HORSES! POVERTY! FUN! I wouldn’t say I’m a horse person. I rode them frequently when I was a kid. I became somewhat cautious of them when my brother Chris came home screaming when one bit him in the neck. Dated a “horse girl” in college […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011

8/365 – Filepe and Carlos
Filepe y Carlos Filepe and Carlos (our in resort butlers, servers, drivers, etc . . . ) decided to drive us to the famous (Dominican famous) Monkey Jungle. I’m not sure if we’re going because they have squirrel monkeys we can play with and […]

7/365 – White Slavery
WHITE SLAVERY 8:30am . . . ish. Megan and I sit in an old 1990s Subaru 4WD, SUV. Our driver, Felix; owner and operator of a local tourism adventure company . . . snorkeling, scuba, fishing, jeep tours . . . Megan describes him as […]

6/365 – All By Our Lonesomes
ALL BY OUR LONESOMES An old friend and college teacher was helping me recover from a nasty fever and cold before a big audition. I kept telling her that I didn’t need to be waited on. She replied, “Sometimes you need to let go and […]

5/365 – Honeymoon!
HONEYMOON! We did it. We’re in the Dominican Republic on our Honeymoon (sponsored by Groupon). After bring picked up late by a limo service (does a BMW SUV count as a limo?) that smelled like poopy diapers (does a poopy BMW SUV count as a […]

4/365 – Travel Advisory
TRAVEL ADVISORY Today, Megan and I got in our first married couple fight. In wouldn’t even call it a fight – I mean I just fell down some stairs . . . really . . . <sniffle> . . . she loves me, I […]

3/365 – Gifts
GIFTS Oh, man. Our living room looks like the Bed Bath & Beyond monster has a bad case of diarrhea. So many presents. So many purple ribbons thrown about like pices of royal toilet paper. I mean, I’m grateful, but there’s SO MANY PRESENTS. And […]

2/365 -Post Partum
POST PARTUM Yesterday, when Megan and I walked out of The Element Hotel, we saw our great Friday Night Bytes Friends waiting to go home to Chicago. When I saw them leaving, it hit me. This thing. This arduous, wonderful, painful, time consuming, beautiful, sleep […]

1/365 – Good Morning
GOOD MORNING After an outstanding wedding, being surrounded by people from every facet of our lives, we went to sleep on a ten month journey and waited for the morning to come . . . I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what […]
10/365 – Playa Taco Grande
Playa Taco Grande Remember The Buckle? Come on! I know you probably still shop there if you live near any ancient mall in the midwest or New Jersey. The BUCKLE! A popular clothing store in the early 90s. I’m using popular in the sense that […]