#food

VGN in VLC

I'm often asked how the reality of being vegan is in a country that is dedicated to their love of all things cerdo (pig) and mariscos...

Home?

It's been a whirlwind the past few days and I'm back in Atlanta. My Mom and I had a great time eating our way through Valencia, though...

Love & laughter

It's only been a weekend, and so much has changed. Most exciting and important, my Mom is now here. She came out on Saturday and I've...

Dancing in the streets

A few weeks ago, before I left for Spain, our family was discussing what we were looking forward to doing when we got to Spain--you know,...

2! 4! 6! 8! Who do we appreciate?

Poor C is getting thrown into the deep end of parenting chaos. For most of our kids' lives, C was on the road Sun-Fri--there was even a...

Service with a smile

A few days back, I mentioned that it's not customary to smile here as a matter of course. People walk down the street with their faces...

Learning curve

I love words: writing them, hearing them, saying them, knowing them. It's a large part of why I enjoy blogging and a huge reason why I...

Tawanda

Thanks for following along on my travel day(s) and allowing for loads of pictures and fewer words on Friday. It was fun bringing you...

Less talk more see

Unless there is something truly worthy of writing up, I will likely just be taking a ton of photos and cross posting them today. To make...

What I'm packing

As mentioned yesterday, the painters are here and things are starting to move quickly. After my post 2 weeks ago about struggling to let...

I've mentioned that I have 3 sons, an (almost) 18-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 13-year-old. Along with C, they are the best (and most...

Thanksgiving

Just because we're excited doesn't mean that we aren't scared and sometimes sad. The emotions come in waves and I've found that it's...