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Weekend adventures – Charleston, SC…

Two weeks. It’s been two weeks since I’ve blogged! One week of the cold/bronchitis and then a last-minute adventure down to Florida. I’m SO glad we went, too… because if anything is going to get you in...

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The Last Two Weeks…

= Bronchitis. 12 full days. I’m SO behind on work. Getting caught up has been interesting! But this last weekend was jam packed with adventures. My friend from LA was in town and we went antiquing....

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Spontaneous trip to California & back – Part 1 of ?

Perhaps we are allergic to planning things, perhaps the OCD runs deep… but when someone asks you “what do you want to do this holiday weekend?”, it usually doesn’t involve a 40 hour cross country...

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California Trip- Obsession with Food Trucks

I’m familiar with the food truck concept. We called them ‘roach coaches’ in high school. It was never gourmet… in fact, I remember vividly the very last purchase I made with a roach coach back in 2008....

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California Trip – PA Job

With all of my online shops on vacation hold, I had the opportunity to try something new to occupy my time while we were in LA. I’ve been told I should look into doing Production Design by a few...

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Hello Bay Area…

It’s kind of like Los Angeles… but… the weather is cooler, there are bridges, trains and trees everywhere, and not just of the palm variety. You can drive to several big cities, distinctive beaches and...

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Bean Hollow State Beach

Located 17.5 miles south of Half Moon Bay is a small gem of a beach called Bean Hollow State Beach. If you park and walk north, there’s a tiny beach with little bean-like pebbles, instead of sand… And...

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Two Trips to Napa

Our first trip to Napa was at the end of March for my Mom’s Birthday. We took the Napa Valley Wine Train, which starts with a trip to a vineyard and then ends with a gourmet meal on their train. It’s...

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Throw Back Thursday Art

In the late 1990’s, I was lucky enough to accompany my Mom on a trip to London. We stayed at Claridge’s, which is a beautiful and very charming hotel near Oxford Circus. Late one night, I sat out on...

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Throw Back Thursday Art

I found an old sketchbook from the 1990’s that has had several fun sketches of places I had been. This one was different, because it was somewhere I had frequented. A lot. This is one of the stairways...

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Asheville Adventure 1 of 2

You know how your family would plan vacations months in advance? You’d research and read reviews, get a feel for your destination, plan out each day accordingly and budget your time at each place,...

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Asheville Adventure 2 of 2

The Biltmore Estate… A fifty dollar ticket into the Biltmore gives you a self guided tour of the large house and access to the adjacent gardens, a lake and a shopping area with wine tasting, food and...

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