Author: Jill Meinecke
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When missing your flight has its perks
Stupidly, I missed my flight to Portland this morning. I scolded myself for a few hours before giving up and heading back to the apartment in Chicago. Instead of staying mad at myself for the rest of the day, I decided to seize it! What better to cure a flight-missing than a nice Sunday Brunch…
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PDX: Show me what you got
I’ve been waiting to visit Portland for a number of years now and I can finally say, without further ado, that tomorrow is the day my dreams come true! SO awesome! I will be Couchsurfing for about 4 days and in that time hope to discover at least a hair of what this city’s about.…
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Photo of the day: Hoarding of Boarding Passes
Since January 23rd to March 9th, I took off and landed 11times on 8 different trips.
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It’s official: 2012 is my RTW trip year
After much internal debating (Mainly of where to go, not whether or not I was going to go), I’ve officially embarked on my Round the World (RTW) trip. I’ve read Bootsnall’s articles about RTW trips, have followed many travel bloggers RTW trips and never thought this was possible for someone like me. I watched television…
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A Day at Seal Beach
I left my heart in California. It delivers every time. The day before I left Los Angeles to head north toward San Francisco, my friend Marjie and I spent the day discovering Long Beach, specifically the area of Seal Beach. The photos are so nice, I’ll let them do most of the story-telling: It took…
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Photo of the day: California Twilight
Twilight, Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles. *Sigh* California, you deliver every time.
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Ever smelled tar, naturally?
It’s no secret I’m back in Los Angeles, planning my next big adventure. What better way to recover from jet-lag thatn visiting an LA wonder, the La Brea Tar Pits at Hancock Park? After all, it is a National Natural Landmark. I had this vision in my head that we’d be sinking in like quicksand, fighting for…
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