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Victoria, B.C. (Part 1)
^Scottish Highlands Parade in front of the British Parliament Building^ Last weekend Ben and I went to Victoria, British Columbia via the Victoria Clipper. It’s a trip we’ve been meaning to take since...
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Waterfront Bike Ride (Victoria, BC: Part 2)
My favorite part about our weekend in Victoria, British Columbia, was the bike ride we did along the waterfront. The Hotel Grand Pacific, where we stayed, offers complimentary bikes to guests, so with...
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Flower Market
The Seattle Wholesale Growers’ Market is open to the public on Fridays from 10am-noon. The market is in Georgetown, a neighborhood in South Seattle. I went over there yesterday to check it out. The...
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Jose Rizal Bridge
Last weekend Ben and I drove to Jose Rizal Park in Beacon Hill (South Seattle). We explored the park a little…Kai liked the off-leash dog area a lot…grass and dog friends! The Jose Rizal Bridge is...
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Fiber Art Show at Sassafras Boutique
Hey friends. I’m so excited to have a collection of original fiber art on display at Sassafras boutique (2307 1st Ave.) in Belltown! It will be up during the Belltown Art Walk this Friday night, June...
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Fiber Art at Fresh Flours
Hey friends, if you’re in Seattle, I hope you’ll stop by Fresh Flours bakery in Ballard soon (5313 Ballard Ave. NW) I encourage you to go for a sweet treat and because my art work is hanging up for...
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Whale-Watching in the San Juans
On Saturday (June 27) Ben and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. We spent the day whale watching in the San Juan Islands on the Victoria Clipper whale watching boat. It was a breathtaking day...
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A Quick Weekend in Rose City
As I’ve mentioned before here on the blog, Ben and I always love exploring Portland. We spent a rainy Friday night and Saturday there this past weekend, and brought our dog Kai along for the fun. Our...
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Mount Ellinor Hike
It’s 63 degrees and pouring rain in Seattle on this mid-August day, and it made me think of a hike Ben and I took to Mt. Ellinor on the Olympic Peninsula last month, when we were greeted with fog and...
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Grove of the Patriarchs
Some of my family came to town at the beginning of August. We spent a lot of time exploring Seattle, and also took a day to go to Mt. Rainier National Park. After spending the morning hiking around...
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Olympic Discovery Trail
At the end of August, Ben and I went to Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula with some friends to bike a section of the Olympic Discovery Trail. We soaked up as much of the wide open land and sea air...
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Vietnam Part 1: Scenes of Hanoi
Ben and I just got back from a trip to Vietnam (with a short stop in Seoul on the way home.) There’s something overwhelming to me about going through my photos and attempting to share my memories...
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Vietnam Part 2: Sights of Hanoi
^The Temple of Literature, a Confucius temple built in 1070. Small admission fee ($1 per person).^ Ben and I spent three days in Hanoi on our trip to Vietnam, the city book-ending days spent in the...
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Ebey’s Landing Hike
“Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog,...
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The Snow Train to Leavenworth, WA
Ben and I took the “snow train” to Leavenworth, WA earlier this month. Leavenworth is a little town in the mountains modeled after a Bavarian village. The “snow train” is a special Amtrak train that...
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Daydreaming in Cabo
Happy March! As the rain is pouring down outside I’m finally sharing a bunch of photos from a dreamy, sunshine-filled getaway Ben and I took to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico last month. We’ve never done a...
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Vietnam – Affordability and Adventure
In September Ben and I traveled to Vietnam. We used skymiles for our plane tickets, which was part of what influenced our destination choice — plugging in different locations to see where we could get...
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Vietnam Part 3: On to Ha Giang
I’m back today with more from our September trip to Vietnam. After leaving Hanoi we traveled to Ha Giang for the first part of our tour of the northern countryside. We were in the car for over six...
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Vietnam Part 4: Countryside Market Snapshots
During our ride from Hanoi into the northern countryside we stopped at this countryside market. It wasn’t a tourist destination, but the village version of a grocery store that is set up every morning...
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Vietnam Part 5: Countryside Village
This country village was another stop we made along the road from Hanoi to Ha Giang. We were greeted cheerfully by villagers, pigs and chickens, and a few water buffalo. The rice fields are such a...
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