Have you heard of pickleball? It’s a sport Braden’s parents are obsessed with – it’s basically a cross between tennis and ping pong. People who know me know how I feel about sports. They are not my thing. I deeply […] Read More
The internet is full of platitudes, and thanks to AIM, now progressing onto Pinterest and Twitter, platitudes have almost become an industry in-and-of themselves. Many of them are trite, hopeful, and wishful at best; dangerous crutches at worst. But there’s […] Read More
Somewhere between the cacophony of Memphis’ Beale Street and Nashville’s Music Row lies the quiet town of Brownsville, Tennessee. And among the hair salons and cemeteries of Brownsville – not far from the Tina Turner museum – is a colossal […] Read More
The trip before the trip, as most of you know by now, is to Fennville, Michigan, where we’ll get married in my parents’ back-yard, overlooking lake Michigan. Janna often jokes that people ask her if she’s excited, and she exclaims […] Read More
I knew I’d be writing a post like this sooner or later… You don’t go into a big lifestyle change like this without anticipating something going wrong. I just didn’t think it would happen before the trip even began! I […] Read More
Way back in 2013, when Braden and I had only been dating for a few months, we decided to go on our first trip together. Even though I was working at a travel agency at the time, Braden took it […] Read More
How Montreal’s Gay Village kept us on track for adventure. Courtesy: Eric Sehr
Exactly a month from today, we will be on the road! It’s hard to believe it’s really happening. We started talking about this crazy scheme almost a year ago! Most of the apartment is packed up, wedding plans are all […] Read More
This adventure is going to be exciting, and great, and we’re going to see so many new places, and meet so many new people, and every once in a while, we’ll probably still have McDonald’s anyway, just because. But to […] Read More
Backstreet Cafe is Houston’s best brunch spot, and it’s back patio really gives a perfect sense of escapism from the car-driven front-streets of Houston.