Who Has a Hankering for a Corn Maze?

College gang leaves campus to go on hay rides and wander a corn maze (but I couldn't find the corn maze pictures!)...

 

London Study Abroad 2006

Okay, while I know that I did not participate in any debauchery in Scotland (despite my claims that one MUST drink whiskey if in Scotland), I did participate in minimal amounts in Ireland...because honestly I wasn't going to two famously drunken countr...

 

... And the Holy Day, August 3rd, Was Celebrated in Chi-City

Took a few days off to fly down to Chicago. I stayed with my mom at her hotel in The Loop. Not that my mom owns a hotel, she was just there for the week for work. My birthday is August 3rd, so on that day I had Starbucks, a muffin and the newspaper ...

 

Police and Fire Fighter World Olympics in Calgary

My dad was a fire fighter and participated in the Police and Fire Fighter Olympics in Colorado Springs, Las Vegas and Calgary, playing doubles tennis with one of his homies. My family rented a pop-up trailer and did the camping thing as it was a sor...

 

Sprechts Du Switzerdeutsch?

Just a little jaunt to Bern. We spent a lot of time in used book shops because Stefan was looking for something really particular. And then we couldn't find the Freud museum, or something like that. Later we went in a little museum-ish place about the ...

 

City Girl + Mountain Camping = Lots of Terrified Screaming

We spent a week in Estes Park, Colorado. I don't care for that city name because you can too easily add an extra letter T and then you just have a gross city name (for the dense of you, I mean "Testes Park" - see?). When we got to the camp...

 

Western Europe 1999

Germany's Black Forest. Looked more green than black to me. Swiss town of Gruyere. Stinky, but tasty....

 

Hollywood Is Kinda Lame

Went to Southern California 2 weeks before Christmas with the parents to see my brother finish Marine boot camp in San Diego. The picture is of Santa Monica, as in the Baywatch beach....

 

A Viking Life in The Peoples Republic of China

Yesterday was one of China's big three holidays/festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival. China's calendar is based on the lunar year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is when the moon is full in the year's eighth month. The festival is celebrated by having a fam...

 

How I (Mostly) Love Canada

I forgot to mention that the B&B owner Peter makes the best breakfast ever. Compared to my many years of hostel stays, I felt like complete royalty, loved every minute of it. I was joined at breakfast by a middle aged couple who were originally fro...

 

If Y2K Means the End of the Civilization, Then I'm Going to Disney World.

Had to fly home before Y2K, for fear the world shall blow up! Total bummer. I rang in New Year 2000 in my friend's basement. Lame....

 

Mary's Blind-Dating Freak-Show Extravaganza: UK Edition

I am no longer employed. I love it. I'm flying into Ljubljana (all together now: Lube-lee-ana), Slovenia, next Tuesday, March 1st. What happened to Italy? Conveniently, Slovenia is right next-door to Italy, so I'm spending 3 nights in Slovenia, then...

 

Northwest 1990

Family road trip: Pipestone National Park Wall Drug Devil's Tower Badlands National Park Custer State Park Yellowstone National Park Mt Ranier National Park Crater Lake National Park Mt St Helen's Volcano Oregon Sand Dunes Grand Cooley Dam...

 

East Coast 2001

Parentals and I went to see my brother out on the east coast. Saw stuff along the way. I've been out there about a bazillion times, so this'll just be pictures. Yay travel....

 

My Cliched Heritage Tour, Condensed

Stefan and I went to Dresden for a day while en route to Poznan, Poland. We walked around a lot and at the end of the day went to a bar up in a high rise building that had a suspended deck to sit on....

 

pittsburgh august 2006

I left the Twin Cities on Friday morning around 10am and landed around 12:30pm. When I arrived in Pittsburgh, Anna, Kelsey, Bobbi and Denise (a new friend and Bobbi’s roommate) met me at baggage claim. It was such a joyous reunion! My girlfriends lo...

 

Pacific Northwest 1994

Family road trip to Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver, BC....

 

Holidays Aren't My Favorite

The parentals and I drove out to the DC/Virginia area to see my bro for Christmas. We spent Christmas day right up in DC, which was empty. And bro had a dog, Ralphie, then too!...

 

NYC and Washington DC 1999

Another band trip. The picture is of Katrina, Julia and I on a dinner cruise on the Potomac in DC. I'd put more pictures up, but we had to wear our uniforms everywhere.. soo.. no thanks....

 

Oklahoma: Booze and "Saved By The Bell" DVDs

I'll put some pictures of that party up here some day. I woke up the next morning with an email address written on my hand. I never wrote to that address, though. Hm....

 

"If I See Another Baroque Church, I'm Going to Scream and Then Puke"

Took a daytrip to Bratislava, Slovakia, with my friends Melissa and Jessica. Saw the local sights, but otherwise not a whole lot to do. Cheap though!...

 

NYC / Philly 1991

My birthday in NYC!...

 

La Gringa en El Peru

Learning "Peruvian Punctuality" which is an oxy moron....

 

72 Hours to Make a New Yorker: Smile, You're in America!

My college friend Lauren moved from Minneapolis to New York City to live with her boyfriend last June. After pushing back my promised visit several times due to money issues (lack of), another trip that was slightly prioritized (grad school scouting in...

 

First Trip to Canada

I don't remember this trip at all, because it was over my 3rd birthday. I just have a picture to prove it....

 

One Cracked-Out Weekend in Duluth

My homegirl Ceci and I weekended in Duluth for a break from school. Got to see an old work friend, Brian, who was going to school up there at the time. We went to the beach in the middle of the night in Superior, WI - not like there's anything more fun...

 

Urban Escapism in the MSP

What fun is there to have by staying home in the suburbs? I mean, there are only so many yoga classes to attend, so many walks in nature to be had. I dunno, I just wanted to have a good time. Thanks to Canada, I've realized the importance of seizing...

 

"OUT BEFORE IN, PEOPLE!" - Ceci on the London Underground

My girl Ceci and I went to London, England for spring break, when most kids go to Mexico. And I've returned to London every year since. Hm!...

 

Wimbledon, The Art Prof, The Queen, and an ICU: London Summer Semester

Saw her, I swear!...

 

minnesota picture book

Hello friends! Per the requests of my far away friends, here are some Minnesota photos. I will try and have ongoing updates for this section. These are photos from my summer cabin trips post-London....