Reflections on the Nashville Trip

Nashville is beautiful!  … and I wish I had seen more of it!  Spent most of my time at the conference in the Opryland Convention Center.  Someday would like to go back for a more touristy visit with the hubby.  Although not in July.  The humidity was a beast! The food plan worked very well….

What’s in the bag?

Curious about how I will cook all the food I have planned while in Nashville?  This video shows what I packed in my kitchen-to-go bag.  Enjoy! Explosion? Check out Horror at Los Huevos.

Food Plan for Nashville

The details are not the details. They make the design. (Charles Eames) As mentioned in a prior post, I am working on a questions based approach to travel preparation because I firmly believe that one size does not fit all.  My first opportunity to put this concept into practice is for a trip to Nashville,…

Avoiding the Oompa Loompas

My next trip is to Nashville, Tennessee for a conference. Travelling this far away from home brings up the spectre of a fear that has long plagued me. The mental image is one of me being unconscious and taken to the hospital. I cannot tell them all the things I can’t have.  The doctors and…

Preparing for Trips – One Size Does Not Fit All

Unless you are one of those perpetual travellers … a.k.a nomad … which, owing to the fact I have a “real” job,  I am not … then your travels are likely to fall into a few basic categories like mine do.  I have seen some posts with advice about how to prepare for this kind…

Moon Cake

In honor of America’s Independence Day, here is a recipe for Moon Cake.  So-called because my daughter, Evie, thinks the top resembles the craters on the moon. In my house we track multiple kinds of food sensitivities.  In our lingo food items are either “mommy-safe” or “Evie-safe” or “food for other people.”  This cake recipe…

Pablo y Anna

This is a follow up to the NW Overland Rally in Plain, WA where I had the good fortune to meet, however briefly, Pablo and Anna.  These two have been travelling the world in their Mitsubishi Delica for the past 15 years. Pablo’s book “Around the World in 10 Years: The Book of Independence” has been…