Signs of Laughter.

Something I never quite managed to do while I was living in Italy was to get pictures of all the hilarious signs and business names that struck laughter into the heart of the middle-school aged part of my American brain.  I can’t remember them all, but 2 company names stand out: Assitalia and Lamecop.  Not …

Tramore, Ireland: Fenor Bog

22 Sept. 2010 According to a helpful and informative sign (shown a few pics down), “Fenor bog is a place of peace…”  I must say, it was quite lovely and peaceful when we stopped by that afternoon.  The sign goes on to say that “…21 out of the 31 Irish Butterfly species occur here.”  Gosh! …

Ultra English

A fellow travel blogger recently asked how she could modify her content to better address British readers.  I advised the following: "Add "u" and extra syllables to words like "humor" and "aluminum." Put your quote marks inside the final punctuation. Talk about football a lot. ;)"     I love Drew's comics.  He also writes …

April in Ireland: Part 2

After a lovely and scenic photo tour of the Wicklow mountains, we set off in our rental car (“…drive on the left, drive on the left!”) and headed south.  We had skimmed the Rick Steves guide a bit, but weren’t really sure if we’d have time to stop and see anything along the way to …

Photos: County Wicklow

10 April 2010 Random selection of photos from County Wicklow, Ireland.  Dario and I were taking our first trip to Ireland.  So beautiful! (Have to go here for now: http://tourabsurd.tumblr.com/post/879017158/random-selection-of-photos-from-county-wicklow WordPress is being a beast about uploading and editing photos!)

April in Ireland: Part 1.

Earlier I posted a handful of pictures from our first trip to Ireland.  I have several more pictures scattered over various online locations, but never really pulled it together for a formal post.  I quite miss posting on Photoblog.  I am finally starting to get used to Tumblr’s little quirks and limitations, so I want …