Vacation is synonymous with joy to me. I love being free of the stress of every day life and I love traveling. This week I am tagging along while my husband attends a conference in Los Angeles, because I am too selfish to let him get that close to the ocean without me. Yesterday while [...]
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Vacation eats
October 4th, 2011
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I did weigh in on Friday, and I lost 2.5 pounds. Now I am on vacation and I am trying not to put that back on and, so far, that’s been a challenge. We are in Los Angeles, and California is known for its healthy food options, right? Sure. It also has every other not-so-healthy [...]
The culinary challenge of vacation
September 5th, 2011
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We made a pilgrimage to our home state this weekend for a football game and to spend some time with family and friends. This has been the most enjoyable weekend we’ve had in a long time, despite the fact that we were incredible dumb asses who attempted to tailgate in 106 degree heat. The good [...]
Peaceful, easy feeling
July 6th, 2010
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I cannot tell you how much being near water calms me. Much better than Klonopin or Prozac. My in-laws have a three-bedroom condo on a lake in Indiana, my and my husband’s home state. Even though I have only been visiting here for six summers, it feels so much like home. Even when my in-laws [...]
Vacation wrap-up: asshats, kids and luggage
September 27th, 2009
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While we were de-boarding the plane in Atlanta, the asshat in 39D, the one that had his head in my lap for the entire flight? Hit me in the face with his backpack. And some old guy grabbed my left boob. And a small child explained how to make chocolate milk. I loved that little [...]
Falling water and naked wine
September 26th, 2009
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Yesterday we visited Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. After we hiked and took lots of photos and appreciated the sheer beauty of nature, we headed to Hood River and sampled lots of beer at Full Sail Brewery and went to the world’s most memorably-themed tasting room at the Naked Winery. And we spent [...]
Jerks on a plane
September 26th, 2009
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So we had to get up at ass-thirty in the morning to get to the airport so we could catch our predawn flight back to reality. And I managed to only be a smart-assed biznatch to my husband about half a dozen times before we finally got through security and found a Starbucks for the [...]
September 25th, 2009
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Last breakfast in Oregon. Chocolate hazelnut scone and yum-ilcious coffee. And the company of my sexy-licious hubby. Bliss. Today we go to visit a waterfall. Photos later.
The last meal
September 24th, 2009
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We went out for dinner last night to celebrate my gorgeous hubby’s birthday. On the recommendation of the hotel’s concierge, we had reservations at Newman’s, a French-Italian bistro in a tiny yellow cottage on Hemlock, the main drag of Cannon Beach. In my mind this was the last indulgent meal I planned to have before [...]
