Stupid Tourist Questions While Bare-assed on The Bridge

  Today Soo and I dropped our pants and walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was wonderfully exciting, but not because we were going commando. In fact, we were surrounded by people who had similarly dropped trou before the crossing. Several of those did seem a bit befuddled by the whole thing, terribly unsettled by all these “trouser-less shenanigans.” Thank you for joining us, Stupid Tourists. It embarrasses me to admit that so often in my travels, when I encounter a group addlebrained, self-absorbed dolts, they’re American. (I even once invented a country and claimed to be from it, so embarrassed was I by my countrymen. Unsurprisingly, a ... [Read More]

Searching for Friday in Sydney

I’ve lost Friday. It was there when I left home on Thursday. Those I spoke to upon arriving in Sydney swore they’d seen it the day before. I never got it. In coming to Australia, 16 hours ahead of Atlanta, you "lose" a day. We left home Thursday afternoon and arrived in Sydney Saturday morning. No Friday. Simply didn’t exist for me. This is terribly unsettling. No one asked me if I’d mind doing without Friday. There was no conversation with airline personnel about it prior to take-off. No one said “Did you pack your bags yourself, have they been in your possession since, and will you be needing a Friday ... [Read More]