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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Well, the main reason we went to the mountains a few weeks ago was to attend the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. What is this, exactly? Think of it as the Scottish Olympics. It’s actually also the largest gathering of the Scottish clans in North America.
Oak is part Scottish. So, part of […]
NC arboretum
Thursday, July 17th, 2008I have a lot of updating to do. This past weekend, we spent in the NC mountains where our main objective was to attend the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (more on that later).
On Sunday we were getting on the Blue Ridge Parkway and just happened upon the NC Arboretum, so we decided to check […]
Chronicling travels
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008(Scrapbooking nerd alert. Proceed with caution.)
I was reading this entry on Ali Edwards’ blog about 3 essential scrapbooking tools to travel with - a small notebook, a gluestick, and precision scissors. The idea of mixing in “ephemera” (what scrappy chicas call ticket stubs, brochure pieces, etc.) with your daily notes for each day of for […]
Garden geeks
Monday, June 23rd, 2008We had an exciting venture to western Virginia this past weekend. The main motivation for this trip was Edible Landscaping’s All About Fruit Day. Hoo ha! Well, Daniela and Oak were very excited. Belinda and I became somewhat interested when we heard you could eat fruit right off the trees at […]
NY find: Bubble tea
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Well, we can get bubble tea in the Triangle, especially at the Asian shopping centers. But, they are nothing like this true cutesy-pink-Sanrio-inspired bubble tea place in Chinatown. I seized the moment and got a new flavor that I hadn’t had - kumquat and lime. It was quite delicious. […]
Northern breakfast: egg sandwiches and bagels
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Well, we ended up heading up North to Oak’s old neck of the woods for the holiday weekend for some family stuff, but of course, we cannot be stopped in the pursuit of tasty treats. Like the South, the North has its own specialty breakfast items that you can’t get anywhere else.
Actually, these breakfast items are […]
NC luxury: A mountain cabin
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Well, Oak really went all out on our two-year anniversary with a surprise trip to the mountains! Best of all, he booked us an entire cabin for the weekend! Here’s a picture of the outside and inside:
We arrived pretty late on Friday night - we made the drive after work. The cabin was in Hot […]
Lost in translation
Monday, February 11th, 2008While we were in India, we saw our share of poorly translated English. The bad grammar, the misspellings… but, we could usually get the gist of what was meant by it. Well, in one restaurant, we were trying to be adventurous, when we came across this item on the snack menu:
“Green Peace”
Well, […]
Indian kids
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008When we were in Ooty, we took a hike of the countryside and happened across a small village along the way. The kids there kept bugging us to take their pictures and show them the picture as it came up on the digital camera screen. While the more urban areas of India are […]
In pursuit of the Indian elephant
Monday, February 4th, 2008In Thekkady, we were in desperate pursuit of elephants. As soon as we arrived, though, our driver recommended that we go take an elephant ride. I was quite surprised that Oak, Nirav, and I could fit on ONE elephant…. who Oak immediately gave the nickname “Stampy.” We learned that elephants make only […]
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