On Saturday, Stephanie, who was in California for a 5-day getaway with her husband, invited me to come and hang out with them in beautiful Napa Valley for the day. I was so thrilled to get the opportunity to meet up with her. We met up for brunch at the popular...
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{Photo Credit: domitilla ferrari via Compfight cc} Today is my dear friend Kim‘s birthday. It seem impossible that a whole year has gone by again… and even more impossible is the fact that I haven’t seen her for more than 12 months. When I was home over Christmas, we were supposed...
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I’ve felt a little lost the last few weeks. I just got back from this whirlwind trip back to Germany. I am behind on blogging, reading blogs and everything else. I am tired, I have a cold, but after all the precious time that I was able to take off...
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When you guys are reading this, J and I will be somewhere over the clouds on our way to – or maybe already in – Germany (obviously not with Southwest, ha!, but we’re taking a connecting flight down to LAX first and are then hopping on a straight flight from...
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J and I had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice, cozy, quiet – just the two of us! – and my long weekend actually started a little earlier than anticipated since we were granted a 3-hour early dismissal from work on Wednesday. Sweeeet! I got up (quite) early on Thursday and...
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I had the most relaxing, lovely 4-day weekend ever. On Friday, I visited my friend Susi in the Bay area. We spent the day chatting and took a walk through the neighborhood on this beautiful fall day. The view of the bay was gorgeous and it was sunny and quite...
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This is the continued recap of our 10-day trip to the East Coast … the other parts are here, here and here. * * * Thursday morning (7/5), we left Boston for a 36-hour trip to the Cape. I had booked a room at a Bed & Breakfast near Hyannis for a night....
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This is the continued recap of our 10-day trip to the East Coast … first two parts are here and here. * * * We left Sturbridge on Tuesday morning and, after a hearty breakfast in Southbridge, headed up to my beloved Boston for the first part of our two-part stay....
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