PyeongChang 2018 | We Went to the Olympics!

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Snapshots of January

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Khao Lak | Thai Street Food

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Khao Lak | MaMa’s Greeting Bar & Restaurant

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Khao Lak | Bang Niang, Outdoor Market, & Tropical Fruit

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Khao Lak | Hiking Trail to Ton Chong Fa Waterfall

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Khao Lak | Ao Thong Beach Bungalows

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Phuket | Weekend Night Market (Naka Market)

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Phuket | Monkey Cave Temple | Wat Tham Suwan Khuha

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Phuket | Phang Nga Bay & James Bond Island

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NEW ENGLAND

Boston

Posted on March 16, 2012

Sly has been in Boston attending an exec program at JFK School of Government at Harvard.  I didn’t get to visit as much as I wanted mostly because the program kept him
busy with classes etc on nights and weekends. That, and he had to share student housing with a roommate.

I ended up visiting last weekend during Sly’s only free weekend and we pretty much did ate our way around Boston and checked out some of the local sights. My favorite memory of Boston was sitting by a tree at the Public Gardens on a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon, watching and feeding the squirrels apples. That, and the cannolis were pretty darn good too.

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CABINS MID-ATLANTIC

berkeley springs

Posted on February 28, 2012

the holidays sped by so quickly and before we knew it, another holiday weekend was upon us and another excursion was planned. we didn’t have the stomach to go too far, so we settled on a short drive to west virginia to visit the hot springs.

we stayed in a tiny cabin, and while we are usually more outdoorsy, we ended up spending most of our trip holed up in the cabin, building large fires that lasted all day, cooking insane amounts of food and catching up on cable tv (who knew the kardashians were so addicting)?

an exploration into town led us to a thrift store where the hubs found me a beautiful yellow patterned vintage shift dress (seen below).

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VIRGINIA

A little video from Richmond

Posted on February 25, 2012

a confession: even though richmond is the capital of virginia, we knew very little about it. my knowledge of richmond mostly derived from all the times we drove by (on the highway) on our way from atlanta to home. i knew a lot happened during the civil war (my knowledge being vague at best), but couldn’t tell you a single thing about it present day.

we loved richmond. we loved the empty streets, the historic buildings. we loved cheap hotels found on priceline and free parking. we loved historic dollar theatres, beautiful art museums, and so many cheap and good eats. we were completely taken by surprise by richmond and we loved it.

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ALASKA HIKING

Alaska | Exit Glacier

Posted on January 25, 2012

If you notice that one of my arms looks like a Popeye arm, it’s because I woke up the next morning with a puffy left arm. At first I thought a spider had bitten me, fitting since we were in an old creepy creaky hotel. My best guess was that I was stung by a bee/wasp sometime during our canoe adventure the previous day, although the odd thing was it went unnoticed until the following morning. I looked like one of those crabs that has one arm larger than the other. Annoying.

The weather wasn’t so kind to us in Seward – a combination of windy and rainy and of course, cold. We decided not to go on another cruise (one of the main reasons people come to Seward), and instead filled up on our hotel’s free brekkie and headed off to Exit Glacier.van gilder Continue Reading

ALASKA FOOD

Alaska | Blueberries, Grizzlies and Haunted Hotels

Posted on January 7, 2012

Good advice: We met a chatterbox on our flight from Juneau to Anchorage who was chock-full of insider info on places to eat and see while in Kenai. Following her advice, we dined at Mykel’s, feasting on local oysters, halibut sammys and of course a huge slice of pie to set us over the edge. Despite the sketchy 1980s dark interior, it was a great meal.
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ALASKA OUTDOORS Wildlife

Alaska | Canoeing in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on January 5, 2012

Sometimes our travel schedules are so jam-packed with things to do and eat, that we end up not fully enjoying the travel experience. On this trip, we planned a couple days of down time into our loose itinerary so that we could have an unplanned day like this one. We slept in, took long showers, watched crappy tv, ate a huge breakfast (and stuffed leftovers into our backpacks), and canoed down a lazy river.

We contemplated several options that afternoon – fishing (the area was extremely popular for salmon fishing), canoeing down one of the many canoe trails, hiking – there were so many options for outdoor activities that it was almost overwhelming. We decided to go canoeing, since it was something he had not done in a long time. After talking to a kind old lady at the canoe rental/campground, we decided to rent a canoe for just a half day, and canoe down the easiest/calmest river – the Moose River.

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ALASKA OUTDOORS

Alaska | Kenai Peninsula Road Trip

Posted on January 4, 2012

There was a reason why we started our days so early — we wanted to beat the weather. And, in the event a flight was delayed because of weather, we wanted to make sure that we could potentially catch a later flight.

We awoke while still dark outside and drove to the dinky airport. On the positive, the flight wasn’t delayed. On the negative, our plane was even smaller and more fragile looking than the plane we took from Juneau to Gustavus. And it was a Cessna. I swear any time you hear about a plane crashing in the mountains in some remote area of the world, a Cessna is involved. I did not want to ride in a Cessna.

Luckily, the Cessna flying coffin was not the actual plane we were scheduled to fly, we flew in one even smaller than that — like toy plane size. Somehow, we made it back to Juneau.

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MEMENTOS

Memories of 2011 | Our Year in Photos

Posted on January 2, 2012

Last year was a crazy year – from our big move to another coast, settling into a new place, and enjoying the highs (and lows) of newlywed life. Here are few snapshots from our first year together.

January 2011

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The year started off pretty rocky. Our move didn’t go well (a total understatement – it was the worst move ever with lots of things missing or broken) and me recovering from a Christmas Eve/Christmas spent in the ER. I felt physically sick well into January and totally lost my appetite for food, and in retrospect, many other things. I missed my old life in SF, my friends, my home, and stupid mundane things like my morning ritual of getting coffee with one of my good friends and co-workers. I recently stumbled across these photos that I took last January, and I was surprised by how stark and post-apocalyptic they looked. They visually captured my mood for the majority of January. Continue Reading

HOLIDAYS MEMENTOS

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 23, 2011

Taking a break from Alaska photos (one day I’ll catch up) to bring you some holiday greetings! I can’t believe Christmas is just a couple days away, and that we are already at the end of the year. Where does the time go? We are so excited to have our family visit from Texas this year. We can’t wait to show them around! Happy Holidays everyone!

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