With so many fellow bloggers pregnant or just having had babies, I figured I’d share a few of my favorites from my favorite children’s author. She’s Judy Schachner, and if you or your child love cats, dog or just reading with a funny spanish accent, you’re going to love her too.
We’re absolutely nuts over […]

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I always hate, hate, hate hearing tales of senseless violence like the Virginia Tech shootings today. I may not be in america anymore, but it’s still the country of my birth and the only place I’m allowed to vote and feel I’ve made the slightest difference. With that in mind, I can’t fathom […]

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Putting up with me is a full-time job. Just ask those who have to do so on a regular basis, and for some reason today I seem to be in rare form. It’s only lunchtime and I’ve already pissed & moaned my way through a novel-length email to Jeanni:
random excerpts:
That damn Al Gore! […]

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Ireland was amazing. These pictures don’t even come close to doing it justice, but hopefully you’ll enjoy them anyway…
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The Ring of Kerry- over 100 miles of beautiful views:

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Sydney sticking her toes in the Atlantic:

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Bunratty & White’s Castle (plus the ruins of an old mill we thought looked cool):

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Next is Newgrange. Newgrange was amazing. […]

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Points off if you don’t know who this is… and youth is no excuse, he was well into his twenties by the time I came along. Tomorrow we’ll be flying to his hometown and charting a bold new course from there. The cabin we’re staying at won’t have wifi, but that’s ok because […]

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You may not see it, but EuroTrippen’s been getting a facelift behind the scenes. The location of the super secret hidden blog testing site with a really long path that no one would even be able to guess is quite secure. And while it may be known only to a select few, I […]

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I normally don’t comment much on celeb stuff, figure there are enough blogs in cyberspace devoted to it… but this is in its own stratosphere.
Check out the youtube clip of Pete Doherty & Kate Moss engaging in what I can only assume to be a normal day’s activities for them. I love it! […]

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Well it appears my pre-vacation hair coloring curse continues. This morning I went in to have a cut/color/highlight and quite specifically told them I wanted dark brown for the color with just a few blonde highlights. I walked out… not red, but blonde. Why does this keep happening to me? I suppose […]

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Friday afternoon we leave for Ireland. And while I don’t feel I’m in any way, shape or form prepared for this vacation (still not completely unpacked from London), I can’t wait.
Blarney stones will be kissed.
Leprechauns will be hunted.
The Cliffs of Moher will be photographed.
The Book of Kells will be viewed.
The Ring of Kerry will […]

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B- (taking compatibility quiz in magazine) This says my ‘type’ is independent, assertive & intelligent.
Jim- (grumbles unintelligibly)
B- Want me to do yours?
Jim- Nope, already know it… strong pulse, sexually deviant, has an hour to kill.

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