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Away, With Words: July 2012
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. The Four Seasons: Seattles Cool. Which is why the Four Seasons Seattle is perfect. It's everything a celebration-minded local could want, and everthing a luxury-minded tourist needs for a glimpse into our character. For our first visit to a Four Seasons hotel, my husband and I stayed in the least-expensive room we could book. Even so we found the level of luxury bordering on alarming. Twi...Best ...
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Away, With Words: You Say "Cicada," I say "Western Tent Caterpillar"
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Sunday, May 19, 2013. You Say Cicada, I say Western Tent Caterpillar. As usual, the East Coast gets all the attention. "Entire nation flambéd in summer heat" cries the network weatherman, while Seattleites watch the fireworks in down jackets. So it goes with insect infestations. The caterpillars dominate every conversation. Behind in homework? Tent caterpillars. Arguing with your spouse? The traditional remedy involves ...
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Away, With Words: December 2012
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Thursday, December 27, 2012. Commuting to San Francisco. There's no boat.". It's a sweaty mile-and-a-half run along the Embarcadero from the Golden Gate Ferry terminal to the Blue and Gold Fleet's dock. But when you've misread the schedule and the other company's last trip of the day is in fifteen minutes, you duck and weave through the crowds like Seabiscuit. The big city shimmered across the bay, but at first we were ...
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Away, With Words: June 2012
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Rendezvous With a Shadow. Hidden under a thick pack ice of clouds for much of the year, the Pacific Northwest might not seem the ideal place for amateur astronomy. Weeks can pass without a break in the roiling mass of gray. But such conditions breed a certain combination of patience and optimism ideal for one particular aspect of the science: Eclipse-chasing. Because the moon's orbit isn't circul...
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Away, With Words: Last Tangle With Italy
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Thursday, September 12, 2013. Last Tangle With Italy. Sometimes there is no story. This trip to Italy is likely to be heavier on beer and piazzas than National Geographic moments. But it's my blog, so sue me. My parents explored every nook and cranny of Italy and most of Europe, read mountains of books and made a small army of friends from all over the world. September 12, 2013 at 10:14 AM. My latest images for sale at ...
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Away, With Words: September 2013
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Friday, September 20, 2013. You reach a point when your moleskin's been cut to ribbons, you're nearly out of aspirin and your underwear's been washed a bunch of times in the hotel bidet. You see yellow train timetables when your eyes are closed and say "Me scusi" to the American tourists in the station when you accidentally wheel your bags over their toes. Posted using BlogPress from my iPad. Links to this post. Squeezi...
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Away, With Words: Wherefore Art Thou, Verona?
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Wherefore Art Thou, Verona? We went for the next train, which was not fast at all. Squeezing ourselves into window seats, we were quickly joined by two teenaged Italian girls. As the train slid out of the station, the talking started. It was not to let up for a moment of the journey. Way Outer Milan, With Slightly Less Grafitti and Fig Trees Sprouting in Cracks in the Platform. Through it ...
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Away, With Words: May 2013
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Sunday, May 19, 2013. You Say Cicada, I say Western Tent Caterpillar. As usual, the East Coast gets all the attention. "Entire nation flambéd in summer heat" cries the network weatherman, while Seattleites watch the fireworks in down jackets. So it goes with insect infestations. The caterpillars dominate every conversation. Behind in homework? Tent caterpillars. Arguing with your spouse? The traditional remedy involves ...
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Away, With Words: March 2013
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Away, with words. Travel and other misadventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Jeanne Baret, The First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe. A version of this article originally appeared in " The Travel Belles" Magazine:. Http:/ www.travelbelles.com/2012/04/jeanne-baret-first-woman-to-travel-around-the-world/. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. More than two hundred years later, few have heard of her. All while disguised as a man. In Enlightenment Europe, herb women were als...