Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

NaBloPoMo: Hell on wheels

November 16, 2009emily 4 Comments »

Turns out I was a little off-base on the whole “best birthday present evah” proclamation this year. Allow me to explain. For John’s birthday, I got him a hiking trip in the Plott Balsams of North Carolina. I should preface this tale by saying that I’ve been working on this trip, researching every angle, for [...]

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And we’re back!

July 31, 2009emily 1 Comment »

I just flew in from DC and boy are my arms tired. BA DUM BUM! Some jokes never cease to be funny, right? Right? *cough* Okay, so here are some photos from the trip. Enjoy! Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “500″, “8″, “#DDDDDD”); so.addParam(“quality”, “low”); so.addParam(“scale”, “noscale”); [...]

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To tip or not to tip?

December 2, 2008emily 1 Comment »

I recently read an article about eco-friendly hotels in which the author (the lovely Holly of Nothing But Bonfires) referenced, among other things, those signs in hotels that urge you to hang up your towels if you’d like to use them another day. The article was interesting, but what caught my attention was a comment [...]

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