A very silly weekend

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I spent this weekend doing some of my most favorite things with my most favorite people. That’s my mom, sister, brother and my brother’s girlfriend (whom I have already demanded he marry) and me in the photobooth at my cousins… Read more

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Christmas in San Diego

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We’re home from San Diego. We spent a week eating eating eating, playing games, sight seeing and eating! That’s pretty much all I care about on vacation – where are we eating next?? We took a winding drive through La… Read more

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More San Diego: Balboa Park

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Balboa Park was the perfect end to our trip. We spent the day walking through the gardens in the conservatory, staring at skulls in the Natural History Museum and eating lunch at the little cafe (which was veg/vegan friendly!) near… Read more

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More San Diego: Brunch & Karaoke at Analog

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We spent almost an entire day eating, drinking and entertaining ourselves at Analog in the Gaslamp District. What started as brunch, turned into a pile of champagne bottles and some very enthusiastic karaoke. This is where my sister and I… Read more

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More San Diego: Torrey Pines

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One of my favorite parts of the trip as hiking Torrey Pines State Reserve. We walked all the way down the beach, past that cliff at the end and then up up up! The paths were a challenging enough to… Read more

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San Diego Zoo

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While my plan was mostly to figure it out as we went along, one of the few things I really wanted to do while on vacation was visit the San Diego Zoo. When we walked through the gates and opened… Read more

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Home Sweet Home

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I didn’t realize how much I needed a vacation until I was actually out in San Diego away from work and class and my computer. I made a self-imposed rule of no Facebook checking and set my email to only… Read more

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Hello from San Diego!

Hello from San Diego! I’m here visiting my brother and have spent the past few days walking all over North Park, visiting the zoo, eating everything in sight and watching multiple documentaries. Yesterday was brunch and karaoke fueled by bottomless… Read more

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Holiday Photos

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I had a few days off from work this week and here’s how I spent it… Eating massive amounts of cheesy potatoes and tofu chocolate peanut butter pie  Mom making us big kids popcorn and hot toddies + secret undies… Read more

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Gingerbread House Party

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Sunday was the third annual gingerbread house building party at my parent’s. My sister and I decided we were really only interested in building things to eat…like sandwiches. So we played with all the kids instead, chasing them around the… Read more

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Delicious Weekend

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I knew I had a good weekend when I looked through my photos this morning and realized they were all of food. Friday Pants took me on a little date to Grand Trunk Pub downtown. He wouldn’t tell me where… Read more

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Hooping at Q-bers

I love spending the weekend at my parents house, lounging by the pool, baking in the sun then finding shade under an umbrella to snack on cherries and watermelon. Floating on a big pink raft until I fall asleep. Not… Read more

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Arcade

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This weekend was my sister’s graduation party at Dave & Busters, which if you’ve never been there, it’s like Chuck E. Cheese for adults. We had dinner with my big, crazy family, ordered giant margaritas and talked about making a… Read more

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Things I Love Thursday

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Spending the day at my parent’s house: My dad made eggs and mimosas for mother’s day breakfast. It was awesome to have all three of us back at home while my brother was still in town and I know my… Read more

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Graduation Surprise

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Saturday morning my alarm went off at the disgustingly early time of 5am. NOTHING gets me out of bed this early, nothing except doing things for people I love. 30 minutes later I was at the airport with my brother… Read more

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