The Bra Street Rambler

Hello Ramblers! As stated in my previous blog, I am currently out of the country so if you are here searching for today’s post, consider this my continued answering machine. Have any suggestions for things you would like a jet lagged Bra Street Rambler to write about upon her return? Any aspect of the opposite sex you would like to better understand, or perhaps a topic previously unexplored on Bra Street? Let me know in the comments below!  Not set up to comment? Email your screen name and comment to thebrastreetrambler@gmail.com Looking forward to reading, and responding to your comments upon my return. Cheers! The Bra Street Rambler

Hello Ramblers! This is an automated response for those in search of today’s blog. I am currently out of the country and thus away from my computer. Please feel free to comment below with any feedback on my blog posts leading up to now. Would you like more regarding a topic previously explored? Do you have a story to share that relates to The Bra Street Rambler?  Not set up to comment? Email your screen name and comment to thebrastreetrambler@gmail.com Looking forward to reading, and responding to your comments upon my return. Cheers! The Bra Street Rambler

“Dennis and Tim just found a scorpion and a half.” “A scorpion and a half?” “Yep, one scorpion eating another.” This occurred while on a trip to Costa Rica and, following having been found hidden in the shirt Tim had left on the ground, the scorpion dashed off with its half-eaten prize. It is important when traveling in rain forests and jungles to always check your boots and beds before getting into them, and not to leave anything lying on the ground. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” - Hilaire Belloc  I mentioned in my previous blog that my mother had infected me with the travel bug when I was young and I daresay, I’ve seen no need to search for a cure. Traveling has become a large portion of my bucket list because it not only opens my imagination to all sorts of new things to add to the list, but also provides me with the opportunity to scratch things off that have been on there for years. Travel has allowed me to live my life with adven...

If you’ve ever seen the movie The Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, you are already aware of what it means to have a bucket list. For those of you who have not seen this movie, I highly recommend it. For those who do not know what a bucket list is, it is essentially a list of things you wish to do in your lifetime before you kick the bucket, so to speak. A bucket list can consist of anything from having a photo taken doing a specific pose, to visiting the Grand Canyon or swimming with dolphins. It can even include completely ridiculous goals like the adorable little old lady who swam in a pool of ramen noodles in the movie Patch Adams. The important thing is to recognize your dreams and to make a point to see them through because life is far too short not to and anything could happen tomorrow to prove just that.  I learned the importance of this when I was eleven years old and my mother was diagnosed with cancer. She was only 36 years old (*cough*...