My memory of the fall is a montage of blue sky through the rafters, the white wall of the house, and then a sudden flash of excruciating, overwhelming pain in my back and stomach. … More A Short but Traumatic Trip
Two months after entering lockdown on Spain’s Costa Brava, we (Tony, Joy, and dog Brighton) returned to the US. This is the story of our trip home. … More Let’s Blow This Pop Stand
Adding insult to injury, for many of us the closure of hair salons and barbers has caused it to be a “bad hair day” every single day for weeks now. … More Flattening the Curl – COVID-19 Hair
An idyllic three weeks in February, touring Tuscany, Umbria, and Sardinia just before the coronavirus got real… … More Dancing on the Titanic, Part 2: Italy 6-Feb to 26-Feb
When we first started this lockdown, we really enjoyed the “European-ness” of going grocery shopping every 2-3 days, and we would take turns “having fun.” Now, we both find it very stressful. Besides worrying about being pulled over by the police, it’s also the riskiest thing we do. … More Spanish Covid-19 Lockdown Drags On
For the past 4+ weeks, it’s been 100% home-cooked meals. And we have at least two more weeks of lockdown. Likely more. … More Spanish Restaurant Fantasies During Covid-19 Lockdown
Police pulled up, lights flashing. They waved us over. Not being from Spain probably saved us. … More Spanish Covid-19 Lockdown Gets a Little Harsher
Whenever I go outside now, I have this low level of stress about checkpoints and roaming authorities. In case I get stopped I have my US Global Entry card with me … More Another Update from Spanish Covid-19 Lock-down
Under lockdown in an AirBnb on the coast of Spain, spoiled Americans make the best of cooking in a tiny space. … More Quarantined in Spain: Food
As we neared the grocery store we could see that police had set up another roadblock to question people. … More Americans in European Lock-Down — More Thoughts on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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