Monthly Archives: June 2012

Alaskan Adventures with Ms Traveling Pants – Part 2

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As a continuation of my Alaskan Adventures series this summer, I wanted to share with you a little that I have learned after completing my first 3 weeks here. In order to frame Part 2, you must know that there are no roads in or out of Juneau. It is the most geographically secluded state.
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Alaskan Adventures with Ms Traveling Pants – Part 1

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To kick-start my Alaskan Adventure series of the summer, I wanted to talk about adventure. There are countless wise sayings about adventure. Many of which are such colloquialisms that we don’t remember who to give credit for such quotes. To frame my Alaskan Adventure series, I thought a short list as reminders would be ideal:.
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Once a Student Always a Student – Cheese 101

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With not only a thirst for knowledge, but a hunger for cheese, I jumped at the recent opportunity to learn how to pull fresh mozzarella cheese with a new adventurera and friend, the Chef of Da Campo Osteria, Joseph Quinn, and roughly a dozen other fellow cheese worshipers. Every Thursday in this hidden gem of.
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Summer in Italy – La Doce Vita

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Are you in pursuit of La Doce Vita or the good life? I certainly am. In this pursuit, I feel that much of my doce vita comes through traveling. It could be as simple as sharing a bottle of Chianti with friends on the Spanish steps or sunning oneself on the pasture beneath Mount Etna.
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Living on the Edge – Skydiving Miami

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Having taken the plunge before, this May to celebrate a good friend’s  and fellow adventurera’s birthday, I along with 3 others jumped. It was a beautiful day over Miami’s coastline with calm breezes, sunshine, and wispy clouds. Two by two, we ascended in the rather small sardine can plane.  Then, strapped to our lifesaver (aka.
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