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MJ’s Travel Favorites 12-13-09

December 13, 2009 By 9 Comments
Kona on the big island of Hawaii

It’s been cold around Seattle this week, so I considered myself fortunate to be traveling to Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii (in photo).  Coming home to below freezing weather was a real shock to my system.  Whether I want to admit it or not, winter is here – so it’s a good thing [...]

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Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 9-14-09

September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week of travel, and I’ve had a lot of my plate this week, but I still found some good travel posts to share with you.  Enjoy your afternoon with this variety of travel information: Luxuo introduces us to a new type of architecture, a house built out of the iconic Louis [...]

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Photo Friday: Tranquility on a Mazatlan Beach

February 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m more of a sun junkie than a snow junkie, and this time of year I’d rather be enjoying a beach rather than skiing down the slopes.     A recent visit to Mazatlan revealed a nearly deserted beach.  After taking in this view from my balcony, it was an easy decision to change into [...]

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One Reason to Ask for a Window Seat

February 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

  Sometime it’s nice to have a window seat! On a recent flight I was able to snap this photo of Mount Hood through the very dirty windows of the plane. Mount Hood is located in Oregon, and is part of the Cascade Range.  It’s a little over 11,000 feet tall, and is very popular [...]

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Strange West Coast Weather

December 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’ve spent a couple days flying on the west coast, and there has been some very strange weather going on.  There has been snow in places that normally never see snow, like Las Vegas and Southern California.  There has been torrential rain in San Diego, California.  There has been unseasonably cold weather (and I mean [...]

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Photo Collage of Tuscany

September 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’m trying out some new photo editing techniques and programs, and thought I’d share this photo collage, made easy with online photo editing program picnik. While I am certainly NOT a photo expert, I like the way this collage option allows me to aggregate my pictures and share them with others – like in this [...]

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June Carnival of Travelers: The Photo Edition

June 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Welcome to the June 7th, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Travelers. The theme for this month was travel photos, specifically profiling the great photos that travel bloggers take (the requirement was that the photos be taken by the blogger). Here, for your viewing pleasure is a little window into the world: Diane Robbins presents [...]

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What's Out Your Window?

March 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

In my blog posts, I frequently share with you what I see out of my hotel window — beautiful beaches, the ocean, a storm brewing, a majestic skyline, or simply some architecture or flora that may have caught my attention.  I share with you what I am looking at as I travel around the world. [...]

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