I understand that the enormity of Place de la Concorde was meant to intimidate the people of Paris with its scale but it always makes me feel deeply at home in my soul.
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I understand that the enormity of Place de la Concorde was meant to intimidate the people of Paris with its scale but it always makes me feel deeply at home in my soul.
I love meeting people who randomly met friends of mine who think that they should also randomly meet me. Sometimes the best introduction is "Hey, you two are in the same geographic location, you should meet!" Immediate American auntie.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I love meeting people who randomly met friends of mine who think that they should also randomly meet me. Sometimes the best introduction is "Hey, you two are in the same geographic location, you should meet!" Immediate American auntie.
I still occasionally grieve that there was so little haberdashery in the costuming of Game of Thrones. The North remembers, but the North was also in subzero eternal winter with NO HATS. Why, John Snow?
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I still occasionally grieve that there was so little haberdashery in the costuming of Game of Thrones. The North remembers, but the North was also in subzero eternal winter with NO HATS. Why, John Snow?
I note that Boston area meteorologists continue to attach the click-baity adjective BLAST to literally any prediction of snowy or potentially snowy weather
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I note that Boston area meteorologists continue to attach the click-baity adjective BLAST to literally any prediction of snowy or potentially snowy weather
Me on Sunday: "I do not need my room cleaned today thank you." Me today, "My suite was not cleaned today, could you ask the housekeeper to do it tomorrow?" Bonkers manager: "Since you refused to have your room cleaned, we cannot enter without your permission. I will let her know." I'm sorry, what
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Me on Sunday: "I do not need my room cleaned today thank you." Me today, "My suite was not cleaned today, could you ask the housekeeper to do it tomorrow?" Bonkers manager: "Since you refused to have your room cleaned, we cannot enter without your permission. I will let her know." I'm sorry, what
Traveling alone is a skill, a muscle you develop. It's one of the best ways I know to get an accurate read on how you're really doing down in your guts.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Traveling alone is a skill, a muscle you develop. It's one of the best ways I know to get an accurate read on how you're really doing down in your guts.
These items in the Pre-Historic Archeological collection on Thira from the 17th century BCE are evidence that beauty may be the oldest universal value besides eating and trying not to die.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
These items in the Pre-Historic Archeological collection on Thira from the 17th century BCE are evidence that beauty may be the oldest universal value besides eating and trying not to die.