Yes, it’s that time of year again: time for me to visit the Midwest and love it but not be able to resist complaining about how freaking HOT it is. Because it is. As cold as Chicago gets in the winter, it gets pretty damned hot in the summer. And I’m taking “what WINDY city?!” [...]

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I just realized that I only covered half of our last trip. For shame! We also had a great time visiting with my aunt and uncle in Maryland and the surrounding area, including our nation’s capital (where only one tree along the tidal basin actually had any cherry blossoms left) . . .

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I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I apologize to the few of you who are actually here for updates. Most people know to look for me on Twitter and Facebook, but some of you are a little stubborn (not mentioning any names, but she lives in Provo). ;o) Anyway, I’ve been [...]

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I didn’t realize that I’d completely neglected to do a Kona post . . . which is particularly unfortunate since my experiences there are about to be eclipsed by our upcoming trip to Boston. So, here goes:
A couple of weeks ago, we made our way over to the Big Island for three days of R&R [...]

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One of the funniest situations I witnessed in Vegas occurred while I was standing in line for some iced tea (*gasp* not coffee!) at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the Palazzo.
I gathered from their conversation that the two young ladies behind me knew each other from working at the casino and that both [...]

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It’s weird to write about something that happened last year, when we just flipped over into a new year . . . into a new decade, even. But I would be remiss if I didn’t write something about dining at Carnevino, Mario Batali’s new(ish) restaurant at the Palazzo.
Carnevino is a winehouse as much as it [...]

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Even though it wasn’t cold enough for us to get some fresh snow in Vegas (or thereabouts) on Christmas day, the snow report of two feet plus powder was enough to convince Todd to make the drive up to Mt. Charleston. Well, at least we had some fun sinking our shoes into some deceptively shallow-looking [...]

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We’ll be in Vegas for a few days, starting Wednesday – which is, I guess, today.
Shocker: I’m not taking the MacBook Pro.
Disclaimer: Todd is taking his brand spankin’ new netbook . . . so I may be blogging and posting photos. But I will also be trying to catch up on my reading. Such internal [...]

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Perhaps my boss put it best: When he looked at my photos of The Lodge at Koele, he could barely believe it was Hawai‘i.
It’s true: The Lodge really looks like, well, a lodge. In the woods. And that’s what it is: more beautiful inn than hotel, surrounded by acres of Norfolk pines (and other trees), [...]

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Tadaima! That’s Japanese for “I’m home!” You know what that means: Time for recaps!
As I mentioned, the hotel we were staying at, The Lodge at Koele, is one of two Four Seasons properties on Lāna‘i. The other is a beachfront property, The Four Seasons Resort Lāna‘i at Manele Bay. We headed down to this sister [...]

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