The Siblings Kyiv's Raccoon Man We landed in Kyiv on Saturday afternoon and found a taxi to take us to our apartment. "She's Got It" by Venus was playing on the
Ridiculous Skylar Thinks He Can Cook Skylar thinks he's a cook. Yes, you should read into my word-choice there. Also, I want to mention that Skylar is the most amazing human being. He is
Russia Forest Accordion The doors to the Sokol metro station were about 50 feet behind me. The trains had stopped running some time ago. It was dark--somewhere around 2:00 in the morning.
Ridiculous A Latvian Banya The Internets, or what we could access of them, told us that the drive from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to Riga Latvia would take about three hours so
Ridiculous We Made it to Hogwarts We spent a couple of days in the fairy-tale land of Tallin before receiving a lecture from Estonia's skinniest man about all of the ways the police were
Ukraine 10 Tips for Traveling on a Budget Over the last few years I've received a lot of emails from people asking how I have been able to travel as much as I have and whether
Ridiculous Shabesaur This trip was sort of a spur of the moment deal for me. Well, only sort of. I ran into Kimberly and Tyler a few weeks ago after having not
Rebecca Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Wednesday was garbage day and you forgot, AGAIN to remind me. This is getting really serious. In the four months I have lived in this house, I think
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. I've been working like a madman this week. One hundred million bagillion hours. I wish I could talk more about my job on Stranger because CRAZY.
Ukraine A Walk Through Kyiv We landed in Kyiv Ukraine on Friday afternoon after twenty or so hours of traveling. Brandt had never been to this part of the world before and didn't
Ukraine Because Apparently I Think I'm Anderson Cooper Now So I'm turning thirty at the end of next week. I remember so well when I was 21 and my friend Paula came to town to visit and she told me that she had just turned thirty and I was like, "
Ridiculous Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Daniel flew into Salt Land last night. This morning I ventured off to the office, of course making sure he had food and that all of the child locks and
Daniel You People Rock My World Yesterday I wrote this post about what's happening in Ukraine [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/03/ukraine.html]. I wrote it because Daniel has been telling me for a solid month that I should. I hesitated writing it partly because I didn&
Daniel Ukraine The last few months have been really strange for me. I've been watching the events in Ukraine unfold. I've been watching with anxiety and fear and
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Around this time of year it starts to feel like summer isn't a thing that ever happens. The distant memories of running in the grass barefoot, visiting the
The Siblings The Dentist Picture About 14 years ago my younger sister Micalyne and I received a letter in the mail that would change our lives forever. It was December and Christmas cards from all
Daniel Eli's 10 Favorite Cities Frequently Strangers email me and ask for travel suggestions. I've been fortunate to be able to hit a decent portion of the world in my 20s. And besides
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's the middle of the night and I'm sitting here in my office because I suddenly seem to have a million things to do in my
Daniel Russian Survivor On Saturday the court had an outing to the Rock Islands as sort of a farewell party for the three of us court counsel who will be leaving Palau over
Russia The Banya Archive I'm heading off to southern Mexico in about 30 minutes after a very frantic weekend of trying to pull a million things together all at once. I just got back from a wedding of one of my very best friends of all
Facebook List Strangest Foods On Friday I asked you to share on the Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/itjustgetsstranger] the strangest food you've ever been encouraged to eat (not literally share--but tell us about it). You people have had some terrible life experiences. This reminded
Ridiculous Sleeping With Sergei, L'viv When we last left you we were in Kyiv having a great time with Max and Natalia. We spent a lot of time with both of them and toured a lot of the city (and I mean a LOT--Max may be the fastest walker
Ukraine Finally in Kyiv We made it to Kyiv a couple of days ago after the most miserable day of travel I've ever had in my life (and this is saying something because I've had some pretty miserable travel days in the last few
Ridiculous Public Transportation Last September I had a new little addition come into my life: the regular use of the state's public transportation. I live in Provo and go to school full-time while trying to continue my job part-time in Salt Lake City, which entails
Church 2010 Another year has come and gone. I can't believe it's time for the annual sum-up post already. 2010 was a good year. It wore me out like any good year should. In 2010 I started eating salmon regularly. I read
