Those who live in poverty often lack the necessary means of making their voices heard. They lack both wealth and influence, which is a nice way of saying that they lack the financial means to gain political or popular support. They do not have powerful lobbyist or rock stars to further their cause and they [...] [...more]
It’s true. We made our first backpacking mistake. Justin and I are beginning our budget travel adventure in Rome arriving on Wednesday, October 1st. Back in late March we sent a few emails to The Colors Hotel in Rome and made reservations for 3 nights. We booked two beds in a room with 6 beds [...] [...more]
STEVE EMAILED US TODAY: “…Is there any chance you could offer the feed via email? That would be cool and would dramatically increase the chances that I actually read it more than once every 2-3 weeks.” -Content from Steve’s email Thanks to Steve, we’ve now made our feed available through email. This means that every [...] [...more]
This is a response to the How We Will See the World post After much debate and consideration, Justin and I have decided to go with Focus Dailies (one-day contact lenses). There is great appeal to the ease and flexibility of daily wear contact lenses. We enjoyed being able to pop them in without solution. [...] [...more]
Seeing the places we go and the people we meet is rather important. Justin and I both have vision problems and we have used contacts and glasses for many years to bring the world into focus (read: see well enough not to crash a car while driving). At this point, we both like our glasses. [...] [...more]
Two nights ago, Justin and I had the privilege of beginning to gather various odds and ends that will be traveling with us in our backpacks. These are items that we have been advised may be helpful during our backpacking journey. These items tend to fit into 4 categories: Things that: – we already use [...] [...more]
This will not be a post about long-distance transmission of messages (telegraphy) or about jubilant emotion (joy). For those of you unfamiliar with Detroit, Michigan, these are popular roads just west of the city. Map of Joy and Telegraph The intersection of Telegraph and Joy houses a cross-cultural Mecca of the Detroit area. That’s right! [...] [...more]
Wow! I am so excited about this blog and how helpful this website could be for others. Even this past Friday morning, I met a fellow barista (I currently work at Starbucks, Winter Park, FL), named Sara White. I met her for the first time that morning. She just returned about a week ago from [...] [...more]
