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California Adventure continues!
Posted on: July 18, 2013
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I’ve already tortured you with my #idiottourist photos of the beach and of (zomg!) Borderlands books. We wandered around the Mission district of San Fransisco and then went to JapanTown where we went to what might be the coolest Sushi restaurant in the country. TwoDudes, I’m counting on you to give us more info on JapanTown!
Arrrr, this creative sign down the street from Borderlands cracked me up. Sorry to hear about the store tho.
I’m not sure if this was graffiti that had guerrilla artwork over it, or what, but it made me smile. Yes, this is a super crappy attempt at a panorama.
And then we went to JapanTown! This is an indoor shopping mall/mecca of all things Japanese. There was plenty of kawaii, j-pop, Ghibli, kite-painters, Japanese bookstores, Japanese food, drink, and clothing, and all sorts of amazing things (including some kitch).
Adventures in the Borderlands.
Posted on: July 16, 2013
- In: book stores | California | travel
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A quick break in Hugo nom’d reviews for this short commercial break. Warning: this post includes way too many pictures. it might take a while to load, but there’s good stuff at the bottom for you.
Not sure if I mentioned it, but I’m in California for work for most of July. For those of you keeping score, I’m an hour south of Sacramento. low humidity? it never rains? This mid-west girl is in heaven! We’re setting up new locations and training new associates, and i have never worked so hard in my entire life.
What did I do my first free weekend? Go to San Francisco, of course! A very good friend from high school lives here now, so he gave me the tour. First stop, lunch at a Ramen shop in San Mateo, where residential rents are easily more than I make in a month. I am obsessed with Ramen, and this was the most amazing bowl of Ramen I’ve ever had in my entire life.
Can’t you just smell that divine porky broth? Miso Ramen is heaven in a bowl.
Next stop, THE BEACH! I’d never been in the Pacific Ocean before. . .
About 10 minutes after this photo was taken, fog began rolling in. . . .
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For those of you who guessed Luray Caverns, congrats! You figured out where I was! if you have no idea what I’m talking about, go check out my photos from last week.
Hubby is a History Guy, so our next stops included Winchester VA, Harper’s Ferry, and Antietam. We drove up and down lots of mountains. Even you’re not into history, if you live anywhere near Shenandoah Valley, you should visit. It really is the most beautiful place on Earth.
Why don’t you enjoy these photos while I go finish piles and piles of laundry?
Winchester, VA. Geographically important during the Civil War, the town changed hands more than 70 times. The Courthouse served as a hospital and prison during the Civil War, and much of the graffiti has been preserved. It’s now a very small museum. Winchester has got to be the nicest town in America. Every time we pulled out our tourist map, some local walked up to us and asked if we needed directions anywhere, if we needed help with anything. Everyone was so friendly and polite!
It was used as a Courthouse and Hospital during the Civil War. The front area was gated in and was used as a prison. It’s a museum now, and you can ring the bell!
Masonic Temple in Winchester. What an amazing facade!
This is the public library. the PUBLIC LIBRARY of Winchester!!!!
Next stop was Harper’s Ferry. It’s built into a mountain side, and the entire village is hills, hills, and more hills. I suggest leaving your car at the Visitor Center and taking the shuttle in, as there is very little parking in the town itself. We spent so much time at the Armory Historical area, that by the time we decided to shop a bit, most of the stores were closing. We also went during the week, which meant half the shops weren’t open. There are staircases and steep alleyways everywhere. I can’t imagine trying to get up those uneven steps in bad weather. Another very friendly town, someplace I’d love to spend more time in.
Haven’t posted in a while, because
Posted on: May 28, 2013
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I haven’t posted in a while, because guess! Guess where I got to go today!!! These photos look like they were taken in a mermaid castle from a Tolkien book. Wait, what? Tolkien didn’t write about mermaids? bah!
One of my favorite scenes from the whole place!
Looks like a mermaid castle, right? a bit hard to tell which way is up.
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