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The Cactus Goes to Europe!
I have recently returned from my first-ever trip to Europe! What an adventure I had. I don’t even know where to start. This could easily turn into a novella if I wrote about the entire thing, so I’ll just try to stick to some general impressions and highlights. Getting There Getting to Amsterdam took forever.…
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Date Night Idea: Cooking Class
If you and your partner are both foodies, or are looking to cook at home more and possibly eat healthier, why not make a date night out of a cooking class? On our recent trip down to Portland, Chris and I took a class with a long-time friend of mine, Swati. She offers cooking classes…
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A Weekend in Portland
Last month, Chris and I celebrated our anniversary. We’ve been together basically forever, so we deserved a nice celebration. We decided to take a long weekend in Portland! Read on for some of our adventures and recommendations. Friday We both took the day off of work and drove down at around 10am, late enough to…
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An Afternoon in the International District
A recent review of Jiaozi! in the Seattle Times gave us a hankering for dumplings, so we decided that last weekend was the perfect time for a visit to the International District (aka Chinatown-International District but I never hear anyone use the full name). On an intermittently sunny and rainy afternoon, we made our way…
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Months of Adventure Coming Up!
I didn’t get to travel much last year. Basically other than moving up here and going to weddings back in AZ, I stayed put. That is not the case for 2018! I have packed the first half of the year full of genuine out-of-state adventures. Here’s where my journeys will take me: Salem, OR! Next…
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8 Tips for Easy Adventures
I like to refer to my Year of Exploration jaunts as “adventures.” It’s probably because I enjoy gaming, so it’s fun to imagine life as a series of side quests and dungeon crawls. So often, when we think of going on an adventure, or exploring, we imagine it has to be a big all-day expedition,…
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope your holiday is going well. It’s just after 7pm as I sit down to write this and we have so far only had one family of trick-or-treaters (two adults with a toddler). The corgis were very excited to receive the attention, especially Daisy who is wearing her beetle wings from…
The Displaced Cactus
Adventures of a former desert dweller transplanted to Washington