Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 4, Old Town Albuquerque
- By M@ggie
- May 3, 2019
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After balloons, and after work duties were complete, Doug, Elena, me, and my super nice co-worker Peter headed out for a late lunch and to explore Albuquerque a little! We went to Fork and Fig, which was awesome. They were also very nice and warned us that we might have a long wait – we appreciated them being up front … Continue Reading →
Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 4, Balloon Fiesta!!
- By M@ggie
- April 25, 2019
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Finally our first day of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta dawned. We’d initially followed advice and bought a shuttle bus pass (via the Fiesta website) for the previous evening, only to be rain and winded out and to not need it. Since we were not attending the morning session on a weekend day (for which I would 100% take their shuttle), … Continue Reading →
Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 3, travel plus Balloon Fiesta attempt that ends in failure
- By M@ggie
- April 25, 2019
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The day after our Sand Dunes adventure, we packed up and rolled out of Alamosa, back to Albuquerque. After a quick Starbucks breakfast! In New Mexico, near Albuquerque, lots of bridges are decorated with Native American art and list some of the tribes, which I thought was cool. Once in town, we yelped another restaurant and hit into Cocina Azul, … Continue Reading →
Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 2, Climbing the Dunes
- By M@ggie
- April 19, 2019
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We headed back to the Sand Dunes after resting up at the hotel. It was a gorgeous day and we were hoping the wind at the Dunes had died down a bit. And there they are! In very different lighting! Leading up in the parking lot! We layered pants/onesie/socks under a sleeper to keep her warm, plus a hat, and … Continue Reading →
How much stuff do you really need for a baby?
- By M@ggie
- April 18, 2019
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Updated 4/18/19 I don’t intend this to be the baby blog, but since I put together a list for a friend, I thought I would put some tips accumulated from the last 4 or 5 16 months into one post, as well as things we bought for baby that I found useful. I thought I would put it in one … Continue Reading →
Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 2, Sunrise on the Dunes
- By M@ggie
- April 15, 2019
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Day 2 of our trip to Albuquerque had us waking up early in Alamosa, Colorado, for our Sand Dunes day! (Because of the time change.) Since we were awake and fairly close to the Dunes, I got a wild hare to drive out there and see if we could catch sunrise over the Dunes. So we jumped in the car. … Continue Reading →
Colorado/Albuquerque trip: Day 1, travel
- By M@ggie
- April 15, 2019
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Whilst planning our trip for England, I had another trip dropped in my lap. It was a work trip, but I could tack some personal travel (at my own expense of course) travel onto it. And if Doug and Elena came with, we could do some fun stuff together. So we went for it! In early October we headed to … Continue Reading →
Butterfly Garden – September 2017
- By M@ggie
- April 8, 2019
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In late September last year, we managed to get a hike in at the Glendening Nature Preserve, a place we really like. We’d last been there when I was pregnant, and this time we had a 10-month-old in tow. We also wanted to test out a back pack carrier we’d bought for an upcoming trip to Albuquerque and Colorado. It … Continue Reading →
England Day 8, London, part 2
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- April 8, 2019
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Back to our day wandering London. By this time we were needing food, so we ducked into a pub. Elena of course had a big poop and there were no changing tables so I changed her on the floor of the bathroom. :-/ Worked out ok. I had fish and chips which was just so-so. Doug had a pot pie … Continue Reading →
England Day 8: London, part 1
- By M@ggie
- March 28, 2019
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Our 8th and last full day in England had us in London – and we had the whole day to explore. We knew we’d be getting just the highlights and had already accepted that we would be missing a ton of stuff. (I really wanted to do the Tower of London, but they suggest getting there firs thing, and our … Continue Reading →
England Day 7: Abbey Road
- By M@ggie
- March 13, 2019
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So obviously, as someone who is a big Beatles fan, one of my life goals was to disrupt traffic to get my photo taken crossing Abbey Road. So I can now tick that of the bucket list. AND, I had warned my mom that we’d be doing this so she could watch on the webcam, but then things got hectic … Continue Reading →
England Day 7: London, Kings Cross and the British Museum
- By M@ggie
- March 13, 2019
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On Day 7 of our trip, we woke up to rain in Liverpool. We had plenty of time to get a cab to the train station… but then the taxi we had the hotel call for us was teeny-tiny. We had become accustomed to the big black cabs – so note that if you need one of them, ask for … Continue Reading →
