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A Much Overdue Post #2 from NOLA
I know this is much overdue, but school started, Hurricane Irma paid a visit and quite frankly, I still haven’t found a good balance for blogging, but I’m working on it. Anyway, when we were last together, I reviewed our fabulous hotel, The Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery. I loved it so much that I…
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Where to lay your head while in New Orleans–the Old No. 77 Hotel and Chandlery
When I started looking for hotels in New Orleans, I started looking, like most people do, in the French Quarter. I stayed in the French Quarter a couple of years ago and it made everything so convenient. This year, I wanted something different. Amanda had visited in New Orleans last summer, so with both of…
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Road Trippin’ 2017 Part 1, the drive to New Orleans
What do you do when your daughter moves home, you both have the summer off before you both return to the classroom and you need a break? You take a road trip to Louisiana with a two day stop in New Orleans, that’s what! After our trip to TSA Nationals, Amanda and I were both…
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Wired for the Weekend
Yeah, I know, it’s Wednesday and I’m just now getting around to this post. It’s the last day of school, so the last couple of days have been nuts of giving finals, grading finals and doing all the end of the year stuff that is part and parcel of being a teacher. I’m also moving…
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Soul Food Love–A Review
I grew up in the south and anytime the word ‘southern’ or ‘soul food’ is mentioned in a cook book title, I am all over it, add to it the bonus of a healthy twist on traditional recipes and I was so excited to get this book. Alice Randall has combined family history and…
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An Artsy Afternoon in St. Pete
Last week, my inlaws came into town from Atlanta and not wanting to sit around and stare at each other all day, we took a short, 25 minute trip over the Skyway into downtown St. Petersburg to the recently opened Chihuly Collection on Central Avenue. I have loved the work of Chihuly for years and…
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Happy New Year!
Last year, by word was Flourish, and I really took that to heart. This year, my word is FEARLESS. I want to think out of the box and do things that I wouldn’t normally think of doing. Life it too short to sit home and be scared. Bring on 2017!
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A conversation with my students. (NaBloPoMo Day 11)
This is how I explained to my students on why you should give any new president a chance to prove themselves, and to see what they can do. We were discussing how we might not like who was elected, but that we had to respect the office and why we should hope that whoever is…
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The Day After (NaBloPoMo Day 9)
It’s a new day and we can make it what we want. Last night’s election has caused shock waves across the world (including my own house) but it up to us to change the status quo, for us to flip the script and for us to change the direction of our country. One man or…
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Election Night 2016
I’m going to edit photos and try not to panic. A more coherent post tomorrow.
Got any book recommendations?