• At the last bar, I crapped my pants a little bit.

    Image by Zach_ManchesterUK via Flickr

    The things drunk people say never cease to amaze me.
    The wife and I were out yesterday celebrating the accomplishments of a snake-charming Irishman. We were with a large group, some of whom we knew from before, others who we had just met that day. We were having a good time, starting [...]

  • Canada…again.

    This is a mess.

    Michelle and I saw this on a menu at the restaurant where we ate lunch most days in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. I don’t know who Andrew Rollins is — a Google search found more than 10 instances of the name, all seemingly belonging to different people — on the first [...]

  • Chicago seemed a little tired tonight

    Image via WikipediaI’m an old man.
    I hit the big 3-0 last Friday, and celebrated with the wife and some friends in Chicago. I wish I could say it was like the old days, but 1) I can’t remember a lot of the old days and 2) lately I feel more old than old school.
    It was [...]

  • Back to NYC

    Thursday — After a late night returning the rental car — we put 2,500 miles on it in the past week — we made it to our hotel in midtown. It was at this point, again, we realized we can never be rich. We don’t want to have to dress like we’re rich, they all [...]

  • Freaking hippies

    Monday — As beautiful as Maine was, we decided to leave and head on town to the green hills of Vermont. We took a route straight across lower Maine and New Hampshire, which was absolutely amazing.
    We drove up and down mountains and over rivers on a two-lane state highway. The scenery was right out of [...]

  • Lobsters should come with instructions

    Sunday — Shortly after rolling into Bar Harbor we headed out for dinner. We were in Maine, so I figured I couldn’t go wrong with a lobster, right? The problem was, I had no idea how to eat one.
    I’ve only ever had a whole lobster one other time, but I was drunk in Las Vegas [...]