Sad pasta, fork grabber by Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half

I’m a sad person holding a fork

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What is it about having future plans for travel adventure that makes all the difference in how I feel about today? There’s a drawing that shows up on my computer’s desktop, in rotation with others I’ve kept because they make…

Falling wall, Machu Picchu, Peru photo

Blue times at Machu Picchu

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When your family is going through rough times like mine is, you read into everything each person says, because there’s so much being left unsaid. Shortly before Todd and I left for Peru, I visited my family in New York….

We interrupt these global tales to bring you a story about Ohio

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Biggest basket, really more just a building though| Photo by Lauren Girardin Miss us? Blame some intense family time, the social insanity that is San Francisco in August, and the pressure of of searching for a job during a recession…

Here’s to the extended tribe and baked ziti on Long Island

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Our trip becomes a geography lesson | Photo by Lauren Girardin On the day of our departure from the U.S., for the international leg of our round-the-world trip, I spent part of the day watching my friend Sheri sort through…