QUIRK: Garbage Cans. Why is it that every cabin and every hotel room that I’ve stayed in has only one garbage can located in the bathroom; and why is said garbage can so tiny that you can fit exactly nothing in it; and, why does this garbage can have a lid with a [...]
Motorcycle/Scooter helmet law in Baires requires that you have a helmet on your person, but you don’t necessarily have to wear it on your head! I know…weird.
Generally, you see these permutations:
Not having a helmet at all.
Placing the helmet on the motorcycle in between the driver’s legs.
Hanging the helmet on the forearm, [...]
Don’t worry, I won’t be flashing pictures of my pasty white gams!
Prior to our arrival, my knee had been improving steadily since surgery, but it hadn’t received the day in and day out punishment I was going to be dishing out in Baires. When I first got here, the huge amount of [...]
With neither of us working, our sabbatical is supposed to be an opportunity for Tom and I to do more together.
That sounds easy, right?
Well, it’s not as simple as I thought. It really requires a phase shift in thinking — surprisingly. You see, once you have kids, everything is planned for time maximization, [...]
Are you single…without kids…able to attend lots of cultural events? Do you have a ton of valuable experience to relate to your fellow expats?
Okay, aside from being envious (*smile*), I thought you should know that you can now turn your intellectual pursuits and on-the-ground knowledge into cold hard cash from BA Expats. Every [...]
I am afraid that I can no longer suppress my strong feelings about granite.
Why in God’s name does everyone use this as a kitchen surface?
I hadn’t had any experience with granite until we moved into our rented condo last year. We had black granite tile on the counter surfaces. It was [...]
Big surprise, Zelda broke her glasses about a week ago. (She went to bed with them on…’nuff said.)
Anyhow, Tom and I would carry them around with us, ready to dash into an eye glass store whenever we happened upon one. A few days ago, we spotted a store, did the dash, but [...]
Zoe had her peanut allergy food challenge today. (This is the last test, where they feed you peanuts and see if you have a horrible allergic reaction, to determine if you still have the food allergy in question.)
The doctor began by dipping a peanut in water and having Zoe drink the water.
Slowly, over the course [...]
Fight Gone Bad is a CrossFit workout designed for mixed-martial artists. Word is that it was named this after an MMA fighter completed it and said, “It felt like a fight gone bad!”
Tom did this workout on Saturday morning, perhaps not the best lead in to a weekend of intensive moving.
After the last [...]
For some reason, I like to commit myself to plans that sound like a good idea without really thinking through all of the ramifications of said plans.
Take “Special Lunch,” for instance.
Tom usually handles school lunch during the week, and he commented one day that he had gotten into a rut, serving the Zs the same [...]
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