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History of Diving Museum
Visited the History of Diving Museum, dense with artifacts and organized with care. Looking at some of the suits and decompression chambers reminded me that I will likely never dive. Went back to the...
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Bonci Pizza and The Lost City
Started Christmas Eve morning over coffee and exchanging gifts with Casey’s dad and Renee. Skipped breakfast as we were all full from the previous night’s lasagna. (I’m very obsessed with making it.)...
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Christmas Day 2022
This day included a fine walk around the neighborhood. I can’t recall the last time I was away from home for Christmas, but it was kinda fun to see how decorations play out in warmer climates. My...
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St. Pete Beach
My last birthday surprise was an overnight trip to St. Pete Beach. Celebrations would expire the next day as normal birthdays can be observed for a week and decades can be observed for at least a...
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Sunshine Skyway
The weather warmed up enough to have lunch overlooking coastal vegetation and volleyballs popping up from the beach while grunge rock from the 90’s played. We packed up and headed home for one last...
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TPA to CVG
Our trip to Florida concludes with this shot of Phoebe at the Tampa airport. It was lovely to spend the days traveling around the state and seeing family. Lots of laughs, good meals, got some steps...
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Regarding things from the TWA Hotel
I’ve been lucky to have stayed at the midcentury dream that is the TWA Hotel a handful of times (photos). Each visit adds to a bag of tchotchkes that got a big boost from Thor. Before storing...
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Spent the night under a Taylor Swift poster
And woke up to this distinguished lady at the foot of the stairs. After an evening of takeout, talking about oodles of good things and a slew of ideas, it was time to draw a close to this Brooklyn...
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Toronto, the second time
My first visit to the capital of Ontario was in 2009, quite short but incredibly awesome. This dip into the city would once again revolve around music and hopefully a few new sites to see. The lottery...
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Touristy things
Coffee and donuts, a ride to the top of the CN Tower, walks through the rapidly changing downtown Toronto neighborhoods, plus some candy bars we can’t easily get in the states. Reply via email The...
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Florence Y’all
Took a bit to navigate immigration at the Toronto Airport, but we made it back home by early evening — passing by the Florence Mall with a tiny glimpse of the famous water tower on the way in....
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10000 Gecs Tour 2
Drove up to Detroit to catch 100 gecs at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Fairly certain we were among the elders. Machine Girl (machin3gir1) opened with oodles of energy, some moshing and crowd surfing....
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The cards are being replaced by electronic taps
If you have an iPhone and Apple Pay set up, you no longer need an MTA card to ride the bus or subways in New York. Feels weird the first few times (Face or thumbprint ID isn’t even required… Just...
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Wally’s
I’d never heard of Wally’s until this trip to St. Louis. Jim waved his arms around trying to describe why this gas station was more than a pitstop, but a destination. As soon I saw the orange woody...
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Madame Tussauds, Vegas
Originally I had planned to book a day use hotel to fill the 11 hour gap before a red-eye flight home, but I rested on my laurels too long and none were available. Next time I will trust my gut and act...
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The edge of Vegas
Where lights abruptly end and darkness of the desert takes over. There are a lot more moments over these past five days that warrant some capture, but those moments can wait.Currently Listening: Cat...
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Checking in to Mexico
I’ve some vague recollection that we crossed the border into Mexico on a family trip in the 70’s, but there are no photos to back this up. No souvenirs. No matchbooks. I've always wanted to go proper...
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A tiny bit of Cleveland
We had to skip out and drive back to Cincinnati and squeeze in some work, but we spent a few hours to explore a few bits of Cleveland this morning. I've only been here briefly for a conference in 2011,...
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A Milkshake and The Holdovers
I'm in now in Florida with Casey to visit his dad. Second stop on the way to the Keys included a banana milkshake. I also watched The Holdovers on the flight and REALLY enjoyed it, even though it deals...
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Sunset bayside in the Keys
Casey found a motel ("resort") near his dad's house and we checked in for the trip. It is really awesome in all regards. Bonus? A great view of the sunset. His dad and partner came over to watch it all...
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