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more pizza and gelato and Neptune, oh my
Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was filled with so many activities that were great for the soul. How about you? Did you do...
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spoiler alert: i did not lose my hand
Happy Sunday! In case you didn’t get the chance to think about today’s date yet, it’s 5/10/20. And if you wanted to figure out the next...
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it's the vatican, not the vatican't
Happy Saturday! Woohoo! You made it to the weekend! And I hope you did something like what I do every time I wake up on Saturday...
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father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife
Happy Friday! You’ve made it to the end of the week! If you didn’t get a chance to read yesterday’s post - “mussolini’s window and the...
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mussolini's window and the philosophers' metro stop
Happy Thursday, and welcome back to your shelter-in-home virtual travel adventure! As your tour guide, it is my duty and honor to keep...
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pizza in roma
Happy hump day! Although the current state of the world and shelter-in-home orders can warp our collective sense of time, you’ve made it...
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cinco de mayo: the best Mexican food in Dublin
Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you’d asked me a couple months ago what I’d be doing today, I probably would have said something along the lines...
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may the 4th be with you: Dingle style
Happy shelter-in-place Monday! And for all my fellow Star Wars fans out there, May the 4th be with you! How are you doing? You hangin' in...
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plant a smooch for that gift of gab
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you’re taking today to rest and spend some quality time with loved ones, especially your most valuable...
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Once Upon a December in the National Gallery
Hey there! Happy weekend (if you’ve lost track of the days thanks to the global pandemic, today is Saturday May 2, 2020)! If you...
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grateful for starbucks and sandymount strand
If you read my last blog post and decided to join me while I share some stories of my travels abroad, welcome! If you didn’t read my last...
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Won't you join me?
Hey there! How are you doing? This whole shelter-in-place thing is really somethin’, huh? Hey, I get it. Some days I feel totally...
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i do know you
You Know Me. Three incredibly powerful words turned hashtag. If you’ve posted those words in earnest in the past few days, I see you...
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the power of red lights
Have you ever noticed yourself telling a story to comfort someone else and while you’re telling it you realize it’s a story you’ve never...
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chicago to home
What's this? A twofer?! Youuuuu betcha. My last post was all about crossing the Mississippi and spending time in Chicago. If you...
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marion to wisconsin to chicago
Man, day 11 already? Who knew that last post would cause me to stake my claim and choose a side in the heated opinions on $400 cowboy...
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mount rushmore to marion
Day 10, day 10! Double digits! In my last post, deadwood to mount rushmore, I recapped what turned out to be a short drive between the...
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deadwood to mount rushmore
So we’ve arrived at day 9. Day 8’s post - whitehall to yellowstone to deadwood - featured some fun journal stuff and a few photos,...
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whitehall to yellowstone to deadwood
Day 8. Man, that day 7 post was a bit of a doozy, huh? So many links to get everybody up to date and keep everybody up to speed! Well,...
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spokane to whitehall
Day 7! You did it! The road trip lasted a total of 13 days, so you’re over half-way finished! Proud of you! Have you caught up? If...
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kalaloch to seattle to spokane
Whoa. Day 6 already? If you’re not caught up yet, days 1-5 are up, starting in LA with day 5 ending up in Kalaloch. So leaving Kalaloch...
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portland to kalaloch
Day 5 already? Can you believe it? Me neither! So far I’ve written about days 1-4. Day four was about my hotel stay in Portland and...
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sunset bay to portland
Oh hello again! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about days 1-3 of my US cross-country road trip: Gualala Point, Gold Bluffs Beach, and...
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gold bluffs beach to sunset bay
Welcome back! If you didn't get a chance to catch up on days 1 and 2 of my US cross-country road trip, you can click here: los angeles...
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