UK 2009

By Mark at 9:14 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2009

Our recent trip to the UK took us to Manchester, York and London.  You haven’t really had Thanksgiving until you’ve celebrated it in Manchester, following your turkey and stuffing with some turkey and stuffing flavored potato crisps!

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California Road Trip

By Mark at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Happy Holidays

By Mark at 6:00 am on Monday, December 22, 2008

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Big City’s Christmas Dinner

By Mark at 8:30 pm on Saturday, December 13, 2008

This year we took everyone out to a place owned by Jose Garces, a friend of a friend.  Mercat a la Planxa is one of the best reviewed new restaurants in the US right now, it’s a well deserved honor.  The food was delicous, the drink was never empty and the atmosphere was nearly perfect.

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The Beaches of North Carolina

By Mark at 11:47 am on Saturday, November 29, 2008

We spent our Thangsgiving break in North Carolina with the better half’s half of the family. (Read on …)

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Moab Trip 2008

By Mark at 10:28 am on Friday, June 20, 2008

Porcupine Pine Rim Viewpoint

Four years have passed since we all were here.  It seems that Moab changed a bit more than we did.
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Edinburgh Castle

By Mark at 12:26 pm on Monday, May 26, 2008

Leslie and the Lion The most prominent feature in Edinburgh is the castle, which sits atop a volcanic core.  The core is all that remains after glaciers stripped away the rest of the mountain.  It’s a naturally fortified position, which made it that much more difficult for the Scots to retake after the English took it over. (Read on …)

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Landed in Scotland

By Mark at 12:04 pm on Sunday, May 25, 2008

Old Scottish Flag

We landed in Scotland on Sunday.  Leslie managed to sleep a bit on the plane while I caught up on all the movies I had missed from the last six months.  Having not slept, or not much anyway, we decided to hit the town immediately. (Read on …)

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Sea Turtle

By Mark at 11:00 am on Monday, March 3, 2008

Sea Turtle Cozumel

Another dive, another sea turtle. He’s probably thinking something similar about me. I spotted this one near the Playancar Deep reef off the shore of Cozumel, Mexico.

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Mary Of The Holy Faucet

By Mark at 10:50 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2007

Virgin Mary on the Faucet

A day or so after Thanksgiving I noticed that Mary decided to make an appearance in the dried water droplets on the faucet of our Chicago rental. You may speculate as to why she chose this location, but I’m certain it was to ensure that my whites were as pearly as the gates.

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