Even though Arizona basically doesn’t have a winter int he same sense most of the country does, all the swimming and grilling things disappear from major stores at the same time as they do in Wisconsin, and presumably, the rest of the…
Doctor Who: Ranking the Russell T Davies Era Part 2
Originally I had considered making the Russell T Davies era three posts as he was show runner from 2005 from 2010 and that was divided up into 4 full series and then 2 years of specials. That said, there are…
Bologna, Italy: Part 1
In both England and Italy, when we arrived in the evening, it was quite sunny, but we woke up to clouds in both places. It rained a fair amount on our first day out in Bologna as well. A nice…
Arrival in Italy
After a single whole day in England, we flew off to Italy. As we went with parents, we went to the airport very early. We ended up getting to Bologna proper quite late. This was because we arrived after my…
Fish ‘n’ Chips
As most people know, fish ‘n’ chips are popular in the UK. Chris has only tried them in the US on a few occasions, but found it to be quite dissimilar. His parents’ neighborhood happens to have an excellent chip…
England via New York
For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…
Dodge-y Electrics
We had quite the drama with the car recently. We just wanted to pop up to Target to pick up some peppers when it wouldn’t start. Not only would it not start, we both had to use the manual spare…
Monsoon, Definitely
At the end of July, we finally saw something that was a bit more in line with our expectations of what a monsoon would be after it being a bit of a whimper in June. We saw two major storms…
New Gym
The gym at our apartment complex has re-opened after being closed since late January. We happened to be on our way to the office the very second the doors were being opened. As such we got to the first residents…
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Obviously lots and lots of spoilers ahead. Only read if you have already read Harry Potter and the I was unsure what to think of a new Harry Potter release after so long. So often when X thing gets done…