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by Ivonne on January 27, 2012 · 3 Comments · in fill in the blank friday, travel

Since this edition is about travel, I thought I would include one of my favorite “travel” photos. That black speck on the bottom is me doing what I call “the coffee cake dance” at the base of Himeji Castle, Japan. 2005. 1. My favorite place i’ve ever traveled to is Japan. Never in my life [...]

The Carleys Take Manhattan

by Ivonne on December 16, 2011 · 5 Comments · in photos, travel

So we went to NYC! It was a quick overnight jaunt… Josh had a vendor party to attend and he got the idea to take us along with him. Neither of us had been to NYC and well, Josh wanted his first trip to be with us in tow. I am so glad we tagged [...]

The Eastern State Penitentiary

by Ivonne on November 22, 2011 · 9 Comments · in awesomeness, life, photos, travel

One of the many things I have wanted to see since moving around these parts was the Eastern State Pen and since Spencer was here and down with the creepy, we made an afternoon out of it. So we hopped in the car on a very crispy afternoon and took the audio tour through the [...]

adventures in philly part II

by Ivonne on August 7, 2011 · 7 Comments · in life, travel

Yesterday team Carley headed back into the city to go talk to another hair stylist. Based on some Yelp reviews we found a salon that seems decent but we won’t know til we get in there and give it a shot. Looking for a new hairstylist/colorist is some stressful shit, especially when you got used [...]

adventures in philly

by Ivonne on July 31, 2011 · 10 Comments · in life, photos, travel

I don’t know how I am going to get used to the fact that we only get whole days with Josh on the weekends again. Unemployment sure has its downsides but the year and change we got to spend together was awesome and necessary on so many levels. Saturday rolled around and since we aren’t [...]

welcome to the garden state

by Ivonne on July 29, 2011 · 9 Comments · in life, travel

I finally reunited with my desktop computer and you cannot imagine how happy I am. Writing posts on an iPhone, while awesome to be able to have that access, isn’t the most desirable of scenarios, even more so for wordy people like me. Once the movers came and went, it was all smoother sails from [...]

Portland: The Last Of It

by Ivonne on June 5, 2011 · 1 Comments · in travel

The skyscapes flying in, out and while you are there are just amazing. I took so many damn cloud photos and who can blame me when they are being painted differently on a daily basis. Sometimes you take nature for granted when you get clear, blue sky 90% of the time ya know? Classic Portland [...]

Portland: Eats

by Ivonne on June 3, 2011 · 5 Comments · in food, travel

I was not about to kid myself into thinking that I was going to be gone for 6 days and manage to stay on the eating great train. Despite my getting off at the Sin Depot, Portland is a pretty awesome foodie town. Other than the trip to Voodoo, there were a few notables that [...]

Portland: Earth, Water & Air

by Ivonne on June 3, 2011 · 1 Comments · in travel

It rains a lot in Portland. Duh. I was prepared for this but what I was not prepared for were 6 days of truly bipolar weather. When I arrived that Thursday, surprise! Rain. Thankfully I arrived in the evening and we had no plans other than to go home and chill. Lets face it, after [...]

Portland: Voodoo Doughnuts

by Ivonne on June 2, 2011 · 8 Comments · in travel

When I was planning this trip, I put it out there so people could give me tips on where to go. The Numero Uno of the bunch was “you gotta go to Voodoo Doughnuts”. Now, I watch Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and he went and loved it, everyone else seems to anyway. There is hype [...]