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December 29, 2012

End of 2012 Photos: Seattle

I am taking these last few, precious days of 2012 to post things that I should have posted much, much earlier. This trip to Seattle for instance, happened way back in September but unfortunately, time got away from me. Hopefully, I can do a much better job in 2013. That's the goal anyway. But back …

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September 11, 2012

Travels and Photos on the Olympic Peninsula

Over Labor Day weekend jwa and I traveled to Port Townsend, WA for a long weekend. We've been going there every so often since we first moved to Portland, way, way back in 2000. The first time we visited, it was for a friend's wedding (she's from Port Townsend) and we both just really fell …

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August 14, 2012

Coast Weekend in Photos: Part II

So, here's the second part of my coast photos post and most of these pictures are from Astoria. With one exception...the first one is of Sunday morning's breakfast...a cream cheese and onion bialy from Pacific Way Cafe Bakery. I liked this so much that I recreated them at home last weekend. They turned out great! …

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July 22, 2012

Staying and Eating in Santa Fe, New Mexico: Casita Madera and Restaurant Martin

I have been meaning to do a post or two (or five) about our roadtrip in May to the Southwest but I keep being lazy about it. Well. No more. Here is at least one post about it. Santa Fe, in particular and our dinner at Restaurant Martin, which was one of (if not THE) …

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October 24, 2011

The Great Southwest Roadtrip of 2011

As I'm starting to plan another epic Southwest road trip for next Spring, I thought I'd take the time to do a post and an overview of last Spring's trip. I can't believe I never did a recap, but then a lot of bad crap happened after we got back and I think I just …

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