A Celebration of Mundanity

We planned on heading out to the Lake for a day a relaxing, swimming and general frivolity. I really didn't like the idea of leaving Bean alone for a long day, with so little time left to our visit…

While we were in the United States we decided to have a themed bbq for Mark's birthday. The front liner's of the menu? Fish and chips, complete with malt vinegar. Bangers and Mash. Beans (and toast…

We're home in Pittsburgh for a couple of weeks. Thunderstorms and lightning bugs are making me smile.

Well this is certainly weird. Mark being on the UK holiday schedule, working on July 4th and us not being home to be at the Zieger-family-picnic. This will be only the second time I've missed my…

While we were up on the hill of the Acropolis on Thursday over looking the city of Athens, I remember commenting on the clouds over the nearby mountain range, rain was scheduled for later that night,…

After a week of eating it, we made a dinner consisting of a glorious Greek salad and an improvised tzatziki with pita. We are now so very garlicky! And with this we watched the really awesome Doctor…

It's marginally less obscenely hot today, before we leave for our flight, we needed to make it to the Acropolis and the Parthenon. No archaeologists on strike today, up we went. The Propylaia (the…

With a freshly soaking wet head I ventured outside on this marginally cooler day to see a few outdoor sites. Next to the Parliament building is the forty acre National Gardens. I went in the morning…

In my continuing effort to do things indoors during the hottest part of the day, I hoped on the metro and went 12 km north to Kifissia, where the Natural History Museum and Gaia Center are located. I…

Strategy for the day: make sure to wet my head before going outside. This turned out to be an excellent strategy for keeping "cool." I mean, I was still sweating buckets in the 100+ degree weather,…