaissance performing troupe called Tribe Roman Morga, many years ago. Yup. We did two shows a day, and spent most of the rest of the time lounging about, gypsy-style. This is us on stage at the Escondido...
Mar 15, 2020 | Cultural Experiences, Leisure, Romantic, Themed Events, USA
DomCon bills itself as The World’s Premier Professional and Lifestyle Domination Convention. Sounds interesting, right? There is annual DomCon in Los Angeles and we live near Los Angeles; are we even allowed to attend? According to their website,...
Mar 1, 2020 | Asia, History, Unexpected/Unexplained
İzmir is the third most populated city in Turkey, the second largest metropolitan area on the Aegean Sea (Athens is the first), and has a dot over the capital i in its name, pronounced as EE in meet or EA in seat. It is a short distance from where we are staying...
Feb 16, 2020 | Asia, History, Unexpected/Unexplained
About 3,000 years ago, a group of Attic and Ionian Greeks colonists displaced the native Carian and Lelegian inhabitants of an area near the Küçükmenderes River in western Turkey and founded Ephesus, a city famous for many monumental buildings including the Library of...
Feb 2, 2020 | Adventure, Asia, Cultural Experiences, Romantic
The backstory: We were vacationing in Greece on the island of Samos to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We could see Turkey from our balcony and watched the sun rise over the beautiful country every morning. We wondered if it is possible for us as American...
Jan 19, 2020 | Sport and Recreation, Themed Events, USA
Roller derby!! The exciting sport played by women, zipping around a track on roller skates, with the designated jammer trying to lap members of the opposing team while hindering that team’s jammer. This contact sport has thrills, chills, and spills, and we...
