I’m generally not much of a sports person, but one of the few sports I do love is tennis. And the cathedral of tennis undoubtedly is Wimbledon. I visited Wimbledon for the first time back in 2006. Given that it had been well over a decade, I felt like a return visit was surely in order. … More London: A Long-Awaited Return to Wimbledon
Anyone who knows me knows that I love tennis. Back in high school and college, I used to watch it ALL. THE. TIME. (Nothing like having no real responsibilities to facilitate watching 8 hours of daytime coverage every day for two weeks straight during the majors). Now that I have real responsibilities, my time spent … More Paris: Two Days at Roland Garros
The weekly roundup of internet gems: I’m not saying this made me cry, but: Downton Abbey Final Season Trailer. Interesting: The Top Tennis Player in the World Started Here. Yasssss: I’m 23 and Dressed as Royal Baby Prince George for a Week. An important national issue: Petition to Add the Flamingo and Taco Emojis. What … More Things That Are Awesome, Vol. 157
The weekly(ish) roundup of internet awesomeness: A little bit of Mitten state pride: 27 Reasons the Great Lakes Are Actually the Greatest. I try not to get too political on here, and I’m honestly not sure what my opinion of the implications of these statistics is, but this is interesting to ponder: Here Is Every … More Things That Are Awesome, Vol. 88
I’ve been working on retro-blogging my past travels, but haven’t made it all the way back to my 2006 trip to London yet. However, today Wimbledon begins, and I thought it would be appropriate to do a post about my own Wimbledon experience several years back. I don’t write about tennis often because, of the … More My Day at Wimbledon
(photo from here) Your weekly dose of awesome: I feel like I say this every time I post one of these lists, but this video is my new favorite, ever. Zooey Deschanel + Joseph Gordon Levitt = adorable overload. And Joseph Gordon Levitt’s voice is so good! Who knew? I know this happened a few … More Things That Are Awesome, Vol. 16
In May and June of 2011, I spent 5 weeks traveling around Europe. This post is one of a series chronicling the different places I visited on that trip. From Vienna, we headed onto Prague. My opinion of the city is that there isn’t much to do there, but it’s a lovely place to be … More Travel Notes: Prague
