Christie ChapmaninPointillistRoute 1At the place where I began life, Mount Vernon Square Apartments, just below the name of the apartment complex is an ad for the ABC liquor…Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Christie ChapmaninPointillistTravel writingContinental Breakfast, Reykjavík, December 2018Jan 25, 2021Jan 25, 2021
Christie ChapmaninPointillistColorsWriting prompt: Evoke a color without naming that color.Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistTijuana, MexicoThe first time, I went with my family and it was like “The Brady Bunch Goes to Tijuana.” We had lunch on the main tourist drag, Avenida…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistPrivate Jokes: London with My Sister, 2002My sister and I haven’t always had the best relationship.Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistPhoto: Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2006You see the Adriatic Sea and the sky above in matching twilight blue.Dec 22, 2020Dec 22, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistClubbing in Rome with My Sister, 2008The guidebook says there are only a few nightclubs open in the summer in Rome. The locals are mostly someplace else. My sister and I are…Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistThird Date: North Island Road Trip, New Zealand, 2009Have you ever taken a vacation only to think back on it, years later, and realize you only have a scant few memories that exist outside…Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistQuestioned by Border Patrol, Niagara Falls, Canada, 2011I had a couple of “use or lose” vacation days and wanted to go someplace, but didn’t have enough time off for a plane-ticket kind of trip…Dec 20, 2020Dec 20, 2020
Christie ChapmaninPointillistAlone in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2010My husband has gone off to Antarctica. He boarded a little plane with his buddy Keith early this morning. I’ve got the day to myself in…Dec 19, 2020Dec 19, 2020