Recent Posts
a lazy day for some of us
I spent the morning at Urban Ministries in Durham weeding their outdoor family area while Eric picked up a bunch of new plants, fruits and sunflowers at the farmer's market in Raleigh. As soon as I got home, I was put to work helping Eric clean all the windows in the...
Finally published
Several weeks ago I had a paper from my UNC days accepted to PLOS Genetics... today it was officially released online: "Systematic Identification of Balanced Transposition Polymorphisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Careful, don't read it all at once :)
a long overdue ceiling fan upgrade for the kitchen
We have been wanting to replace the old light fixture in the kitchen with a ceiling fan for awhile now, but other projects took priority, you know, like three bathrooms worth of wallpaper removal. Three visits to Lowe's in the last several weeks and we couldn't agree...
little black dress
One of my favorite online reads is Maggie Mason's "Mighty Girl" blog since it's always chock full of style and great quips. Recently, she highlighted a friend's closet for the new feature called Mighty Closet. Her friend wears dresses as often as possible and this...
the perfect potstickers
I got a pound of ground pork from my CSA and I wanted to use it to make some dumplings. After a quick internet search, I came upon Alton Brown's recipe for the perfect potstickers. I vaguely remembered seeing the show and the reviews were excellent, so I tried it out...
R.I.P. Tom Ferrell
Amidst the craziness that was my week, I found out that a friend of mine from college was involved in a plane crash. Two days after I heard the news from another friend on Facebook, the family confirmed his death when his body was found. He had been taking flying...
our new Weber!
Eric's birthday present this year was a lovely new Weber grill. Folks on both sides pitched in and we can't wait to get it dirty! :) (three hours of assembly by a PhD required) (with a side burner for sauces and steaming veggies!)
33 years
A big happy birthday to the cutest boy I know. :)
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)