My anal retentiveness cannot justify ending my travel posts with our final destination when we technically made more semi-interesting stops. I promise this is the last of my vacation photos. On our first night of our two-day trip home, we stopped just outside of Nashville. How could we not stop and see the Grand Ole [...]
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Our final destination, other than perhaps a side trip to Graceland on our way home, was to visit Toyin’s sister in DC. I really like the feel of DC. It’s a great city. One of my favorite things about visiting big cities is that you can ride the train everywhere. It’s one of the appealing [...]
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Our next stop in this trip after spending a couple more days in Ann Arbor, one of them with a sick kid, was New York City. Naturally, one of our first meals was Middle Eastern fare. I had a lamb shwarma with some hot sauce that was, dare I say, even better than some of [...]
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Detroit doesn’t have a great reputation, even amongst those who live in the metro Detroit area. But it’s got some good qualities. Every time I’m in town, I just feel like I am home again. And I’m always reminded of the reasons I stayed for so long. And eventually, I’m reminded of the reasons I [...]
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If you’ve never made a double digit hour long road trip with a young child, it is possible. We hit the road around 630 p.m. on Friday night and drove for about eight hours, stopping only for gas and bathroom until around 3 a.m. when we decided, against Toyin’s wishes, to get a hotel. We [...]
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In a few days, Toyin and I will embark on our first really long road trip with Annika. First, before anyone gets too excited, no, this doesn’t mean anything. For those of you may not realize just how bizarre our relationship is, yes, we do travel together. Since Annika was an infant, we’ve made several [...]
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