One of my absolute favorite weekend getaways that I took while living in England was a whirlwind trip to Milan. With the way the cheap fares worked out, I was only in the city for 24 hours ... and it was magnificent, too magnificent to fit into a single post. As with all my trips, there… Continue reading Magnificent Milan
Author: tahlia42
Food Truck
For years and years - nearly a decade - I brought my lunch to work every day. It was a frugal decision, in part. Also for the majority of that time I was following most of the Kosher dietary laws, which make eating out of the home a challenge. I have recently started giving myself a once a… Continue reading Food Truck
Daydream Believer
When I wrote my post on the idea of building a whole new me, I had planned to write about daydreaming instead. It was another hijacked blog post! Throughout my life I've been a big daydreamer. My mind creates fabulous lives for me to live. Some are short-lived, fanciful adventures, and some go on for ages. Despite… Continue reading Daydream Believer
Challenged Reading
Last year as part of the GoodReads Reading Challenge, I read 26 books and listened to 14 audio books. It was the only resolution I kept for the year. I really impressed myself with those totals, so I decided to have the same resolution for 2014, with the goal of matching those totals again this… Continue reading Challenged Reading
Stuffy
Shortly after I wrote my post about spending a summer in Arizona, I saw a great prompt on First 50 Words: Stuffy. Once again, my brain went a whole different direction than what was intended. Most people, especially in the midst of summer cold season, probably thought of the physical symptom of a stuffed up nose.… Continue reading Stuffy
Hope on a Hanger
Because of my new job, I've been updating my wardrobe lately. For the last year my work uniform was jeans and a company polo. Even before that, since my position wasn't in-person customer facing, jeans and a collared shirt was what I wore each day. Now I am in a professional environment. Although I'm in… Continue reading Hope on a Hanger
Should Know Better
Right after I wrote the blog post about my awesome new pedometer, it quit tracking my marching-in-place steps. It started to behave again when I threatened to return it. After I wrote about having walked 500 miles (there goes the Proclaimers song in my head again) since getting my FitBit Zip, things started going wonky.… Continue reading Should Know Better
Cake and Ice Cream
A few years ago when my mom saw the pictures from my 40th birthday party, the first thing she said was, "The cake has frosting. You don't like frosting!" And my mother would know about my frosting aversion. She used to make my birthday cake for me each year and only frost half of it,… Continue reading Cake and Ice Cream
All in the Angle
There are some people out there that seem to always take good pictures, and then there are the rest of us. As I've shown with my driver's license photo, I'm definitely in the later category. I'm discovering that cats can also fall into one of those two categories. Lemon, being supermodel thin, and having nailed… Continue reading All in the Angle
New-to-Me Author
I can't believe a mediocre book is getting a second mention on my blog. I first mentioned The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P in talking about how what we think we want is not always what we really want. What I am grateful for regarding that book is that it introduced me to author Dave Eggers.… Continue reading New-to-Me Author
Grown Up, Now What? 