Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Ride: Chilly Hilly

The cycling season starts early in Seattle!  Every year on the last Sunday in February, thousands of cyclists turn out for the Chilly Hilly on Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound.  It’s a short (33 miles) ride and, as you might have guessed from the name, famous for it hills and chilly weather.  I had […]

Playing in Portland: Gardens & Art

We got up early on Sunday morning and headed back out to the Division Street neighborhood where we’d been the day before.  Vanessa had recommended Pine State Biscuits as a good place for lunch, so we thought we’d check it out.  In what began to feel like deja vu, we stood in line for a […]

Playing in Portland: N Mississippi Ave & SE Division Street

Okay, so if it’s Presidents’ Day weekend and you don’t get the holiday off of work, it’s just a normal weekend, right?  Wrong!  It’s time for a road trip to Portland with Amanda! Amanda flew in from Denver on Friday night and I picked her up at the airport.  We were both on THE VERGE OF […]

Utah!

Oh man.  How can it already be February?  This year is going by way to quickly. And of course I’ve written about basically nothing that’s happened so far.  A lot of it’s just going to need to be water under the bridge, but I did want to capture a great little trip I took a […]

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