Category: Etcetera
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Post a day?
Day 1 being 31. I seem to have abandoned this blog but always have intentions of writing. New decade. New [mom] life. New intentions. New beginnings.
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New Year’s Eve 2013
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Catholics for Marriage Equality
I approve this ad! You can find my name below: Ad from Catholics for Marriage Equality Washington State For my Catholic friends and family, learn about Marriage Equality: Pope Benedict once wrote, “Over the Pope as expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there stands one’s own conscience which must be obeyed before all…
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Ryan’s 30th
Here’s to the next decade, babe!
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Weekend in Vancouver
Ryan and I went on a little trip to Canada this weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary a few days early. What a beautiful (and blazingly hot) summer weekend in the Pacific Northwest! Now time for a reverse to do list! Arrival to Vancouver 1. Drive north and stop in Everett for vermicelli bowls at…
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New York – Day 4
1. Wake up early and grab oatmeal and hashbrowns on way to subway. 2. Go to Bryant Park and learn there’s an hour wait for next ferry to Ellis Island. 3. Stand in the line in the sun and sweat. A lot. 4. Board ferry, take in views of Manhattan and Lady Liberty. 5. Speed…
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New York – Day 3
1. Sleep-in and walk to Jane Restaurant in Greenwich Village for amazing brunch. 3. Drink complimentary cocktails and eat biscuits and lobster eggs benedict. 4. Walk through Chelsea and Meatpacking District. Enjoy the relative quiet. 5. Visit Highline Park. Decide it’s worth the hype. Admire creative reuse of space. 6. Buy refreshing ice cream sandwich…
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New York – Day 2
1. Depart the mansion with Jen, Mark & Shar and drive to Queens for dim sum. 2. Eat really good shrimp balls in shark fin soup, chicken sticky rice, and dumplings. 3. Walk around and find neat Chinese bakery and tea shop (black sesame milk tea, please!). 4. Drive Jen to LGA and sit in…
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New York – Day 1
I really enjoyed Jenn’s Retroactive To Do List, so I started to make my own while in New York last weekend. I tend to over-complicate the writing process and thought I’d give this a shot instead. Hope that’s cool, Jenn! 1. Sleep in until 11am, wake up in a mansion in Long Island. 2. Have…
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Arrival to Tokyo
It was pretty delightful flying direct to Japan, especially since I had been able to purchase tickets for both Ryan and I using my airline miles. The 10+ hours went by quickly as I was largely engrossed in reading Hunger Games for the first time, followed by an attempted nap. The highlights: scoring an entire…