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I discovered the wonders of siestas, hammocks and wine in the middle of the day in Seville.

Today I am participating in Where in the World Wednesdays, Classy in Philadelphia’s awesome weekly series. In honor of this past weekend’s World Cup match featuring Spain and the Netherlands, two of my favorite places in the world, I’m going to feature both today. I’m sad that the Netherlands lost, but glad Spain, an equally [...]

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Today I am participating in Where in the World Wednesdays, Classy in Philadelphia’s awesome weekly series. This week, we’re in Paris, France! (Ironically, I also have updated my header to a more travel themed one. See above!) The idea of WITWW is to post a picture of you in someplace in the world…it doesn’t have [...]

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Today I am participating in Where in the World Wednesdays, Classy in Philadelphia‘s awesome weekly series. I’ve been a little slow to participate, but you can see the two posts I did a few months back. Now here’s a description from the Classy Jessica herself: The idea of WITWW is to post a picture of [...]

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In honor of St. Patty’s Day I’m going to tell you a little story. It may or may not have absolutely nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day, or even St. Patrick himself. (Hard to believe I don’t know him personally, right?) I have red hair, pale skin and green eyes. You can probably guess [...]

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It’s Wednesday and I am taking part in Classy in Philadelphia’s Where in the World Wednesday series! The idea of WITWW is to post a picture of you in someplace in the world…it doesn’t have to be somewhere foreign or tropical. Just a picture of you somewhere that you consider traveling. Three and a half [...]

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It’s Wednesday and I have decided to take part in Classy in Philadelphia‘s Where in the World Wednesday series! The idea of WITWW is to post a picture of you in someplace in the world…it doesn’t have to be somewhere foreign or tropical. Just a picture of you somewhere that you consider traveling. Your eyes [...]

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…also known as Best of ’09: Best Lesson Learned, Part 2 (Part 1 here) OR How I Learned Not to be a Prude. You choose the title you like best. So you’ve heard about my traumatizing experience at the Moroccan Hammam. You’ve heard how I had to be all sorts of naked and scrubbed down [...]

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This blog is part of the Best of 2009 blog challenge hosted by Gwen Bell. Best Place: A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook? Place: Coffee shop in Barcelona where I sat for hours on a daily basis, drinking cappuccinos which turned into glasses of wine, reading a book, having [...]

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December 2nd: Best Restaurant Moment This was hard. So hard, that I had to go onto facebook and look back at my pictures to remember if there was a particular moment in a restaurant that really stood out. Having spent the majority of the past year in New York City, you can imagine just how [...]