Leave it to Pam to put a fabulous spin on BlogHer's "Ten-Second Me" meme that's floating around. (Mine is here.) Since Pam is not only a veteran traveler, but covers travel for BlogHer, she did "Ten Seconds of Travel." This is a fun one. Maybe you'd like to do this one, too. If you do, leave a comment for Pam here.
- Crazy: The 36 hours I was up when I flew from S.F. to Frankfurt and then took about 3 trains to get to Geneva.
- Guilty Pleasure: St. Thomas - I used to feel just the tiniest bit guilty that we got to live there.
- Romantic: The vacation we just took. J (being a musician who'd just come off a named tour) said we needed a name for our trip, so I dubbed it the "Rekindling the Romance Tour"...and it did. ;)
- Surreal: The exhibitionist transvestite who kept removing his skirt during a choral performance in Geneva.
- Good clean fun: Game 1 of the '86 World Series at Shea Stadium with a sportswriter friend. Having grown up around baseball (it was my Dad's sport), it was pretty cool to be at a World Series game in N.Y.
- Lives up to the hype: Magens Bay, St. Thomas - I used to walk it every day after work and swim there on weekends. (sigh) Even though many cruise ship visitors go there, it's truly a wonderful beach. (I know this is supposed to be about travel and not residency...but living there felt a bit like being on vacation all the time.)
- Planning: Trying to figure out how we can get away for even 2 or 3 days of camping this summer.
- Scheming: Still dream of taking a road trip across the U.S.
- Never leave home without: transistor radio and earplugs - I'm an old-school insomniac.
- Always forget: at least one toiletry item
- Travel companion: Jeffrey, of course! ;)
- Most life changing: 2 months of (mostly solo) travel in Europe
- Gave up: Camping on the beach in Ensenada in just a sleeping bag. I was 18 and traveling with 2 girlfriends. I woke with about 35 mosquito bites on my face and neck.
- Favorite airport: PDX - I don't know why--maybe because I said so many goodbyes to Jeffrey there. (You'd think that would make it my least favorite.)
- Gear lust: a good digital camera and a video camera
- Destination lust: Archer City, TX to see Larry McMurtry's Booked Up
- Home: Davis, CA (for right now)...but Crescent City, CA will always be home.
Thanks for the crosslinkage. I really do want to see them, plus, I can post them back to BlogHer. :)
Posted by: pam | July 21, 2007 at 03:14 PM
This is a very interesting meme. I would have trouble working in St.Thomas because the palm trees and beaches would give me a severe case of vacationitis.
Posted by: Margaret | July 21, 2007 at 03:41 PM
That is WAY more than 10 seconds. :-)
Posted by: jenB | July 21, 2007 at 05:53 PM
PDX is a great airport! It's a manageable size and it's got good restaurants, decent lighting, and nonsurly staff. Also, free WiFi!
Posted by: Rozanne | July 24, 2007 at 09:43 PM