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You know I'm feeling really good right now, slightly tired after a whirlwind day of packing, deciding and discussing the kids and how they will live for the next week. Let alone ensuring that everything for Spain is taken care of for us. But I'm feeling good, well I was. About 16 minutes ago it hit me that I would be flying tomorrow and the apprehension set in, started thinking on the actual flight. I like flying. I hate flying while fat. To quantify, I hate the small ass sea

Four days out and I haven't even looked at our suitcase. I said our cause these baggage fees is having a sister reduced to one bag for two people for a week. Honestly I'm not worried, Luv on the other hand is an over packer of the highest order. She is on the board of directors of Overpackers R Us. She's also looking a little upset and requesting that I pack first. Not because of love, she just wants to know how much extra room she may have. I've wrote a blog about packing so

My heroes don’t appear on no stamp. Not most of them anyway— My recent (notsogreat) memory tells me that Langston Hughes and Lorraine Hansberry have both graced the American stamp at one time. But by and large, queer folks of color are not the people that are touted and praised in the mainstream. That’s why I love co-facilitating Wandering Soup with my wife and partner-in-crime. This outfit and others like it on social media are where we can boast and brag, without shame or r

By some odd quirk of fate I have become a member of a barbecue or supper club. We meet once a month at a local BBQ spot, matter of fact we are following this list and checking it twice - Atlanta's Best BBQ. So far so damn good. I've been to a few on my own but to go with folks and talk smoke rings and other bbq stuff is rather interesting. On a side note I am a huge BBQ competition fan, I've watched hours of this stuff on TV and in my mind I am now a judge. I can spot an ov

We went. And honestly I should probably stop here because the experience wasn't that great. They moved it to bumblef^ck Alpharetta so technically it should be Alpharetta International Night Market. It was in an active mall parking lot and parking was horrible unless you were open to walking a country mile. The year before in October the mall was old, let's be honest, but there was plenty of parking. I will say they had shuttles that just rambled through and stopped at cluster

I'm hype about the trip to Spain to say the least. I am also the one mapping out our itinerary which means Where I Say Goes. In essence, I'm stoked. We Travel. We Eat. We Share. That is Wandering Soup. So eating good is definitely a priority. But Spain is also an LGBTQ oasis of sorts, so I am definitely planning for us to get to the gay-friendly venues/hangouts. More on all of that in another blog. So far, I have identified 10 must-sees for Barcelona. Five are below. Let me k

New things, new air, new air... Let me repeat that new air. I am, or rather I have sought new air. This translates to I jumped. And by jumped I mean quit my 9 to 5. A 9 to 5 that I had been at for 5+ years and was highly successful. I was promoted two times, manager, salary increases, corner office (no view) and relatively free reign in regards to my hours and processes. And yet in the last few months, probably longer, I've been dreading going into work. Tension filled my bod

We're officially gearing up for our trip to Barcelona, Spain. The itinerary is mapped out (for us in Barcelona and for the kids while we are away). Does anyone else have to come up with work for their children when going away to make sure they stay busy enough to stay out of any trouble? That's another topic for another day. For now, here are the 10 sights we have our eyes on in Barcelona, in no particular order or at least that's what I'm telling Kat, who is leaving the plan

We are changing our plans. Maybe. Our goal was to leave in 2020, we moved that up to late 2019 and yet again a casual question was asked or maybe a thought was expressed and here we are. Changing things around, flying... I would reveal the new dates but honestly that may change again so why bother. Just know we are "flying" sooner than later. Maybe. Because we may change our mind again. And I'm enjoying this. This ability to change direction whenever for whatever. Be they bi

We are trying something new, well new to us. Writing, blogging, podcasting, vlogging...essentially anything that produces content, we will be doing for the next 30 days starting October 1st! Don't get bogged down by the word content, life is content, so essentially we will be living and sharing the living in visual/audio form. So expect "something" on any and everything travel or life related over those 30 days. We're excited if only because we know we don't have anything to