Month: January 2013
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I finally met Princess Tiana
As I mentioned previously, last week my sister was here helping me get settled into the new place in San Diego. We did take some day trips, though, and one of our stops was at Disneyland. We’d just gone to Disney World in Florida back in November, so it was kind of cool to see…
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Joshua Tree National Park in January
Last week, my sister came to California with me to help me settle back into the new place and to help me out with the errandy type things that always accompany a move, and which are much more easily accomplished with two people. Of course we also did some fun sight seeing (which is also…
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Baby Panda. That is all.
Okay, so as a reward for (finally) having a functional (and neatly organized) closet again, I got myself up earlyish today and went to the San Diego Zoo during the morning BABY PANDA viewing. I’ll just leave this here… I would say that I could just quit the internet for today… but I really ought…
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There and Back Again: a Hobbit Commentary
WARNING: Spoilers, Sweetie. My thoughts on the first installment of the new Hobbit trilogy, after having seen it twice. First, I’m not sure that the 3D added to my enjoyment of the movie, except that the scenery was more immersive. I enjoyed all of the New Zealand vistas, and getting to see both familiar and…
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Fog at Cape Hatteras: a weekend at the North Carolina Outer Banks
I moved to North Carolina when I was fourteen. I have spent countless weekends in the North Carolina mountains (and up into Virginia and over into Tennessee), be it for day trips or camping weekends or summer vacations, but until I was in my twenties, I had never been to the Outer Banks. In fact,…
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Things for which my sister is too tall.
Over the last couple of months that I’ve been visiting my family (it’s been an extended visit, what can I say?), I’ve discovered a growing list of things for which my sister is too tall. They include, but are not limited to: Disney World (starting with the tram from the parking lot, and including many…
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New photos and my Passport to the National Parks
While on my wild horse chasing weekend, I discovered something that’s been around almost as long as I have– the National Park system’s Passport. I’m a National Parks member, so I get into all the parks for free, and I went to a TON of national parks as a kid, but somehow I missed the…
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Horror Hotel VINDICATION
So, the AWESOME HOTEL where E and I wound up not staying now has put pending charges on my account that amount to FOUR NIGHTS worth of stays… when we didn’t even stay ONCE. I understand that they charged me for ONE night, since I didn’t cancel until 8pm (because I didn’t want to get…
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Horror hotel update
So, I decided I wanted some photos for my last blog post (which you can see here). It wasn’t all that far out of the way from dinner tonight, so E and I stopped by, thinking we could just pull into the parking lot again, like last night. I slowed down to make the turn……
Joanna Volavka 