At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

The phone started ringing at 10:30am. Slightly annoyed at this unwelcome interruption to my wonderful, deep sleep, I rolled over, fully intending to ignore it. I then remembered that the night before, Crystal said she would call us in the morning in order to make plans for the day. I stumbled out of bed, narrowly [...]

Armenia. Georgia. Azerbaijan. I’ve become used to the odd looks when I tell someone where I’m going – most people haven’t a clue where these countries are located, and to the others I might as well have said Afghanistan, as visions of men with AK-47s pop into their heads. Most people are content to lie [...]

As always, here is a small sample: The album is located here. I actually have a few more I need to upload, and I will get those up soon (You’re probably thinking, “MORE?!”…yes, more) Now comes the fun part, though…writing the travelogue of our trip around the South Caucasus. I promise that I will try [...]

Sad news. My beloved yellow labrador, Katie, passed away today at the age of 13. I’m actually quite amazed that she lived for almost 14 years considering her propensity for junk food and dislike of anything remotely resembling exercise. Health-wise, she had her good days and her bad days during these previous few years. I [...]

After 24 hours of non-stop traveling (damn you Heathrow!), I’m finally back from my incredible journey to the Caucasus. I took over 400 photos, so it will take me awhile to get them all sorted, labeled, and uploaded, but I expect that by the end of this week they will be available for your viewing [...]

I’ve had two people tell me this in the past week…and these are friends of mine who studied the region at LSE. Comrades, be reasonable! I’m not looking to grab an AK-47 and hop into one of the various post-Soviet conflicts plaguing the region, I just want some homemade Georgian khachapuri and Armenian cognac. Besides, [...]

Monroeville, actually. We never made it into the city of Pittsburgh, just some of the suburbs…we’ll have to visit another time to catch a Pirates game. The wedding was excellent, as was the Sunday BBQ. Tons of great food, drinks, and company. Congrats to Liz and Nick (and thanks for letting me crash at your [...]