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A Minnesota State Fair Love Story

December 2nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · travel

I started writing this in September, shortly after we got back from our annual Minnesota State Fair trip, and it’s been sitting in my drafts folder ever since. UNTIL NOW. Our second Minnesota State Fair together is going to be tough to beat. The Skyride is my favorite part of the fair (besides the cheese [...]

Travels in Ireland: Cliffs of Moher

March 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · travel

From Dingle we drove to Galway, with a stop along the way to see the Cliffs of Moher, which . . . you know, I kept a journal during our trip, and I’m so glad I did because otherwise I would’ve forgotten things like where we had dinner in Dingle, that the bathrooms in the [...]

Travels in Ireland: Driving to Dingle

March 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · travel

We spent most of our second day in Ireland driving from Dublin to Dingle. Our GPS spent most of this time in a state of confusion. It refused to recognize a long stretch of the M7 and kept trying to get us back to the N7, which we were also still sort of on, I [...]

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Travels in Ireland: Dublin Wanderings

March 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · travel

Because we weren’t going to be spending more than a full day in Dublin, I didn’t make a huge list of things to do. I wanted to go to Trinity College, Dan wanted to find the statue of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, and other than that we were content to wander around and let the [...]

Travels in Ireland: Knitters Edition

February 25th, 2011 · 4 Comments · travel

I had one misconception about Ireland before our trip. I assumed that it would be easy to find yarn there, anywhere, since not only are sheep everywhere — and I do mean everywhere, dotting the landscape in such numbers that I briefly wondered whether they could all belong to farmers, or whether there was a [...]

Books, games, and art

December 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · photo essays, projects, travel, writing

I’m trying to find a way to blog in less time — yesterday’s post, while mostly unedited, took about 2 hours, although to be fair most of that time was spent looking for pictures to upload to break up the monotony of text (The Monotony of Text: memoir title?). I know some of you are [...]

One more Travels in Montreal post

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · photo essays, travel

Montreal is an exceptionally pretty city, one that lends itself quite well to meandering from street to street, without a clear sense of direction. It is not unlike New York in this respect. So for our last day, we opted to simply wander around and see what we could see. There are many parks. This [...]

Travels in Montreal: Michelle and the Giant Orange

July 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · travel

When last we saw our intrepid travelers, they were strolling down Rue Saint Paul in Vieux-Montréal, admiring the view and discussing lunch options, lamenting their missed poutine opportunity from the night before. They’d passed a pedestrian mall with several restaurants, and though it looked kinda touristy, they agreed to grab a quick bite before heading [...]

Travels in Montreal: Notre-Dame Basilica

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · travel

We were able to walk to Old Montreal from our hotel on Saint Denis; it took about 15-20 minutes. We passed what I’m guessing were the government buildings, including one that had a few lovely and interestingly landscaped designs on the lawn. I posted one yesterday, and here’s my favorite: From the civic area it [...]

Travels in Montreal: Day One

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments · travel

Crossing the border into Canada, we were asked the purpose of our visit: “Vacation,” replied Dan. “Visiting with friends.” Crossing the border into the United States three days later, we were again asked the purpose of our visit. “We basically just ate and drank our way through the city,” said Dan. I’d never been to [...]

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