The Gatannah Files

Looking for an old apartment where I used to live, I happened across two articles that I'd written for the magazine Travel Weekly 20 yea...

As you know, we need moolah!  Twice within the past month, I have been offered work. Paid work! And twice I have turned it down. WHY? I lite...

I do not have a green thumb. I have never been able to grow stuff. But through trial and error, I have some mostly successful plants in our ...

... is that I can share exciting stuff here that I do not want to share in my daily life for reasons that will make sense later. The first t...

At the beginning of the month, James and I celebrated our 13th anniversary (by going to see the Super Mario Galaxy movie). Top: Mexico City,...

Mal wanted plain pasta or ramen (NOT MAC AND CHEESE) and we don't have any, so I decided to make pasta from scratch. It's not diffic...

When we're traveling, we try to take public transit. Even if we drove to the location! When we were in New Orleans, we parked our car in...