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What Life is Like When You Have Corgis
Did you know that I have two corgis? If you don’t have corgis yourself, you may have wondered what it’s like to have these wonderful, zany little dogs in your life. You may be wondering if you should add a corgi or two to your own family. Let me share a few of my own…
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A Visit to Temple Distilling
Recently, Chris and I came to the realization that we both kind of like gin. More and more we found ourselves ordering gin-based cocktails and really enjoying them, so it was time to learn more about gin and get some of our own to play with at home. Luckily for us, Temple Distilling is right…
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Northwest Tea Festival 2017
This weekend’s plans to visit a cider festival down in Gig Harbor fell through, so instead we spent Sunday at the Northwest Tea Festival, which was possibly even better. Cider and beer festivals are great, but there’s one small drawback to them: because you only get a limited amount of tickets, and because you don’t…
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Pumpkin Everything
It’s that time of year, where fall flavors creep onto the shelves, and chief among them is that big orange gourd, pumpkin! But the pumpkin isn’t just on the shelves. It’s in the news. In the memes. It’s everywhere. For whatever reason, out of all other flavors in the world, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice…
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The Cactus Goes Home
I’m recently returned from a whirlwind visit back to Tucson! Friends of ours were getting married on Saturday, so we flew in Friday morning and back to Seattle Sunday morning. It was such a quick visit! So if you’re a Tucson friend reading this after the fact, please forgive me for not being able to…
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Cider Summit Seattle Recap
This weekend my partner, my best friend and I all went to the Cider Summit Seattle, in South Lake Union. It’s something we’ve all been looking forward to since last year, when Chris was still in AZ and Niffer had just had oral surgery, so she served as my DD and didn’t get to have…
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Making Shrub
One hobby I’ve picked up since moving to Washington is making shrubs. What is a shrub? It’s drinking vinegar, which sounds horrible but is actually delicious. I experienced it for the first time at the Whiskey Soda Lounge in Portland, OR. I really enjoyed it so I kept my eye out for other shrub-based drinks…
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Dinner at The Whale Wins
Last night my partner Chris and I enjoyed a delicious dinner at The Whale Wins in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. We learned about The Whale Wins from Nate, owner of two of our favorite Tucson restaurants — Prep & Pastry and Commoner & Co. When he found out that I was moving to Seattle…
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Who is The Displaced Cactus?
Meet the writer behind The Displaced Cactus! Hello! My name is AJ, and this is my blog. I’ve been maintaining a dance blog for years, but it’s very much shifted to be geared towards my fellow dancers as the primary audience. So I thought it was about time I started a personal blog to…
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The Displaced Cactus
Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington
