Watcho the Camacho
To kick off the long Labor Day weekend, Kyle and I headed to the Minnesota State Fair on Friday afternoon. We hadn’t been to a fair in years and here we were hitting our second state fair in a month. The grease, the sun, the beer…borderline body abuse.
Since there were only two of us at [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by katiejocannon
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It’s no secret that I absolutely loved the three months I spent in Uruguay! I shared many a story last year on my blog about it and I continue to long for the good times and good food that I had there. Therefore, when I heard that Anthony Bourdain had travelled there this past February [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Our recent visit to the Iowa State Fair was a first for me. Although I have been to the Minnesota State Fair, I felt the need to go to Iowa to visit the only state fair listed in the book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. With the hype of that book, as well [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Most people think that living in Minnesota is nine months of unbearable cold and three months of unbearable hot, humid weather. Add to that statement brisk, clear fall days and cool, wet spring afternoons and that more accurately describes Minnesota weather. But this does not mean that the weather is bad, it is the extremes [...]
Posted on August 4th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Yikes! That does sound like an odd name for a post, but look at the picture…it’s a Big Papa Pickle, what can I say? You might be wondering where I acquired such a big pickle and that, my friend, is a fine story indeed.
Kyle went to Chicago awhile back and decided that he needed to [...]
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by katiejocannon
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I’ve lived in Minnesota for almost eight years now, so the weather trends should not surprise me anymore. But each year as Spring rolls around, I continue to be astounded and perplexed by the daily variations to the weather.
Case in point: I recall a few years ago when we had a couple 80 degree days [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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This past weekend took our crowd to Punta del Este…which literally translates to East Point. Punta del Este is the point at which the Rio de la Plata, which is the river that runs between Argentina and Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean meet. It is a beach paradise in Uruguay that is popular among Argentinian [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Well, it finally happened. I got the invite to join a coworker in a Mate…and I accepted. I guess I loosely use the word “invite”, since I had been hanging around the office breakroom, asking people questions about Mate and sounding very interested until someone finally took the bait. Let’s just say, I’m not too [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by katiejocannon
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I’ve been down here awhile and I haven’t really addressed the cost of living issue down here compared to the US. So, what is the situation? Before coming here, I definitely go the impression that it would be dirt cheap to eat, drink and socialize. Being here for awhile, I would say it is part [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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We hit Santiago de Chile in one day…but we hit it hard! We were physically in the city of Santiago for about 20 hours and in that time we did all the sightseeing, eating, shopping, salsa dancing and sleeping that we could. Now that I think about it, we salsa danced for the same amount [...]
Posted on November 5th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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