Archive for December, 2008

Joshua Tree

December 31, 2008
By Jim

Continuing our desert national park tour we took an hour drive over to Joshua Tree National Park. If you’ve never seen a Joshua Tree think “Dr Seuss makes a tree” and you will understand. Today is also the first time Nadya and I tried to synchronize the times on our cameras and the first...
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We're not in Kansas anymore

December 29, 2008
By Jim

When we left Portland this morning there was still snow on the ground.  After a couple hour flight we arrived in Palm Springs.  The terminal is different with open air walkways between the gates and the other areas of the airport.  It was quite the (good) shock.
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Off to Palm Springs

December 29, 2008
By Jim
Off to Palm Springs

My phrase for 2009, “All trips start with a flight delay.”
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Snowed In Dinner

December 23, 2008
By Nadya

With the weather still dicey, we canceled dinner reservations and stayed in.  After a four person shopping extravaganza at Zupan’s I made Christmas Pasta, based on a recipe from Rachael Ray Magazine. My changes: I didn’t use any EVOO — who needs it when cooking pancetta and sausage in a non-stick pan?  I used...
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