Travel

I wasn’t kidding about overdoing it on the chips and crackers. Oh, it looks harmless enough at first. A few two-liters of Cokes, some Veggie Sticks, a bag of tortilla chips, an economy-sized Cinnamon Toast Crunch. But as you work your way up the shelves, you start to notice a the abundance of All The [...]

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The Chlorine Has Sapped My Sense

by BooMama on 2 August 2010

in Family Fun,Travel

I don’t really think there’s any point pretending that I can string words into sentences right now. I have passed regular tired and arrived at silly tired. And that is why, at the pool tonight, my cousin Paige and I were hysterical talking about all the acrobatic maneuvers we used to perform in the water [...]

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Meet Me In, Well, You Know

by BooMama on 24 June 2010

in Rambling,Travel

I’ve never been to St. Louis before. I’ve visited other places that the Mississippi River calls home – New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Greenville, Memphis – but somehow I’ve missed St. Louis. Even still, I’ve always liked to think that, if we ever got to meet, St. Louis and I would probably be friends. Well. [...]

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I’ve been trying really hard to remain upbeat about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I keep thinking that something – SURELY, SOMETHING – will be able to stop the leak. I keep thinking that maybe the winds will shift and the oil will move out in the middle of nowhere for a [...]

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O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A

by BooMama on 7 December 2009

in Rambling,Travel

Oh, Oklahoma City was big fun indeed. First of all, there was this: An exit row seat with all manner of leg room on the way from Birmingham to Dallas. Every once in awhile I would straighten out my legs and kick them. Just because I could. The seat next to me was empty, so [...]

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The Night We Met The BoBerry

by BooMama on 3 August 2009

in The South,Travel

After the unfortunate green sauce incident last Thursday night, Melanie and I decided to go in search of some less BLAZING, BURN-OFF-YOUR-TONGUE fare when we left the hotel for a late lunch on Friday. Since our buddy Travis grew up in North Carolina and is forever talking about Bojangle’s fried chicken – and since we [...]

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