"Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for." - Louis Armstrong We are fortunate to be able to travel quite a bit, many of our travels are induced by work and research conferences [...]
"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world." - Frank Lloyd Wright When I was asked to represent my university at an outreach event in Chicago, I jumped at the opportunity! Chicago was never really at the top of my travel list, however every city is on the [...]
“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” - Ernest Hemingway The Bahamas have been on my mind this past week. As many of you know, Florida dodged a horrific Hurricane last week, unfortunately the Beautiful country of the Bahamas was not so [...]
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." - Robert Louis Stevenson If you are anything like me, then you have probably already read a ton of packing lists and put together lists of your own. Through my years of travel I have [...]
"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." -Edgar Allan Poe After spending some time in Washington D.C. we took the 45-minute train ride from D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland. Since then, I have spoken to so many people about this trip, and [...]
While we are busy planning our exciting vacations, sometimes we forget about the things at home that need to be prepared. Here is a list of things you can start planning for a couple weeks prior to your departure. Outside: Do a cleanup of the outside of your house: store your garbage cans and recycling [...]
"I'm glad we were here together in our nation's capital." - Forrest Gump (1994) As I have mentioned before, Washington D.C. is one of my favorite cities (well I say that, but I really love Paris. Boston. Philadelphia. Vancouver. Mont Saint Michel. The list really goes on and on), and the city I have visited [...]
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey A few years ago we flew to Norfolk to begin a week-long trip exploring the western coast of Virginia. We began this trip by staying with a a friend who was stationed in Norfolk [...]
"I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought." - Helen Keller This past weekend, a much needed getaway with friends was spent in Naples, Florida. We took the short two hour scenic drive through the very Floridian landscape [...]
“Bonjour! Hello!” We crossed the Canadian border! As most of my maternal-side of the family is from Canada, it has always been somewhere I wanted to go. When two of our friends told us they were getting married an hour outside Toronto- we were super excited (for the wedding of course)! We flew into Buffalo, [...]
Postcards and Airplanes 