Day 1: Cancun Arrival in Cancun, finally, after a stressful morning of transit. Stomach churning while driving foreign roads plagued with confusing road signs which send us in infuriating circles around town while trying to find our hostel. I forgot what hostels were like — loud, full of young vivacious travelers, rickety beds, flooding bathrooms,Continue reading “Adventures in the Yucatan: Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala”
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Book Ramblings: Crime and Punishment
I must admit that this is the first Russian classic that I’ve ever read in my entire career as a bookworm. This behemoth of a novel is certainly worth the read and is actually quite absorbing until, I would say, the last 50 pages of the agonizing finish. This is one of the books thatContinue reading “Book Ramblings: Crime and Punishment”
After Botched Tarts
There is a secret to baking which resembles the gardener’s green thumb the scientist’s measuring tools with minute intervals not enough to transform sagging dough into dessert when we were young our plans to make strawberry shortcake failed in a pool of brown soupy syrup my grandfather peered into the dish and politely poked WhatContinue reading “After Botched Tarts”
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