Food – The Free Range Viking

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,Continue reading “Great Places to Eat in Seattle”

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 getContinue reading “Birthday at the Beach”

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 gotContinue reading “Quick Work Trip to Richmond”

Best Places to Eat in San Diego

My first full trip post-lockdown was a great week in San Diego back in July. Now, San Diego may be my favorite place in the U.S., (or at least in the continental US as my heart definitely lives on Maui), and I have been lucky to have visited the city a number of times inContinue reading “Best Places to Eat in San Diego”

Exploring Charlotte – Part Two

I had the opportunity to explore a pair of new areas around Charlotte a couple of weekends ago before the heat wave had truly settled in. It was a beautiful, sunny and warm day, but thankfully it wasn’t yet hitting the high 90’s with massive humidity that we have been living with lately. Both areasContinue reading “Exploring Charlotte – Part Two”

Exploring Savannah

I had the opportunity to visit Savannah a couple of weeks ago, as we begin to roam around again. (Thank you vaccine). Ostensibly the reason for the trip was to take my daughter on a tour of SCAD as she begins to prepare to make decisions on which college to attend next year. Whatever, theContinue reading “Exploring Savannah”

Re-Exploring Charlotte – Weekend #1

Now that we are feeling confident about getting back out into the world, we are going to be re-exploring Charlotte on various weekends throughout the summer. Just a chance to get reacquainted with some favorite spots, and hopefully find some new and interesting things. We decided to start with the South End area, as it’sContinue reading “Re-Exploring Charlotte – Weekend #1”

Slow and Weird Return to “Normalcy”

It feels amazing to begin returning to some of life’s normal activities that have been missing for the past 15 months or so, but it also continues to feel incredibly odd, and more than a little uncomfortable at times. Whether it’s walking through the grocery store without a mask on (thank you vaccination), or gettingContinue reading “Slow and Weird Return to “Normalcy””

Baseball and Food

What a great week. Not only was it my first week of being fully vaccinated, but we are starting to see the country move towards normalcy as more and more people get vaccinated. It feels good to be optimistic, and I am so looking forward to this summer. From a personal standpoint, we ended upContinue reading “Baseball and Food”

Mini Spring Break in the Mountains

We were once again lucky enough to have been able to escape from our house for a quick trip up to the NC mountains for a socially-distanced, pandemic friendly long weekend. My daughter’s spring break, coupled with a growing need for fresh air, with inspired us to head up to Asheville for a few daysContinue reading “Mini Spring Break in the Mountains”