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on not really picking that perfect greek island 22 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Views from Santorini I was reading CNN Travel yesterday on how to pick the perfect Greek island out of the 1,400 islands scattered along the Aegean. Sure, there are the obvious choices: Santorini a...
gear review: samsung 840 pro ssd drive + how patrick broke my computer 1 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
Samsung contacted me back in May --- yes, almost two months ago --- about reviewing the installation of a Samsung 840 Pro Solid State drive. At first, I said no: besides having a two month old who pr...
bulgaria: the low-down 24 Jul 2013 | 02:57 am
Us in the Bulgarian/Greek hills What we did: One month in Bulgaria, with a few days at the beginning in Sofia and the remainder of the time based in Ivailovgrad, near the Greek and Turkish borders W...
touring southern bulgaria 21 Jun 2013 | 02:53 am
Roman bridge near Lyutitsa in Bulgaria If you want off-the-beaten path, southeastern Bulgaria is it. In our month there, we never met another tourist and we had to drive a solid hour to get to a res...
where communism was better 13 Jun 2013 | 03:56 am
Elena, Dimitar, and Maria and their pup, piglets scrounging for food nearby, and their backyard "Between the two --- capitalism and Communism --- yes, I preferred Communism." Elena is in her mid-fif...
schonbrunn castle in pictures 1 Jun 2013 | 06:20 am
Schonbrunn Castle garden and side view of palace We're at Schonbrunn Palace --- the summer palace of the Hapsburg monarchs, the most visited attraction in Vienna, home of the famed Empress Sisi, and ...
the harry potter studio tour 8 May 2013 | 04:46 am
Hogwarts Great Hall Like everyone else in the world, we love Harry Potter. (Honestly, I don't know anyone who dislikes the series but there may be naysayers out there.) Yes, the books are better th...
beginning in bulgaria 19 Apr 2013 | 01:33 am
Cherry blossoms in Bulgarian countryside This year, I'm sitting in my own house in Atlanta, watching the last of the cherry blossoms fall from the trees in our backyard. Last year, at this time, we ...
amara's oh the places you'll go! nursery 27 Mar 2013 | 09:08 pm
Amara Subha McConnell arrived on March 21, 2013, at 5:37 p.m., weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces, at 18.5inches tall. More on her nursery below. Amara's Oh The Places You'll Go Nursery After three years o...
pregnancy is like backpacking through southeast asia 13 Mar 2013 | 11:09 pm
A baby in Cambodia I've spent about as much time backpacking through Asia and Africa as I have been pregnant and, to be honest, there isn't all that much difference between the two. Pregnancy is lik...
