Travel
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Giving Thanks
I’m recovering from Thanksgiving, take one, with Mom’s side of the family today, and off for Thanksgiving, take two, with Dad’s side of the family tomorrow. Enjoy the weekend, everyone, and have a happy Thanksgiving!
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Welcome to New York!
A special shout-out today to Euan, a longtime Sweet Blog o’ Mine reader, who came all the way to New York from Scotland just to see me. Well, not really. He’s here on vacation and we decided it would be a great opportunity to meet in person. Welcome to New York, Euan — enjoy the
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Visiting Another Blue State: the San Fran Report
Jenn and I had both stayed up late to watch election returns last Tuesday night, so when we met super-early on Wednesday morning, we were both incredibly cranky and depressed, hoping that the worst was not yet inevitable. During our flight over Jesusland (as the map that’s been going around now calls it), our pilot
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Ah . . . Fall
So last weekend was our 8th annual OJ, and like others before it, this one was filled with friends, food, wine, and junior high potty humor. Unlike past years, however, we were in a super-duper-kickass house in Vermont, thanks to the hard work of our man Sco. We all plan to chip in so that
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And We’re Off!
Off to the woods for our 8th (?) annual OJ — the October soJourn, this year to VT. I’m sure I’ll return with scads of pictures, several tasty recipes, and tons of nauseatingly-gushy-sweet things to say about how amazing my friends are. For a preview, read last year’s entry.
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Welcome to the Working Week*
Back from a completely relaxing weekend in Kismet. Not as many pictures, or as many people as last time, but once again, I am so happy that I got a chance to escape a bit this weekend. I even got in a beach day — yes, the weather cooperated enough for us to have a
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Amalga-Love and Smooches
As usual, I’m a little too tired to do much else, but I wanted to post the pictures from the Mates’ 20th anniversary gala weekend. The Mates, or Amalgamates, is the Tufts coed a cappella singing group, in which I was not only a member, but president and business manager as well, not to mention
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The Great Labor Day Chill
It’s my last hour at my folks’ house in Portland and I wanted to check in before I headed off to our cabin on the lake. Although I have missed being part of the action back home, I think I’m glad that I’m here rather than in the midst of the fray, but I can
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A Bicycle Built for Two
I just returned from a weekend in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, at the wedding of my dear friends Doug and Leora. Doug I have known for about a decade at this point, and it was several years ago while training for our second AIDS Ride that we both had the pleasure of meeting Leora. It has always