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Category Archives: travel
a walk on the beach
i was hoping to get to the ocean while we were in california, but we didn’t have any particular oceanside destination in mind. as we drove up the pacific coast highway, we were looking for a place to eat. we … Continue reading
driving up the pacific coast highway
saturday morning in LA, jake and i drove up the pacific coast highway to malibu. it was cool and overcast, with fog hanging like wreaths on the top of the hills. so lovely. i was taking pictures like a maniac … Continue reading
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Tagged california, drive, malibu, ocean, pacific, pacific coast highway, travel
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views from a drive through the hills
it was a beautiful drive, with the windows open, fresh air streaming in, and blasting opera the whole way (primarily some baritone singing an aria to us in italian). just amazing.
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
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LA story (part one)
you may or may not already know this, but when jake and i first started dating, he lived in LA. that was nine years ago (we just celebrated* our together-versary! nine years! holy moly!). we were long distance for the … Continue reading
day trip to cedarburg
by some minor miracle, jill and i both had the same day off, and she had an errand to run. the errand was at the end of a two hour drive though, so it was a day-long errand, and she … Continue reading
lyme regis in many pictures
i kind of fell off of my own recounting-england-bandwagon, but i’m back! and here to share most of the rest of lyme regis: there was never a lack of pretty things to look at. i was quite enchanted by the … Continue reading
Posted in books, travel
Tagged coast, england, granny's teeth, jane austen, lyme regis, persuasion, the cobb, travel, UK
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lyme regis panorama
a gif i made of the view in lyme regis! poor emi somehow kept getting shafted in my gifs (she ended up being blocked by jake in this one). sorry, emi! it wasn’t on purpose! there is still more to … Continue reading
Posted in travel, Uncategorized
Tagged coast, england, gif, lyme regis, ocean, panorama, travel, UK, view
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England, continued: Bath!
if i had to pick my absolute favorite part of the trip, it would be really really difficult. but our day in bath was absolutely 100% start-to-finish fantastic. we took the train from bristol, because it’s a very easy jaunt, … Continue reading
Posted in books, travel
Tagged bath, england, great britain, jane austen, somerset, the pump room, thermae bath spa, thermae spa, tourist, travel, UK, vacation
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yarn store: loop london
i did some research in advance of the trip, to figure out which yarn stores i ought to hit up. as it turns out, there aren’t many yarn stores of note in bristol, although in london, one store became the … Continue reading
Posted in craftiness, knitting, travel
Tagged camden passage, england, islington, knitting, london, loop, stash expansion, store, travel, UK, vacation, yarn store
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a lovely gift from a london friend
i mentioned a meetup very briefly yesterday. for those of you who know about me through solely knitting venues, i’m also heavily involved in the creation of a webseries, the platoon of power squadron. we have a smallish (by youtube … Continue reading
Posted in craftiness, travel
Tagged darning mushroom, gift, handspun, london, travel, vacation, yarn
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