Fun With Robots
My recent foray into using Google Gemini for travel planning led me to another AI experiment. Truthfully, I’ve been slow on the AI uptake. I’ve used it to create illustrations, like the one above (I’ll…
Dancing With Myself
I moved out of my parents’ home and in with Dorothy on my 18th birthday, the first day it was legally permissible. That makes it sound like I was fleeing an abusive home life, which…
Direct Current. No, Wait… District of Columbia…?
When last we left our heroes, they had had their smashingly successful designer hosiery business, Gambit by Dorothy Jones, cruelly snatched away by the evil Dr. Howard. Destitute in New York City, they were forced…
They Doth Protest Too Much
I have been wrestling, sadly, just with myself, with writing about Chicago. I think of this blog as my way of deciphering the environment I’m in when we travel, seeing it as an outsider but…
The More Things Change… The More Different They Are
We started with an idea: we would travel until it was no longer fun, and then we’d stop. We ran on that idea for two years before we realized how profoundly stupid it was. We…
Musclebound Thighs
Those of you who know me, which is, I imagine, most of you reading this, would be hard pressed to describe me as athletic. “Quick, top ten adjectives for Mark.” I’m certain that would elicit…
The Apartment
We did it. We finished the apartment. Renovations have been completed, walls have been painted, and art has been distributed. This is our safe haven, our sanctuary, our respite from travel. Now, when we’re on…
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
As we’ve been traveling and writing, I’ve made an effort to include stories from our past lives when they intersected in some way with our current situation. Like finding a model of a pyramid in…
DTour To AgriCulture
Chicago’s most obvious benefits are Chicago-centric: museums, galleries, restaurants, neighborhoods… The less obvious benefits are regional. Chicago is hard by a ton of really interesting places and beautiful sights. The Indiana Dunes are an hour…
And What Have We Learned?
My dear friend Whip challenged me with a writing prompt. “You’re world travelers now. How have your travels changed your perspective? What are the top five things you’ve learned about yourself or the world on…