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Swimming in the falls | Costa Rica
^^ Softs water spots on the lens. Can you see the rainbow?^^At the waterfall, a list: 1. Pull off the Pan American Highway and park in a dirt lot. 2. Use the back row of the van to change into your...
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Roadtrip to the Jungle | Costa Rica
Mostly, we drove quietly to the rainforest. Watching the wind blow the palms outside. Watching the clothes lines zoom by. Watching the already lush countryside turn even more green, thick and tropical....
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Roaming Nicaragua
I fell in love with Nicaragua early in the morning. We hopped on a bus in Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, long before sunrise. We were the first to be picked up, the first to meet our guide, Marco, and our...
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Five Senses Monday
Good morning, friends. It seems that everyone everywhere is getting a little taste of springtime (maybe even summer) lately. I spent much of the weekend outside, soaking up as much of this wintery...
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Five Senses Monday
Happy Memorial Day! Perhaps you’re waking up on this holiday in a beach house and sipping coffee with almond milk on the patio. Or maybe you’re gearing up for a day of shopping all those giant holiday...
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Concerts in the Park
Aaaand, it’s back. Golden light. Soft breeze. Strums and soul. Picnic blankets. Weekday evenings. It is Concerts in the Park, the best weekly idea since Sunday-fun-day! It totally breaks of the week...
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Beach Livin’ in Capitola
This is just a little continuation of that Capitola weekend. As the valley heats up (to 102 last night … eek), I’m feeling the pull of the coast again. Where are you escaping to this summer?
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Let’s all sleep in tents | Camping on the Yuba River
I’m always awake before everyone else. And there’s no other time I enjoy those early hours more than when I’m camping. I wake to watch streams of dew race down the nylon walls of my tent. And I’ll...
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Five Senses Monday
Five Senses Monday Tasting: A yummy Caprese tart, so fresh and summery. Creamsicles, the orange ones. My favorite burger, the one with the Ortega chili slices hanging over the bun. More and more...
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Back to Long Beach
It was only and hour in the air, and there I was. Why, then, has it taken me nine years to return to that not-so-little city that holds a huge piece of my heart and still gives my tummy butterfly...
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