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Itchy Feet
ad·ven·ture adˈven(t)SHər,ədˈven(t)SHər/ noun 1. an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. verbdated 1. engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory.
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Hiking and Wine
Lauralee and I are fortunate enough to have the same off Friday. So we often go hiking. And drink wine. Cowles Mountain was busy on a...
Laine
Mar 19, 20191 min read
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A Wedding, An Island and an Amazing Bookstore in a Disappointing City
This is a long one. Please feel free to skim or just look at pictures :) Friday morning I had a stupid early flight to Seattle. Thank...
Laine
Aug 1, 201812 min read
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Less Than 24 Hours in San Diego
I got a job interview offer from this company in San Diego, and they graciously booked me the worst flights ever. Ugh. I connected on the...
Laine
May 7, 20182 min read
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A Scientist, An Engineer and A Diplomat Walk Into A Speakeasy
Before I get to the speakeasy, Courtney and I saw Ani DiFranco at the 9:30 Club. ANI FREAKIN' DIFRANCO! I love her. See how excited we...
Laine
May 6, 20181 min read
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Darkly Ever After
For those of you who know me, you all know that I am huge advocate for public libraries. This is where I give a shout out to my good...
Laine
Mar 23, 20182 min read
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Weddings and Mardi Gras Balls
I headed to Shreveport, LA for Ginny's wedding celebration! And to escape the cold! Unfortunately, flights were really expensive and I...
Laine
Jan 29, 20182 min read
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Virginia Adventure Park
I mostly stopped writing posts about traveling to Virginia Beach to visit friends since I do it so frequently, but this trip warranted a...
Laine
Jan 1, 20181 min read
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Charleston For Not Long Enough
My good friend, Laurel, had the brilliant idea of capitalizing on a JetBlue fare sale and going to Charleston, SC. So we did! Laurel got...
Laine
Dec 2, 20175 min read
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Hawaii Packing Self Criticism :)
Things I Should Have Brought - Some kind of rain gear even though the forecast said no rain. Who knew there would be a fluke microburst /...
Laine
Oct 29, 20172 min read
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KAL Club to the Rescue
We did our last morning run together and stopped at Starbucks - there was no Shea this morning! I had a free drink from using my...
Laine
Oct 28, 20173 min read
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Big Wave Traffic
We started the day, shockingly, with a walk since we had run the night before. That was definitely the way to go. Courtney left for work...
Laine
Oct 27, 20174 min read
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Practicing My Jeep Wave
The daily walk (not run today) with Courtney and Starbucks trip happened. I love this morning ritual! Courtney left for work and I was...
Laine
Oct 26, 20174 min read
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Bikeadelic Adventures
Another morning run with Courtney - today we just did 2.5 miles on the canal, which is better than most people at 0430! We did the usual...
Laine
Oct 25, 20173 min read
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Surfing and Soufflé
After the crazy microburst storm yesterday, we still did the now typical 0500 walk (instead of run, since our knees are getting old) and...
Laine
Oct 24, 20175 min read
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Delicate Flowers
So unfortunately for Courtney, she had to work Monday-Friday. We both got up at 0430 to go for a run along the canal and did her usual...
Laine
Oct 23, 20176 min read
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Even Butterflies Can Vogue
Sunday morning we got a little bit of a later start since I had started to acclimate to the time change. We drove Courtney's Mustang...
Laine
Oct 22, 20173 min read
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The Craziest Venn Diagram
We got up early to go meet Courtney's Meetup hiking group. About 20-25 people showed up to do what turned out to be a pretty serious 7.5...
Laine
Oct 21, 20172 min read
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Aloha, Hawaii!
Hawaii! Finally! First of all, I must thank my good friend Courtney for this trip. She has been traveling to Hawaii for work for 1-2...
Laine
Oct 20, 20173 min read
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Beantown!
Feels Like Home I worked from home since it was closer to the airport, and thought I would take my apartment's shuttle to the Metro and...
Laine
Oct 18, 20178 min read
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Pre-Hawaii: Packing
Let There Be Lists! I'm a list person. I love making lists, I love editing lists, I get great satisfaction in crossing things off of...
Laine
Oct 12, 20172 min read
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