Tag: travel
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A Very McClure Thanksgiving
A couple of my friends mentioned that Thanksgiving is their favorite time of the year because it kicks off the holiday season, and I agree wholeheartedly. Thanksgiving is great because you get to see your family, take off of work / school for a few days, and you know there is still a month to…
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Annual Jacobs and Mudgett visit!
Last weekend Leslie’s aunt Shelley, uncle John and friends Kellie and Scott came to visit us (as in, John and Annie and Joan and me and Leslie) in Nashville. Their trip to Nashville is turning into a yearly tradition (we’re working on bi-annual), and we love to see them here since we haven’t been able…
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The breakfast queen II
This is our last installment of our very detailed documentation of our trip to Denver!! It’s’ taken us 2 weeks to cover everything – which shows how jam-packed the weekend really was. Este es el ultimo post sobre nuestra documentacion detalla de nuestro viaje a Denver!! Nos ha tomado 2 semanas para cubrir todo, lo…
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The “Heather and Brian Show” Wedding
Let me tell you a little bit about my cousin Heather. Heather and I grew up wearing matching dresses that my grandmother made for us, and the only reason I REALLY loved those dresses (I hadn’t learned to appreciate that my grandmother made them or that they were darling dresses) was because it was SO…
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A Colorado Brunch
The way my cousin tells the story, my grandmother and grandfather were driving through Colorado with their kids (my dad and his 4 siblings) and their car kept breaking down, so while they were on the side of the road fixing the car my uncle Scott had plenty of time to marvel at the mountainous…
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FFF (Forced Family Fun) at Dave and Busters!!
It was Friday night before our cousin Heather’s wedding and we needed to find something low key to do since the next day would be packed with fun activities. After the rehearsal dinner, we all decided to engage in a little of what Leslie’s parents call “forced family fun” – and Andrew (also our cousin…
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Discovering Red Rocks Park
One of our must-do things in Denver was to go up to the mountains. Due to time constrains and important events already scheduled for our visit, we couldn’t take a long trip, so we had to find a place close to the city where I could see some real Colorado landscapes. We got a recommendation…
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Moonlight Diner! Denver, CO
Our adventure in Denver started with the surprise early arrival of Leslie’s brother Ian the same night that we arrived. He was working at a conference in California and the original plan was that he would arrive in Denver on Friday with his wife Andrea but he was able to change his ticket to arrive…
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Camila and Bruno – Our Brazilian Guests!
Last week one of my closest friends Camila came to visit me and Javier for a couple of days with her boyfriend Bruno. Camila is ALWAYS on vacation (she’s Brazilian and Brazilians get 30 days of paid vacation and many more holidays than we get, so this was a 20 day trip for her but…
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Vegas Bound
As much as I would LOVE to say that I’m thrilled to be on my way to Vegas right now, the fact is I’m exhausted and just positively dreading flying alone. This is my first solo-flying experience since my ability to fly worry-free got all screwed up when a bolt of lightning struck a plane…
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Wisconsin for a wedding
So for the last few days, I (Leslie) have been out of town in Chicago, then Madison, WI and now back to Chicago to attend two of the three most important weddings for me this year – my former roommate Missy’s wedding in Madison and my brother’s wedding in Chicago (the third is my cousins…
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