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Has taught me about living... I was sitting on my couch and staring into nothingness, when my doggie caught my eye. Mainly because she was staring at me...with no blinking of those big black eyes of hers (see pic above for an example). I got up and let her out to go outside. Essentially that's what she was telling me. That she wanted to go outside. Her silent staring got me to thinking about life and how she keeps it simple. Below are the 5 "Things" my fur baby has taught me

I'm not going to lie, this has not been an easy transition for me for a number of reasons, the main one being that my couch and bed are near. Seriously. I am so tempted to take a nap or go veg in front of the TV. Every day. Every other hour. My adult attention span that only extends to reading Reddit while on the toilet or random Facebook posts where folks tell all their business, was not built for this life. To help I've "forced" myself" into a schedule of sorts. I'll share

Wandering Soup - Traveling Folk We are attempting new things or maybe more along the lines of continuing what we are doing in a professional vein. We travel. We talk about traveling. We eat. Bad or good. We share traveling tips. We share our traveling experiences. And now we are "becoming" Travel Agents, actually that should be "are" Travel Agents. That's right we have turned our passion into our business. We, Amber and I, hope to share our love of travel with you by offering

It’s no secret that we travel in search of amazing, once-in-a-lifetime food. Our trip to Barcelona was part of that mission. For weeks before, I was having dreams of rich rice dishes, sumptuous pasta, and veggies sautéed in the best olive oil (I may be a little one-track-minded.) But we did what should be the rule of what NOT to do when traveling: We got caught in the tourist trap. I admit that it is a decidedly more comfortable place to be in. We had easy metro access to all

I wrote that with a little bit of sarcasm, see my earlier post. On the flip side of that post I honestly don't mind flying, its quick, I don't have to drive, I get to nap, watch a movie and possibly eat. Can't ask for anything more than that. Well maybe you can and below is a mini review of the airlines and the airports we flew in and out of for our trip to Barcelona. As previously mentioned we purchased a cheap ticket via TAP Portugal to Barcelona from Boston. We chose Bosto

I should start this out by saying, I travel to eat. Seriously. Outside of the museums and new air, food is my traveling motivator. I was geeked about Spain and looking forward to all the eats, the tapa eats. Mind you a friend who is living in and out of Spain, warned me, she warned me ya'll. She said it ain't right or righteous. I thought, nope she just not eating right. Right? Nope. She was right, righteously right. The first day we stopped at this little spot in the neighbo

We did it. Not all I'm sure but enough, at least for this trip. We easily walked 5 to 7 miles daily. Let me repeat that...5 to 7 miles daily. All in the pursuit of the next best thing to see, eat and smell. As mentioned Barcelona is beautiful, a modern city with grown folk roots. Open fairways, long meandering blocks, up and down hill, neighborhood bakeries, coffee spots and boucheries. We saw it all, within that 5 to 7 mile walk. The new sneakers I purchased crapped out on

Except most of the money spent in restaurants. Most, not all but most definitely applies. And I'm not saying it was horrible, but it was bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good. If you're over 35 you will get that reference. Once you move past the food, Barcelona was beautiful. Breathtaking even. Gaudi's work is amazing, the city is laid out in an easy manner, public transportation is fantastic and outside of the food, not that expensive to live in. We arrived on an early Sunda

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

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

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

As you know we wrote a series of blogs about the four countries that we are considering moving to in the not so distant future. Feel free to read up on our opinions and google searched information. It's been fun, to say the least. Indoor toilets in all and honestly that was a high point in our search. In the midst of sharing our four blogs, we sorta realized we may have not shared all of our reasons and our requirements. Not that we had to but if you are following along on th

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

Looking at this new passport photo and wondering why oh why I take such ugly long term photo's. I mean I like what I look like, but damn. Dang. even. I smiled. I think. I made sure my hair was in place. I even smelled good. All this to end up looking three toned and stretched. I mean stretched. Morphed even. Ya'll remember how I "lost" my passport? If not here ya go... I'm slightly mad, I called the Chinese visa place her in Atl and asked if they would replace my visa for no

We are on our last blog regarding our move to SE Asia. Over the last month or so we've talked about Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam, next up is Thailand. As always passport-- you need one, and it needs to be valid for at least six months after departure/arrival. Single Entry Thai Visa (SETV) 60 Days Visa wise you can enter Thailand twice on a 30 day (visa waiver) entry 2 times in a calendar year (assuming you're American) and it’s free. If you leave before the 30 days are up,

This summer has been fruitful so far, Traveling Folk is busy, Traveling T's & Traveling Reads are both up and running , the crew started school. Now they only eat us out of house and home from 5pm to 9pm. Seriously I think one eats enough for three people daily and still talking about what's next. Air. That's what next... AND the announcement of our next big thing, Wandering Soup -Traveling Group! We are planning to take a group of LGBTQ folks on a 7 day trip next year. Let

As mentioned our plans are simple. We are moving abroad to SE Asia. With the goal being to live happily and relatively cheaply, along with a few other things that we went into via our latest podcast and Veeeelog. Take a listen here, see us here. We are also writing a series of 4 blogs dedicated to each country that we are considering living in and visiting for some length of time. Cambodia was our first blog, followed by Malaysia and now up next is Vietnam. Full disclosure, I

Malaysia Move abroad. Experience. Grow. And, live happily and cheaply in the process--that's our goal. We also thought we would of course share with everyone what we've found as we make this big decision, akin to the "big chop!" Natural hair sistas will get that..lol We are considering four countries: Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand. We already discussed Cambodia in depth (hopefully) and next up is Malaysia. As we are exploring, we are realizing there are more thing

Our plans are simple. Move abroad. Live happily and relatively cheaply. And by cheaply I mean to a country or countries that are cheap. We've honed in on South East Asia because..well it's cheap and it appears to be the "hot spot." Hot doesn't necessarily mean easy, especially since most of SE Asia requires a Visa to enter and to stay. We've focused on four countries and decided to share with you what we've found. Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. All because they are