(Written while I was still in ATL, hence the present tense.)
Why doesn’t stuff like this happen to me at home?
I’m in town to hang out with the fabulous Joy and take in an Ingrid Michaelson show (omniscient future-living editor: it was awesome). This is what we encountered at our pre-show meal.
The opening act was Scars on 45, who were really good. I didn’t know their name, but recognized one of their songs from an episode of The Vampire Diaries. Best show on tv right now, and you can just keep it to yourself if you don’t agree.
Did you miss me? I know that I haven’t written in a while, but I’m still around. I had a great time in Dubai (pictures are forthcoming…allegedly), and more importantly, I’ve had a great time since I came home. My vacation helped me clear my head and appreciate the good things in my life, which I have. I’ve also made some unexpected new friends, which is a good feeling. It’s sometimes hard to make friends as an adult. Right now I love everything and am working on loving everybody.
Travel, Vacation | Nicole | April 9, 2012 9:00 pm | Comments Off on Don’t worry, I’m still alive
So I just got home from Boston where, as usual, I had a blast. I think that my opinion of Boston is skewed because I’m always there expressly to have fun; what city could suck when one’s only goal is to be entertained? We stayed at The Back Bay Hotel (thank Jeebus for Priceline), which was awesome, but whose unlimited free wireless would have earned it my undying love even if it had been only half as good. The hotel was in a great location for us to walk whereever we wanted to go, which is great, since we walked everywhere the entire weekend. For somebody as lazy as I am, this is quite an accomplishment. Actually, I don’t usually consider walking as real exercise, as you can look around and talk while doing it without losing your breath, but I definitely haven’t walked that much since I was in Europe last year.
Newbury Street was really close to our hotel, which is great, since there are some incredible restaurants on it. We went to:
La Voile – French, awesome. The pan-seared fois gras is pretty amazing and the portion is insanely generous.
J. P. Licks – Great ice cream. Crazy flavors, too.
We really wanted burritos from Boloco this morning before we headed home, but they didn’t open until 10, and we were on the road by a little after 9. It was a great, relaxed and fun weekend, and even the rain that greeted us as we neared New Jersey didn’t ruin the good mood I’ve got going!
I’m home! I really enjoyed California a lot, and although I wouldn’t say that my vacation was especially relaxing, I do feel like the time away benefited me. As promised, I am including links to my pictures from my trip to California. I also went to Disneyland, but didn’t really feel like taking pictures there.
I have taken an insane number of pictures here in California, and will upload them to my various services (Facabook, Flickr, etc.) on Thursday. My hotel charges for internet, so technically it is available, but since I think it’s a disgrace for such a nice hotel to charge for something as basic as internet connectivity, I absolutely refuse to pay for it. It’s a good thing I can tether my phone to my computer, right? I feel so smart every time I connect. Still, that connection isn’t really fast enough to transmit large files, so I’ll wait until I get home.
D’oh! I forgot to mention that I’m off to California for the next week, and I’m not sure whether I’ll be posting much, if at all. Peace out, East Coast!
I’m back! I was on vacation for the latter part of May, and although I had an excellent time, I didn’t have much to share in the way of blogging. I spent a few days in Boston, came home long enough to repack, and then made my way to Richmond, Virginia to hang with my friends from undergrad. Stayed there for a long weekend, and then rested my head on my pillow a few times and made my way up to Canada for the wedding of a friend from my time at McGill. If you like the country and are looking for someplace to go, you could do a lot worse than Pembroke, Ontario. I love love love Canada. I didn’t take as many pictures as you might have expected whilst on my adventures, but here are a few snaps from each place:
Here are a some pictures from the places I visited on my vacation. If you click on the city names, you can see the entire set on Flickr. I have only a few shots from Birmingham, because I’ve been to England before and only took pictures at the concert.
Ingrid Michaelson, Music, Scars on 45, Vacation, Vampire Diaries | Nicole | 
May 7, 2012 9:23 pm | 
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