Lesson of the day: while I try to be a good driver who follows the rules of the road there are times that I will break those rules. Like when there is a sign that says no passing for the next seven miles and I...
OK. I am doing it. In the morning I am hopping in my car and taking the biggest longest road trip I've ever taken and driving by myself further than I've even driven by myself before to a couple of states I have never been...
I never went camping growing up. Never pitched a tent or started a fire or made s'mores outside of a microwave. In grade school we had outdoor ed where we stayed in a giant cabin and I once took one trip with a friend where,...
After coming back to the hotel. After eating a much needed sandwich. After taking a much needed shower. After sitting in much needed air conditioning. After putting on a clean dress. It was time to head out to the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot...
This was my third year in a row heading out to Coney Island on the Fourth of July to watch the annual hot dog eating contest. It's become a tradition for me, one I am not willing to give up any time soon. One of...
Saturday morning I was on my own. Sadie and Jamie and Carrie were off to the Brooklyn Brewery but I a) don't like beer and b) had a ticket to Broadway. On my way out I witnessed someone almost getting mugged. It was this teenage guy...
After spending my entire Thursday doing laundry so I'd have something to wear, and not getting enough sleep that night, and having to wake up way too early for my liking, I hopped a train to O'Hare. I got to my gate about an hour...
Saturday I was picked up bright and early by ChrisS and we headed out on a road trip to Wisconsin. It was time for Easter Saturday in Milwaukee of a Lifetime 2010 A! We were going to check out the Jelly Belly Center Tour, watch...
Three Fridays ago (I KNOW! I AM SO BEHIND!) I hopped in my car and headed down to Champaign to meet up with Jen and Andrew. I haven't been that way since their wedding last year so it was nice to make it back to...
My plan for getting to the Krystal Square Off hamburger eating contest this year went from non-existent to amazing to not-so amazing all within the span of a few days. I had always planned on going, but, as it was last year, it fell on...