http://www.jessmarmor.com Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:22:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, all I want to do for my 30th birthday is get dressed up, drink a good, strong cocktail and stuff my face with black-bottom cupcakes and coffee ice cream. Maybe I'll even get Double Rainbow espresso bean shipped in... But Taylor's 30th-birthday wish was a bit more, shall we say, ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2010/06/09/houston-we-have-liftoff-thank-god/ In my first week in Vancouver, I constantly went back and forth between totally ravenous and utterly stuffed, without any in-between. This is why. My day would begin with a fruitless effort to make it to 6am yoga. Instead I'd hit snooze, and try to sleep for another hour. The ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2010/03/10/a-tale-of-two-cities-as-seen-through-my-stomach/ My new home: the MPC. So, no, I didn't get to go the Opening Ceremony. But we did have a front-row view from the deck of the MPC (housed in a cruise-ship looking, tented building on the waterfront) of the fireworks. It was pretty spectacular: http://www.jessmarmor.com/2010/02/24/vancouver-olympics-fireworks-at-the-mp/ I survived a bleeding scrape, saltwater-induced nausea, having to cart around tanks half my size and twice my weight, flippers that kept falling off my feet and several encounters with fire coral that left swollen, red stingy rashes on my leg and arm. And partially because I think it makes ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2010/01/07/scuba-adventuress-extraordinaire/ I've traveled to a fair number of places in my life (not as many as Taylor, but still), and I've loved most of them in some way or another. I look back over my photos from Croatia or Vietnam and think how beautiful it was; I remember the food I ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2009/12/30/saba-my-paradise/ The bus ride down the coast to Dubrovnik was stunning -- the rest stop where we took a break along the way had a beautiful lookout. Once in Dubrovnik old town, we rolled our suitcases along the the Stradum in search of our apartment. Just above a lovely plaza, our ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2009/12/11/dubrovnik/ We had heard mixed reviews of Split. Some say its cosmopolitanism and nightlife make it yet another euro-trashy destination worthy of skipping. Some say its an architectural gem not to be missed. We stayed for 2 nights, and I found both to be true, to a certain degree. I wouldn't ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2009/12/09/split/ This is a long overdue report on my travels to Croatia earlier this year. It all began over drinks with Kai in San Francisco. She mentioned she was planning to travel to Croatia in the Spring. With who? I asked. Why, by myself, she replied. To which I naturally, and in ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2009/12/09/hrvatska/ When planning this trip, I was told by a few people that they thought I'd love Vienna. I've heard many people say that, while cities like Paris and London are wonderfully cosmopolitan and chockablock with culture, and while the Spanish and Italian cities are amazing for their food or art or nightlife, Vienna ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2008/04/19/wien/ One of the things I love about traveling is being exposed to the look and sounds of different languages, especially languages you rarely hear in the States. While traveling in Vietnam, I tried my best to learn some of the basics of the language -- I even downloaded podcast lessons ... http://www.jessmarmor.com/2008/04/15/ceska/