Category Archives: Trips

Seattle Weekend

By lee | November 9, 2009

Rick and I decided we needed a romantic getaway and took off for Seattle on Friday morning. We stayed at the wonderful Vintage Park hotel on 5th Street right across from the cool new library. We’ve stayed there before and it’s really nice. After checking into the hotel, we walked up to the Frye Museum. [...]

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Silcox Hut

By lee | June 11, 2009

Last Saturday night we were fortunate to get invited to spend the night at Silcox Hut. Silcox Hut is located on Mt. Hood, above Timberline Lodge and sits on the mountain at 7000 feet. It was built by the WPA in 1939. I’m not a snow or ski person at all, but this seemed like [...]

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Walnut Creek

By lee | May 10, 2009

I used to live in Walnut Creek, California before moving to Portland. I love Portland and would be perfectly content if I could just move my friend Kristy and her family up here to my neighborhood. They are the most wonderful friends and even though we manage to see each other 3 – 4 times [...]

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The Art Bras

By lee | March 18, 2009

Mom and I spent a day in Columbia enjoying art. First we went to see the Art Bra exhibit. The Art Bras were made by the Quilters of South Carolina and will eventually be auctioned off to raise money for the Best Chance Network, an organization that provides breast cancer screening for women who otherwise [...]

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Charleston

By lee | March 12, 2009

I just got back from a wonderful trip to South Carolina.  I haven’t lived there for years, but it’s my home state  and all my family is there.  We took a day trip to Charleston, SC. It is a beautiful city with so much history. I haven’t been back in forever and I really wanted [...]

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