Watcho the Camacho
Growing up in central Illinois, I have been to Chicago many times. In fact, a couple years ago I traveled to Chicago for work every week for a year. I flew in, took the train to the Sears Tower, stayed at a hotel a couple blocks away, occasionally took a cab to one of the [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Iowa City and Chicago so I’m trying to get back into sorts. It was a great trip and I had a great time catching up with family and friends!
I also used this trip as an opportunity to break in my new camera that I am totally [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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I was visiting home last week in the lovely town of Morton, Illinois. I had a great time with friends and family and arrived back to Minneapolis exhausted! I did visit a few restaurants and, of course, the Pumpkin Festival…all of which I will write about soon. However, for today I thought I would just [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Have you ever asked your friends “if you were stranded on an island and could have only five foods, what would they be?” I asked this to friends a few times and I’ve thought about that question myself even more. I’m pretty set in a few of my food needs, but others may vary slightly [...]
Posted on September 7th, 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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When thinking of Philadelphia, I naturally think of Philly cheesesteak, the Liberty Bell and the Declaration of Independence. After that, however, nothing much comes to mind. That’s why I was so pleasantly surprised by the food scene that I experienced while there.
When traveling to another town, I’m usually the first one to do research to [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Life is full of lessons. Sometimes you have to search for the meanings they bring us and other times they almost reach out and smack us across the face. Who would have known that there was a little life lesson in handling rental car keys? Not me.
Kyle and I recently returned from a week long [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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First of all, thank you so much for all the recommendations of places to visit in the Napa/Sonoma area. Although we could not visit them all, we did hit several and we had a great time!
Going to wine country can be daunting with so many wineries to choose from. We had been to the Napa [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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We spent a long weekend in California last week - visiting both San Francisco and the Napa Valley area. It was a much needed respite and a great time with friends.
Our first day was spent in San Francisco and, while I had hoped to do a little more sightseeing, the day got away from me [...]
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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