New Men in New Mexico
In comparison to the drive from Dallas to El Paso, getting into Los Alamos was easy-peasy lemon-squeezy. Into Huckleberry FIt and up some mountainy-hill-things, all in under five hours. I’d always known the Southwest was supposed to be sensationally stunning, but I was unprepared for what that exactly meant. I imagined some sunset-colored rocks on […]
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Stereotyping Yourself
As Megs and I pulled onto a dust-storm laden freeway, curious to cross the Texas/New Mexico border and see what was in store for us next, we continued to discuss Enrique, my El Paso date with more hands than an octopus as my mother would say. I hated to admit it, but I felt like […]
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El Paso: Wow (On So Many Levels) – Part 2
Megs and I decided early on to do two dates in Texas because darn it, that state is large and in charge. Also, even more than other states with international borders, it seems to be known for having a divisive population (though that might just be my California-brain talking). Regardless, we wanted to explore more of […]
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El Paso: Wow (On So Many Levels) – Part One
Until I actually went to El Paso, I’d heard nothing but negative commentary about the place. Terms of un-endearment such as “the original Hellmouth” coupled with “boring as all get out” and “seems to lack a reason for existing” and, everyone seems to agree, “dirty,” were all used when describing the city to me. One […]
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Friend’s Opinion: Yay or Nay?
Last night, I did a second dramatic reading from my pink diary (the one pictured in yesterday’s post) for two close girlfriends who I’ve known since maybe forever. We laughed hysterically, often knowing exactly who the entries were referring to, and reminisced about junior high and high school, the boys we thought we loved who […]
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Looking Back
I’m not breaking new ground here when I say that reviewing your own past is a curious endeavor that both makes you squirm with unadulterated mortification and pause with intrigued reflection. Last night, a friend and I thought it would be funny to scope out one of my very first diaries: a pink, locked little […]
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Megan’s 50th State – Crossing the Louisiana Border!
A sort-of distant family relative I’d never met hosted Megan and me in rural Mississippi. I knew we weren’t not-in-the-way, so the fact that she had insisted, welcomed us with open arms, oatmeal at the ready for breakfast and a glass of wine at the ready when we walked inside, was downright mind-blowing. The family […]
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‘Bama (the Al Kind, Not the O Kind)
Not sure if anyone else is keeping count, but Megs and I occasionally take a mental tally of how many great, good, indifferent, bad, and atrocious dates I go on. With drive times getting longer (how did the west get so big and east get to be so small? Weird proportions, former leaders of America. […]
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Last Night an OkCupid Engineer Saved My Project
Holy. Smokes. Megs and I were prepared for one heck of a lot of trouble on the road. Our emergency kit was more like a storage locker, stocked with everything a Girl Scout, an Eagle Scout, and an overprotective father plus two nurturing mothers might consider packing. From emergency reading (a romance novel…hot!) to flares […]
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Andrew Jackson’s Home
In honor of the great P-Day, some notes from Andrew Jackson’s home in Nashville, Tennessee. Megs and I had a few hours to explore Nashville and in true nerdtastic fashion, we decided to get our history on at The Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s abode. Admittedly, what I know of Andrew Jackson comes from sociology classes, […]
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