On The Road Again Bed Beard

With all this ECLT recapping going on around here lately, I know you've been wondering what we've been up to all week.  Well, we've been busy!  Our friend Ty and his friend Mike came to town so we spent a day or two showing them around Montpellier, stuffing their faces with amazing food, and playing on the beach.     We've also been working on plans for our travels over the next month which...

Hump Day: Vermont Wine

After a wet but lovely day in Burlington during the ECLT, Tessa and I were ready for a glass, er, bottle of wine at The Farmhouse.  We chatted up the bartender and he recommended a local choice, a 2010 Marquette wine from Vermont's own Shelburne Vineyard.  You all know what a wine snob I am, so I was a little hesitant.  But our bartender friend really sold it on me.  Besides, when in Rome... Ya'll, this...

New Computer, Sleepy Bed Beard

Remember when you were in high school and you had to use dial up to connect to the Internet?  And then you had to wait 5 minutes between each page jump just to get to Hotmail.com to check your email?  That's what it feels like using our old, spare computer.  So I got my butt in gear, stat, and ordered a new one yesterday!  Thanks to a dear friend, I got a great deal on a refurbished Thinkpad T61.  That's great...