Category: US Travels
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Alllllloooooooooo-HA!
Although I already loved my job, I felt particularly joyous when I was invited to teach at an annual CME course in Hawaii within my first few weeks of starting! Going to a conference in Hawaii all for the cost of four lectures…yes, please. Sign me up! The conference was held at the Moana Surfrider…
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Stanley, ID: Sawtooth Mountains, Hatchery, and Redfish Lake
I got home from Europe and had two days to get ready for our “real” vacation. This was the vacation that was a little more planned for the two of us, rather than a quick, last-minute solo trip. Although don’t get me wrong, I love both types of trips! Originally, we were going to take…
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72 Hours in Brooklyn
SMS and I had an extended weekend in NYC! It was fantastic! We arrived into EWR very late on Friday and took a ride share over to Brooklyn. We stayed at an Aloft that was on the edge of the DUMBO district. The hotel had a few mixed reviews, mainly regarding the paper thin walls…
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Highlights: August 2019 (Part 1: Road Trip Edition)
SMS and I are YouTube stars. Yes, really! Ok, no, not so much. But we do have our own channel with 11 subscribers and a few hundred views. We’re going to go viral any….second… But, yes, I’m going to be a little bit lazy and start off with the YouTube channel first since it covers…
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Highlights: July 2019 (Part 2)
Aaaand…we’re back! Second half of July! On Saturday, I decided to treat ourselves by booking tickets to Hamilton! I have wanted to see the show for a really long time. I was excited to take SMS to a show since it isn’t something we have really done together before. Actually, we had seen Wicked and…
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Jamestown, with and without an “E”
SMS and I spent the Thanksgiving weekend in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Since we were in such a historic part of the country, we decided to check out the former site of Jamestown, the first permenent English colony in the U.S. SMS had been there when he was in junior high and remembered the…
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Day trip to Outer Banks, NC
SMS and I decided to take a day trip to the Outer Banks earlier this month. It was the Saturday after Labor Day so even though we were charged peak tolls, it seemed that we were into the “shoulder season” with far fewer tourists. We had an amazing time! We drove along the 158E and…
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Central Coast California- Party and Wine Tasting
The weekend after an East Coast family trip, SMS and I made our way from Silicon Valley to the Central Coast. First stop? Great-Uncle Al’s 90th birthday party in Arroyo Grande! Before we went to the party, we stopped at our favorite taco place in nearby Pismo Beach, Papi’s Grill. We ordered a few tacos…
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4th of July and West Orange, NJ
SMS and I visited family over the extended 4th of July weekend. For the 4th itself, we went to the Shook family annual party. It was a little more mellow this year compared to others (no swinging fireballs!), but it was a lot of fun. The company was great and we had an awesome view…
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Busy (NYC) Weekend
On Friday, I got a few hours of sleep and then woke up to start the journey home. I grabbed my takeaway breakfast from the fridge and walked to the station. The journey home was pretty uneventful although connecting through Brussels was a little nerve-wracking since there was a HUGE line for non-EU citizens leaving…
Portmanteau Suitcase 