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Where Rabid Bobcats Roam

Posted on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by katrina

On the shuttle ride from Sedona to the airport in Phoenix, our driver shared with us the following: — A rabid bobcat attacked a waiter in Sedona who was putting out the trash. — How Arizona towns along the highway got their names: Bloody Basin; Big Bug Basin, Bumble Bee near Bumble Bee Creek, and…

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Places With a Sense of Place

Posted on August 5, 2014August 5, 2014 by katrina

I’ll confess here to my 2.5 blog readers that when it comes to choosing a hotel, I don’t always go budget even though I should. I am willing to pay for a sense of place and a good story. I’ve stayed in yurts, tents, hostels, 19th century farmhouses, cabins, a Jersey Shore hotel that was…

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Getting Dirty in Atlantic City

Posted on July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 by katrina

There’s a lot of old, fading construction along Atlantic City’s famed boardwalk, and the newest construction is extremely vulnerable to the elements. The World Championship of Sand Sculpting happens every June quietly on the beach right by the raucousness that is Cesar’s Palace. To me, it was the most interesting activity happening in Atlantic City…

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The Littlest Mermaid Poses By the Other Littlest Mermaid

Posted on August 29, 2009 by katrina

Like a lonely sailor, Anna is obsessed with mermaids. She already knows that she wants to be a mermaid for Halloween and a new mermaid costume is already in her room, draped across her toy-buried bed. While hunting for decent coffee (sorry Dunkin Donuts–I can’t run on your joe), we found a charming coffee shop…

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Beach Bumming–Jersey Style

Posted on August 27, 2009September 15, 2015 by katrina

I moved to New Jersey on January 10, 2004, one of the coldest days of that winter, and five and a half years later, I still feel like a stranger in a strange land, especially when summer circles around. That’s the time of year when people go to the “shore” to enjoy some “pie,” a…

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