by Robin | Oct 16, 2007 | Antigua, Favorite things, Hermitage Bay, Personal, Photos, Travel
It wasn’t planned, there was no forethought. We had just stepped off the boat from our first snorkeling excursion along a Caribbean coral reef, when Rosie landed at the foot of my padded beach lounger. While kaleidoscopic visions of tropical fish...
by Robin | Oct 14, 2007 | Fun Mondays, Marriage, Personal
As some of you might recognize, my post title is a take-off from the series "How I Met Your Mother", now in its sophomore season. Although our story nowhere near approximates the adventures of the title characters Ted and Robin, the show got my...
by Robin | Oct 12, 2007 | Fun Mondays, Personal, Photos
We have an hour to kill while we wait for the first leg of our three-flight trip home, so I’m pretty thankful for free airport wi-fi…have I mentioned I H.A.T.E. to fly :/?? Writing will help me not think about it. Since we knew the Fun Monday theme...
by Robin | Oct 12, 2007 | Personal, Photos
This was a shot of me and Tad minutes after we arrived at Hermitage Bay on Monday. In spite of the 40-minute INSANE taxi ride from the airport…in spite of having sweated through the streets of Old San Juan earlier in the day, don’t we look giddy with...
by Robin | Oct 11, 2007 | Food and Drink, Personal, Photos
I’m on a tropical island in the Caribbean…and the staff here all talk in "island speak". Surely it’s expected occasionally I’d miss a thing or two–like when our server asked "Would you like sparkling water or stale...
by Robin | Oct 10, 2007 | Personal
Usually if I blog a conversation, it’s me and the kids… Tad’s been good for a few this week–like just now (when I was writing my posts about "Firsts"). "Don’t you think some things are better left NOT blogged?" (I...