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Adios, Argentina
I thought this video would be a fitting post for our last day in Argentina. I made it for Ben last summer, when our knowledge of Argentina didn't extend much beyond wine and steak. He was unsure what...
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Back in the USA (and Ben's new job)
We're back in the U.S.! We stopped for a few days in south Florida to visit my grandfather and cousins. Florida in the summer is HOT! Everyone goes from air-conditioned car to home to office to...
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Goodbye stuff / on our way to California!
That is a 4.5' x 6.5' x 7.5' box of all our belongings. It gets picked up today to head to California, and we leave on Saturday via plane. I don't want to speak too soon, but so far moving our stuff...
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We're off to San Francisco!
Alex enjoying Cape Cod After three weeks of visiting my family, eating good food and enjoying summer, we're off to San Francisco. More blog posts soon as we find an apartment and explore the city.- Steph
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San Francisco Day 1
We're in San Francisco! We flew Virgin America, the flight was nice and uneventful. Their shtick is pay-as-you-go, no free food, but they sell food during the flight (as well as movies, wifi, etc), and...
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We've got an apartment!
We spent the last week hunting for an apartment. The rental market here in San Francisco is fierce. We showed up for open houses at 1-bedroom apartments in a good neighborhood going for $2500/month,...
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Road Trip: Northern California
We're on day 4 of our road trip through northern California. We drove north from San Francisco on rt 1 (the coastal route) and we've been camping each night, at Bodega Dunes, Russian Gulch, and...
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Fleet Week and the America's Cup
We've been spending most of our time unpacking boxes and building furniture, but we finally got out of the house this weekend to enjoy Fleet Week, a multi-day affair of air shows and other military...
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Road trip part 1: Up the coast
We've been remiss in posting about our September road trip. But here we go: the coastal highway, redwood forests, a dormant volcano and a brewery tour.Day 1: San Francisco to Sonoma Coast State Park...
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Road trip part 2: Redwoods
Start from the beginning of our Northern California road trip.Day 3, cont: Humboldt Redwoods State Park After leaving the coastal highway, we headed inland toward Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The...
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Road trip part 3: Lassen Volcanic National Park
Start from the beginning of our Northern California road trip.Day 4: Humboldt Redwood State Park to Lassen Volcanic National Park The next morning we traveled eastward toward Lassen Volcanic National...
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Our new city: San Francisco photos
Assorted photos from the last few weeks.Cafe International - taking a break from apartment huntingAlcatraz through the cloudsOutside the Ferry BuildingOutside the Ferry BuildingSea lions at Fisherman's...
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Introducing our newest household addition
[drumroll please] Our handmade kitchen counter! The bottom shelf, a touch of Argentina and Ben enjoying the fruits of our labor. Read Ben's post about the building process.- Steph
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DIY: Kitchen counter
Our apartment doesn't have a lot of counter space for cooking, so we decided to build a kitchen unit. We repurposed most of the wood: the 2x4's and top surface from my old woodworking table, the...
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We bought a motorcycle!
My favorite mode of ground transportation is the motorcycle. I got my first bike (a '92 Honda Nighthawk 750) in 2005, rode around the US on that bike in 2006, then sold it (when it needed more repairs...
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Next trip: Heading south
We're foregoing a big turkey dinner for Thanksgiving this year and packing up our motorcycle instead for a five-day trip down the coast. We already went north in September (though we definitely want to...
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Rude straphangers, sitting in judgment
"I should get a seat on the bus before a bag of fruit," I complained to Ben, which brings us to today's anecdote and related observation. Ben and I spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon tasting wines at...
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An afternoon at the San Francisco Vintners Market
In Argentina, no one drinks anything but Argentine wine. When an American visitor once expressed surprised that we didn't drink any Chilean wines, we pointed out that no store stocks foreign wines....
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Road trip: San Francisco to Monterey Bay
We're back from five glorious days of California cruising. Our new Triumph America was calling to us — we had been enjoying weekend jaunts, but we were itching to get out for longer. Luckily,...
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Road trip: Monterey and Carmel
Start from the beginning of our motorcycle road trip. One of the crazy things about traveling at the end of November in the Northern Hemisphere is it gets dark early and light late. We were tucked into...
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