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LoneRider Brewery tour
Last night seemingly half of the Triangle area showed up at LoneRider Brewing Company near Brier Creek for their first open house brewery tour. We arrived about 10 minutes early (thanks to no traffic on I-40), picked up a logo pint glass and walked right up to the...
how I saved over $100 on my car rental
So, I am planning a trip to San Francisco for the NTEN nonprofit conference and although I found plane tickets and a hotel for a reasonable price (not a steal, mind you, this is San Francisco we are talking about), I was having a heck of time nailing down a good...
a snowy inauguration day
We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland! Eric quickly checked the weather hotline and learned that he had a snow day, which means he gets to stay home with me to watch Obama's inauguration! I put some cinnamon rolls in the oven and Eric took some photos... :)...
art reception at local wine shop
I will have some of my pastel paintings hanging at the Hope Valley Bottle Shop (4711 Hope Valley Rd in Durham, NC) for the next few months and tomorrow night (Tuesday) there will be an artist's reception and free wine tasting from 5-7pm. Eric and I will be there, so...
a little more about Ireland
Eric reminded me last night that I never created a page for our Ireland trip last November. This is partially because I spent December traveling back and forth to Florida and time just got away from me. The page is now up for those interested in seeing all our Ireland...
in business for one year!
On this day, one year ago, I opened up my business bank account and began the process of registering my business name and making my freelance web design career "official." Even though there have been challenges (getting paid on time, seemingly endless networking...
San Diego
I'm in San Diego for the Plant and Animal Genome conference, and since Alamo is running a great $10 a day weekend deal, I have a car till Monday for $36 total. Nice. After checking in to the hotel, I drove down to South Mission Beach and walked along the ocean front...
anyone there?
Hello! Between Eric being sick over Christmas and me currently on the tail end of a sinus infection, nothing much has been done around these parts. We don't even have that many photos from Christmas to share. Trust, however, that despite all the driving and stuffy...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)