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Eating Vegan on Kauai
We had no problem eating vegan on Kauai. I was prepared to add some seafood to my diet, but it wasn’t necessary. There are lots of restaurants with good vegan options. A lot of the best restaurants we ate at … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel, Vegetarian
Tagged Hanalei, hawaii, kapaa, kauai, Poipu, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, review, vegan
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A Relaxing but Adventurous Vacation in Kauai, Hawaii
For our latest vacation, we spent a week on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It was our first trip to Hawaii and we wanted to have a relaxing but fun-filled holiday. Kauai was a perfect island for us – a … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged activities, airbnb, beach, expenses, hawaii, hiking, horseback riding, kapaa, kauai, kayaking, snorkelling, vacation
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Christmas in Manitoba
Brrrr…. A few weeks ago I thought Vancouver was cold when the temperature hovered around 0 C. I’ve become soft and forgotten what real cold feels like. A week in Manitoba with -30 C temperatures quickly reminded me. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holidays, Travel
Tagged christmas, holidays, manitoba, Ukrainian Christmas, Ukrainian Christmas Eve
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Backpacking Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City
Note: We were in Vietnam nearly a year ago, it just took me a long time to post this. The last stop in our backpacking trip through Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon). A city of … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, Cu Chi Tunnels, HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City, motorbikes, New Years Eve, Reunification Palace, Saigon, traffic, vietnam, War Remnants Museum
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New York: Random Travel Pictures
Random pictures from our trip to New York in early October, pre-Sandy. MOMA Times Square Sexy East Village Artists Flat (on airbnb) East Village and Lower East Side Battery Park, Fulton Market, 9/11 Memorial Long Island City, Trader Joe’s (a … Continue reading
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Tagged East Village, MOMA, new york, new york city, nyc, photos, pictures, Times Square
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New York: Walking the High Line
One of the highlights of our trip to New York was walking the High Line, a formerly abandoned, elevated train line in Chelsea that has been turned into an urban park/greenway. We visited on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Urban Planning
Tagged Chelsea, greenway, High Line, Manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, pictures, The High Line
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New York: Cycling Manhattan
New York has made huge improvements to its walking/cycling infrastructure in the past five years, adding bike lanes, car-free zones, and greenways throughout the city. When we visited in 2007, the first bike lanes were just being built in Manhattan, … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Travel
Tagged Bike and Roll, bike lanes, bike rental, bike tourism, bikes, Brooklyn Bridge, greenway, Manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, West Side Greenway
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New York: Best Vegan Restaurants and Bakeries
While Emily and I were in New York for Ben and Brittany’s wedding, we did our best to eat at the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants. New York has several upscale restaurants that are strictly vegan, and we spent hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel, Vegetarian
Tagged Blossom, Brooklyn, Candle 79, Manhattan, new york, new york city, nyc, Pure Food and Wine, review, vegan
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New York: Guzinski – Coskery Wedding
A beautiful Jewish wedding for a beautiful couple. Congratulations Ben and Brittany. As I said in my rambling wedding speech, it was obvious when I first met Brittany that Ben had finally found his match. You both possess immense wit, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Guzinski, Brittany Coskery, Coskery, Guzinski, Guzinski Coskery Wedding, new york, wedding
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