Blogs from Burlington, Vermont, United States, North America - page 2

"She's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree" After a quick trip to the nearby supermarket for some travel necessities (ice, fruit, crackers, cheese, Goldfish, Perrier, and Fig Newtons) we cranked up Van Morrison and headed north to Burlington VT. (Musical collections later in the day included Coldplay, R.E.M., Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, The Drifters, and Luciano Pavarotti - we try to be eclectic.) This was intended to be just a transit day, but we are always opportunistic, and found two things to see along the way. The drive was basically interstate driving through the Green Mountains, but these states have the good sense not to mow down everything within sight of the highway, and we were bordered by green grasses and shrubs and dense woods, mixed hardwood and ... read more

Carla: On Friday we pushed the boat out (literal boat and metaphorical one) and spent some cash on a proper 'tour' of Niagara Falls. This meant we didn't have to drive ourselves around and find parking spots for a massive great van all the time. There was also the smooth sales patter from the tour tout who promised us two free ponchos each plus some plastic sandals. How could we say no? I was probably amongst the small minority of people in the world who didn't realise Niagara Falls is two sets of falls – one lot are called the American Falls and the other (Horseshoe Falls) are sometimes called the Canadian Falls. We were worried that we would be banned from the Canadian Falls due to our dodgy passports but it turned out that half ... read more

Let me clarify before I unfold the past 2 weeks since I last blogged that the title of this entry is only related to the R.E.M. song in a small way. I don't fully understand the symbolism of the video or of the lyrics. I relate this entry only to the title of the song. That being said, update Two weekends ago, June 15-17, my team went to Boston for team weekend. While there, we visited Newbury Street, where we window-shopped and enjoyed a delicious lunch at Trident Bookstore. Eating lunch in a bookstore is probably on the list of most awesome things I've done. We then proceeded to walk to Harvard Square (yes, we walked, not taking the T...great exercise!) and ate lunch in the North End the next day. We stayed with a family ... read more

As the title suggests, today was a day at the beach. I apologize for getting the song stuck in your head if you watched the video...and for your suffering through watching a Nicki Minaj video. This song has been sung more than 3 times daily since I arrived in Burlington, so I suppose it's only fair that the rest of you experience a bit of my stuck-in-the-head misery. on another note Last night was by FAR the most fantastic date night I have ever experienced. Date? I'm dating someone? What's his name? It wasn't an actual awkward one-on-one, let's try to push the relationship another step forward then DTR at the end kind of date. At GMS, character-building is probably the most prominent goal for the summer; to grow more into the character of Christ within ... read more

We left Cooperstown, NY heading for Vermont. Since it was mid-week and our niece and husband worked and the girls were in school, we figured we didn't want to get there mid week and interrupt routines, so we took an extra day to travel north. We had traveled Route 20 through NY many times years ago and thought we knew the route fairly well, but we had a never stopped in Sharon Springs. It seemed to be a stop light on the road and that was all. Oh, were we wrong! Anyone who has watched Planet Green or Discovery Channel may have seen he series "The Fabulous Beekman Boys." It's a series about 2 men from New York City--one and advertising exec and former drag queen, the other a doctor and former assistant to Martha Stewart--who ... read more