A little of this and a little of that…in Texas

Posted on July 21, 2012 by thetravelingpear

Yes, it’s been too long. The last post was weeks ago. It’s not that we haven’t got anything to say. It’s just that one of us has been away. While the Chef stayed back in Maine and welcomed the arrival of our household things (that had been held hostage for the last 5 months) I […]

A stroll through Paris…

Posted on July 3, 2012 by thetravelingpear

A year ago today, the Chef and I took a stroll through the city of our dreams, the city we called home. Join us as we reminiscence. watched the Bateaux Mouches float lazily along the river Seine discovered the location of Marie Antoinette’s chocolatier enjoyed a sugary cloud of barbe à papa dodged gypsies at the Louvre chased […]

Where the U.S. ends and Canada begins

Posted on July 2, 2012 by thetravelingpear

Here’s a look at the weekend roadtrip the Chef and I made to the eastern most city in the continental U.S.–Lubec, Maine. Along the way we couldn’t help but stop when we saw something unusual–a historic home, a fort complete with Civil War reenactors or a candy-cane lighthouse. Once we reached Lubec (charming little coastal village) and saw Canada just […]

Motoring the Eastern Passage

Posted on June 2, 2012 by thetravelingpear

The Traveling Pear has arrived…to our new home in Maine. The journey here was filled with an array of unimaginable sights, whimsical overnight accommodations, meetings with friends from the past and friends we had never met (yeah sounds weird but this friend was made through email, graduate classes and a shared fanaticism of history) and then there […]

Wandering Out West

Posted on May 10, 2012 by thetravelingpear

I’m still recovering from our whirl wind of a trip out to West Texas. Yes, we made another trip…800 miles to be exact. Mom always jumps at the chance to visit her home town of Old Glory, Texas. There she can catch up with old friends, her brother and sister in-law, and see the ranch. […]