200 Square Feet is the size of the room I, the male person, the boy child, and the bulimikitty have lived in these past 3 days. It represents one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchenette, and one livingroom/kids’ room. It has not been harmonious joy. Surprisingly, not because of the humans. Look, I’m a little difficult when […]
I am in a hotel room that is, charitably, 200 square feet. I am in heaven. There is a dishwasher here. There is a sink! After four weeks of cooking in my garage, and washing dishes in my tub, the two spaced fifty feet apart, I am in heaven. The loud, mechanical hum of so […]
I recently found myself on a direct flight, courtesy of Delta, from JFK to Seattle. Having thrown out my back (technically dislocated two rear ribs), and not slept well the night previous, I was tired and cranky as I checked in. For most travelers, checking in means using a kiosk or online app, which in […]
In 40 hours in New York, specifically Manhattan, I: lost a favorite sweater, but comforted myself that I had had it for 3 years and probably got my money’s worth ate two fantastic dinners, ate entirely too much, drank entirely too much, did not get hung over tried a new app, Uber, which I was […]
Because this flight continues on as an international one after we depart JFK*, there will be no Wi-Fi available on this flight.” And with that, my entire plan “A” for keeping occupied for five hours in yet another large metal tube found itself unraveled. No internet. No emails. No progress. This after the Delta website […]
For a dyed-in-the-wool control freak, the absolute worst thing you can do to them is to introduce mass chaos into their environment for which there is no solution but time. Welcome to my kitchen remodel. The notion of this remodel has been some time coming, and after much deliberation and fiscal jiggling we signed papers […]
Today I went to the gym for three hours. About three months ago a bunch of (well, call it four plus me plus some outside) people from work decided we should Do Tough Mudder. To which my response was “I’ve just posted how I’m not signing up for any large events, so really? You’re asking? […]
Bobbie Conti 