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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Category Archives: New York
Poet’s Walk Park, Red Hook
This is the kind of park you would expect in a fairytale. Rolling hills of green, green grass…sunset over the Hudson River… Intricately crafted wooden gazebos and bridges, winding wooded trails through the forest. If you’re looking for a picture … Continue reading
Posted in Red Hook
Tagged bird watching, birding, bridge, Catskills, day trip, daytrip, fairytale, gazebo, green, hike, hudson river, nature, park, picnic, poet, poetry, poets walk, poets walk park, red hook, rip van winkle, stroll, sunset, trails, view, vista, washington irving, woods
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The Enchanted Café, Red Hook
A café with a spiritual side, go in for a tea leaf and tarot card reading, or simply for a scrumptious sandwich. The Enchanted Café [7484 S Broadway Red Hook, New York] in Red Hook has got a different vibe. … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson Valley, Red Hook
Tagged art, art gallery, baked goods, cafe, chai, chai tea, cheese, day trip, daytrip, eat me, enchanted, enchanted cafe, froth, new york, panini, psychic, pulled chicken, red hook, spiritual, tarot, tarot reading, tea, tea leaf, the enchanted cafe, vegan, vegan baked goods, vegetarian, yum
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Yoshi Sushi, Latham Eats
Dinner here is different. There is one sushi chef so if it’s busy, and it normally is, you’re going to have to wait. It’s worth it though. The place is Yoshi Sushi [Latham Plaza, 640 New Loudon Rd #5, Latham, … Continue reading
Posted in Latham
Tagged at me, caviar, edamame, eel, flounder, hidden gem, japanese, japanese cuisine, miso, miso soup, roll, sushi, tea, tempura, yoshi, yoshi sushi, yume
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Alander Mountain, Taconic Hike
It was Halloween, which is also our anniversary. Seven years of shenanigans. “What do you wanna do to celebrate babe?” Same thing we always do, babe. So off to the mountains we went, this time, the Taconics. Alander Mountain [Rt. … Continue reading
Posted in Berkshires, Columbia County
Tagged alander, alander mountain, ancram, border, copake, elevation, halloween, hike, loop, massachusetts, meadow, miles, mountain, nature, new york, round trip, state line, summit, taconic mountain range, taconic mountains, taconics, trail, views, vista, woods
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E.K. Cibo’s, Schenectady Eats
I know my weaknesses. I don’t generally go for Italian food for that reason. When I see bread and pasta there is no stopping me. So I only have my affair with Italian once in a blue moon. Most recently … Continue reading
Posted in Schenectady County
Tagged baked haddock, bread, butter, carb, eat me, ek cibos, evoo, fish, fish dish, garlic, haddock, hidden gem, italian, italian bread, italian cuisine, italian food, morsel, mushroom, mushrrom, olive oil, pasta, pork, salad, schenectady, soup, tagliatelle, tomato soup, veggies, yum
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Chuang Yen Monastery
The anthropology minor in me has always been fascinated with other cultures. When I heard that the largest indoor statue of Buddha in the Western Hemisphere was just a day trip away, I was in. The grounds of the Chuang … Continue reading
Posted in Hudson Valley
Tagged anthropology, arahant, arahants, bodhi, bodhi path, buddha, buddhist monastery, carmel, chuang yen monastery, day trip, elephant, Fun, hudson valley, lake, largest buddha, lunch, monastery, mystical, nature, sculpture, temple, travel, vegetarian
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Mohonk Preserve Bonticou Crag and Table Rock, New Paltz Hike
This past weekend I made a trip down to New Paltz to hike in the Gunks with the fall foliage, it was beyond beautiful. We were ready for another rock scramble, our last one was at the nearby Mohonk Mountain … Continue reading
Posted in New Paltz
Tagged bonticou, bonticou crag, crag, fall, foliage, Fun, geology, gunks, hike, labyrinth, Lemon Squeeze, mohonk, mohonk mountain house, mohonk preserve, mountain, nature, new paltz, rock scramble, sam's point preserve, sams point, scramble, shawangunk, table rock, trails, travel, views, vista, woods
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Dohnut, Dessert in New Paltz
If a donut has always been your favorite dessert, you are living in a dream world these days. Donut shops are popping up everywhere and I’m all for it, bring on the sugary circles! I love a good donut, and … Continue reading
Posted in New Paltz
Tagged butterscotch, chocolate, chocolate glazed, coffee cake, cream soda, dessert, dohnut, donut, doughnut, eat me, heath, new paltz, sugar, sweet, tasty, travel, treat, vanilla, vanilla glazed, water street market, yum
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Unison Sculpture Park, New Paltz
Outside the hustle bustle of town on the road leading up to the mountains of New Paltz I always took a second glance passing by an artsy looking place. One particular day I decided to follow stop there and see … Continue reading
Posted in New Paltz
Tagged art, art park, death takes a holiday in the gunks, gunks, mountain, nature, new paltz, osprey, sculpture, Sculpture Garden, sculpture park, shawangunk, spooky, unison, woods
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