Tag Archive: hearing loss

Being Charlie Brown at SXSW

I knew this was going to happen, because it’s happened before. I must have developed ADD over the years, because it seems every time I’m at a seminar now it’s not 30 seconds of listening before I start zoning out and thinking of pizza, cupcakes, and girls named Zooey. Due to my hearing loss, I…

The Lone Star State Will Soon Meet: THE LONE RANGER

For the first time ever (I’ve been saying that a lot lately, but anyhoo…), this lone ranger will soon be rangering it up in the grandest state of them all: TEXAS! I have been anticipating this trip literally since last August when I registered early to attend SXSW, which takes place every year in Austin,…

My BFF is coming up here for a RedBook event and to see me, but mostly me :-D

There’s some crazy woman in Virginia who’s about to travel in the aftermath of the WORST SNOWSTORM IN HISTORY!!!11eleventy!1 just to see little old me. (And for some silly Redbook Magazine thingamagigy type thing) I haven’t been into the city for a while, mostly because every time I resolve to spend a day cavorting around…

Feeling at Home in Staunton

Downtown Staunton

This post covers the events during October 24th, wrapping up the last leg of my 3 week road trip. I checked in for the night at a Best Western in Staunton, then hit the Texas Steakhouse nearby for some grub. I was already liking the atmosphere here. A bubbly and cute waitress with a familiar…

The Best Thing in Vegas

Red Strike Shot and coupon card for Whrrl and Murphy USA

This post covers some of the events during my stay in Las Vegas from Oct. 13th to Oct. 17th. The day after Serendipity, I attended a few more seminars on travel blogging and did what I could to promote Murphy USA every which way I went, to the point where I was wondering if people…

Recap: I HATE VEGAS (and BlogWorld Expo Sucked, Sort Of)

Las Vegas Airport

This post covers some of the events during my stay in Las Vegas from Oct. 13th to Oct. 17th. I had just taken my first flight in 20 years on Southwest Airlines when we finally landed in Las Vegas. Greeting us before we even got to the baggage area were an array of slot machines…

How I got snowed by an old lady

So I was in Panera Bread last night, relaxing and enjoying a bagel sandwich (that I brought from a real bagel shop), when a nice old lady approached me and began to sign in ASL. She had seen that I was hard of hearing and wanted to know if I signed too. Since I had…

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