2 Colleges and a Zoo
I travelled to Washington, DC, last week, which gave me the chance to make a few college visits in Virginia. While I was in the neighborhood, I also wandered over […]
Category Archives: The Mid-Atlantic
150 Years of Glass
I just made my second visit to the Corning Museum of Glass! This museum is so big that it’s worth focusing your efforts on one area rather than trying to […]
The Tallest Single-Drop Waterfall East of the Rockies
Measuring the height of a waterfall turns out to be a trickier thing than I imagined, largely because it can be hard to tell where one waterfall ends and another […]
Horseheads: A Mayberry Kind of Town
I’ve just been to visit the Village of Horseheads, New York (where the population barely reaches 20,000). This is a tiny place, a blink of an eye with a disturbing […]
Lucifer Falls
One of the most remarkable places in Ithaca, New York, is Robert H. Treman State Park (sometimes called Enfield Glen by locals in the know). My mom and I spent […]
Towers of Glory
If you ever have the chance to go to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on The Mall in Washington, DC, I would highly recommend it. The Smithsonian chooses anywhere from one […]
Blown From the Sand
While we were in the US this summer, Prescott and I visited the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. This museum was founded in 1951 as a 100-year […]
Natural Beauty
I would be remiss if I left the United States behind without recognizing the incredible beauty of the Northeast. We visited multiple wineries on Seneca Lake with Prescott’s family: Here’s […]
What I Miss
People often ask what I miss about living in the US. The easy and most significant answer is that I miss my family and I miss my friends. It’s hard […]
