Odds & Events

  • Updated My Travel Fit, Watch Out Portugal

    Updated My Travel Fit, Watch Out Portugal

    If you read my Portugal post, you know how this started. Jennifer had opinions about my travel wardrobe. The citizens of Lisbon had opinions about my travel wardrobe. I came home suitably chastened and with a…

  • Updated My Travel Fit, Watch Out Portugal

    Updated My Travel Fit, Watch Out Portugal

    If you read my Portugal post, you know how this started. Jennifer had opinions about my travel wardrobe. The citizens of Lisbon had opinions about my travel wardrobe. I came home suitably chastened and with a…

  • LIVING THE DREAM: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH SONG 2

    LIVING THE DREAM: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH SONG 2

    We say it like it’s a fact. Greatest country on earth. Number one. Living the dream. But when you actually look at the data — the rankings, the numbers, the verified receipts — the scoreboard tells…

  • This New Old House, Part 19: Bathrooms

    This New Old House, Part 19: Bathrooms

    When we designed the bathrooms, we made one decision upfront that was purely forward-looking and, honestly, pretty smart: the first-floor powder room got a shower. The room next to it — which we were using as…

  • Why Have I Started to Smell Like A Frito Corn Chip?

    Why Have I Started to Smell Like A Frito Corn Chip?

    I’ve been noticing something for the past few weeks. I smell like Fritos. Not after eating Fritos. Not near Fritos. Just as a default condition of existing. I’ll be sitting somewhere, not doing anything corn-adjacent, and…