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Great Places to Eat in Seattle

My last post, which was way too long ago, detailed the great things we found to do in Seattle when we visited over Thanksgiving.  Today, I want to focus on the fantastic places we found to eat in the great city.  While definitely not an exhaustive list, as we were only there for a week,…

Awesome Things to Do in Seattle

We visited Seattle over Thanksgiving week, and it is a fabulous city with great things to do and great places to eat.  For now I’m going to share some of the things we enjoyed doing while in the area, and I will follow up with a post detailing where the places we loved to eat…

Birthday at the Beach

One of things my wife loves most is to be around water, especially the ocean, so to celebrate her birthday in early November I arranged for us to spend a long weekend at Carolina Beach.  We have visited Carolina Beach often, and escaped out there for a week in November last week just to get…

Quick Work Trip to Richmond

So after 19 months at home from a work perspective, I finally took my first work trip in what felt like forever. It was just a quick overnight trip up to Richmond, VA last week, but I can’t say that it wasn’t nice getting out of the house. The dogs were happy when I got…

More EcoLiving Articles

Early fall always seems like such a busy time of year, even though the temps here in NC continue to be in the 80’s with way too much humidity that still has things feeling like late summer.  I have had no time to do more planning for our upcoming Seattle trip, but did come across…

The Latest Eco News

Wanted to share three interesting articles again this week, covering topics like reusable products, design trends and adding energy to your IKEA shopping cart.   Wired’s Favorite Reusable Products (Wired) At this point it’s impossible to ignore the fact that plastic is piling up all around us.  While the problem will take a number of solutions…

Thanksgiving Trip 2021

So I’m sure everyone has just been on the edge of their seats waiting for the big decision on where I am going to travel for Thanksgiving this year – Seattle or Denver.  I am glad to say that I have finally made up my mind and can start getting this trip planned.  And the…

EcoLiving Innovation for the Home (& Yard)

It was another busy week, but I was able to still dig up some interesting articles to share, and hopefully next week I will have some more travel adventures to share.  In the meantime hopefully you will find these articles interesting and thought provoking. Counter Top, No Plumbing Needed, Dishwasher (Fast Company) Originally unveiled in…

Eco Living Articles of the Week

I found some time to catch up on some reading this week and wanted to share some interesting articles that I came across.  I have to take it as a good sign that I never seem to have a problem finding interesting things to share as it relates to eco-living. Staring Out with Green Energy…

The Beasts of Many Names

As I may have mentioned previously we share our house with three “creatures” that we have collected over the years.  Some would call them pets, some prefer “furry children”, but if we are going for accuracy then creatures is the way to go.  We seem incapable of procuring normal animals in terms of pets.  Not…

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