ECLT: Final Stop – Ipswich/Little Neck!

For the final trip on the ECLT, we headed to Ipswich, MA, about 30 miles north of Boston, where our friend Matt has a summer home in the small, tight-knit community of Little Neck Island.  Since this home is where he met the love of his life, Leslie, that's where they decided to get married!  Isn't that so romantic? We were in Ipswich/Little Neck for 6 days where we spent some time sunning (once the sun...

ECLT: 4th Stop: Boston!

Let me tell you a little not-so-secret about my time in Boston.  I hated it.  I was miserable.  I barely had any friends, I had just ended a 4 year relationship, and although I liked my job, I worked long hours but made barely enough money to live in the expensive city.  I was not happy.  Coming into to Boston as a young professional, not a student, made it really hard to meet people.  Most (and I stress, most...

ECLT: 3rd Stop, Providence!

Before heading out to Ipswich for the second wedding of the ECLT, The Hub and I made a pit stop in Providence.  As any map will tell you, Providence is not exactly on the way from Burlington to Ipswich, so many friends were confused as to why we were going there.  Well, we simply had to.  You see, Rhode Island was the 4th to last state that The Hub had to visit before he can say he's been to all 50.  We were...

ECLT: 2nd Stop, Burlington!

After the epicness of Albany, The Hub and I along with our friends David & Tessa, decided to head up to Burlington, VT for the night.  Because, why not?!  Burlington is a really cool town and I'd actually been there a few times in a past life when Vermont was part of my sales territory, but I'd never really set out to properly explore it like a tourist.  So we drove the few hours up to Essex, NY and took the...

ECLT: First Stop, Albany!

Our first stop on the East Coast Love Tour was to Albany/East Greenbush, NY for Shawn and Kate's wedding.  It was my first time in upstate NY, and I must say, I quite enjoyed it!  You can tell that the city of Albany was once bumpin', but now it's a bit more quiet.  It's true, there are some unsavory areas, but for the most part it's college-y, cute, and full of beautiful historic buildings.  Here are some of...

I Survived the East Coast Love Tour and All I Got Was This Lousy Blog Post

This is just a quick post to let you all know that I'm alive!  Sorry that you haven't heard from me sooner, but I'm sad to report that my trusty ThinkPad has finally bit the dust.  Yes, I am computerless and writing this post from our old, ancient, dinosaur of a Mac which I can't use to upload pictures or watch Slingbox.  But I can type and go on Facebook, so I guess I'm surviving.  I'm hoping to get a new PC...

Midnight in Paris

Around midnight on Sunday in Paris, after a long first day of sightseeing and dinner with the parents, Michael and I wanted to buy some bottled water and maybe a beer or two to bring back to our hotel room.  We spoke to the concierge to see if there was a corner store nearby, but he informed us that everything around the hotel was closed for the evening.  Even though he was probably right, we decided to take a...

Food Porn Dictionary: Part II

Get out your drool buckets and napkins because you're gonna need them.  It's time for another episode of the Food Porn Dictionary!  This one will be a little less of a "dictionary" than the first episode, because I wasn't quite as diligent at writing down the exact name of every dish.  But I will tell you what I remember and I can I find on menus online.  But you don't care, right?  You just want to see all the...

Food Porn Dictionary

Even though we won't start our French classes until later this week, The Hub and I are having fun continuing our podcasts lessons and learning from new friends.  In addition to learning the French equivalent of the phrase, "that's what she said" (which when literally translated is much dirtier than anything Michael Scott would ever say intentionally), we've pretty much figured out everything we need to know to...

The Long, Sometimes Frustrating, But Definitely Exciting Journey to Montpellier

Like our Road Trip, our journey over to Montpellier was smooth sailing until the last leg of the trip…and a little bit beyond.  We started off at Cleveland International Airport.  My parents had to rent an SUV to hold the 4 of us, our 10 bags + a dog, but we arrived in record time and checked in with no problems.  The woman at the counter looked at us like we were crazy when we handed her 7 bags to check, but...