Lemuralia, It’s Halloween In May!

Happy Halloween, biz-nich-izzles! It’s May. It’s spring! It’s time to celebrate Lemuralia! Wut?Is that a kind of lemur party? Well, no, not quite. Before the Catholic Christians messed around with the dates- as they always seemed to do- the month of May was the time when some ancient Europeans would turn their thoughts to lemures or the dead- the …

La Rumorosa

Before I came down with a cold for my birthday, I took a day trip- no, this was  definitely a road trip- out to Mexicali. Why? I hadn’t been there! And I had a chance to go. Simple enough. What I knew about this city was hearsay: the only thing you can do in Mexicali is be …

Productivity, thy name is… Espresso

It happened! Before I got all my stitches removed, I hauled my butt over to- even more warm weather, sunshine, palm trees, ocean, and Spanish. I took my DFSP adventure time all the way to Miami, Fla. We time traveled twice over: moving three hours ahead plus an hour for daylight savings time. So during that first …