tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25574926312482421142024-02-06T21:36:51.944-08:00Everything ElseMaddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-47294494266747044932013-10-31T13:49:00.001-07:002013-10-31T18:35:01.997-07:00Top 10 Halloween Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whether it's halloween or not, I love scary stuff. I was constantly terrified of ghosts as a teenager (with some stories I still can't explain) and stayed far away from anything scary, including movies. Over the years, the fear was replaced by curiosity. And now, I can't get enough of scary movies, haunted houses (real or fake) and if you have a good ghost story I'd love to hear it. My Dad would tell terrifying stories when I was little that scared me to death, now I ask him to tell me the stories again and sometimes he comes up with new ones (all real of course).</div>
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So here's a list of my top 10 favorite scary movies. Happy Halloween!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#10 - Insidious</span></div>
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A little campy, but still scary. A somewhat typical plot line with some interesting twists.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#9 - Rosemary's Baby</span></div>
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A classic, Mia Farrow is a cute little pixie running around<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#8 Paranormal Activity</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#7 - Blair Witch Project</span></div>
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Wonderful movie, without showing everything like Insidious does,<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#6 - Evil Dead</span></div>
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It's a must, must, must. Weird, a little scary, laughable, amazing. <br />
What I love so much about this movie is how it was filmed. I recommend reading<br />
the whole <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Dead#Pre-production_and_casting" target="_blank">Wikipedia article</a> on it, but basically Sam Rami took all the cast out to the<br />
woods where they got lost many times, and the cast suffered some injuries. The final<br />
shot was made by putting a camera on a bike and literally running it into Bruce Campbell,<br />
giving him an injury that still affects him today.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#5 - The Conjuring</span></div>
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The most recent on this listing, and one of the scariest. It's your typical<br />
haunted house story, but done well. My favorite part is it features Ed &<br />
Lorraine Warren, real life spiritualists that to this day run an Occult museum<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#4 - Night of the Living Dead</span></div>
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Another classic, by far my favorite zombie movie.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#3 - House of the Devil</span></div>
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This movie was made in the late 2000's, but looks and feels like a 70's horror film.<br />
It's a slow build up, that leads to one of the scariest scenes I've ever seen. <br />
Seth and I had to pause the movie, and decide if we could keep watching or not. <br />
We did...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">#2 - Cabin in the Woods</span></div>
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More awesome than scary, but any horror fan should see this movie<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">#1 - The Shining</span></div>
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The best of the best. An absolute masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick. <br />
Every scene so thoughtfully put together, the hotel itself a menacing character. <br />
Amazing performances by all. I definitely recommend the documentary<br />
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Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-36621895878727798582013-04-28T17:28:00.000-07:002013-04-28T17:35:43.031-07:00New York - Part II(Pssst, I wrote this a while ago, in September, and am just now posting it...)<br />
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We found an apartment in South Williamsburg. It's close to North Williamsburg, and we have bikes (which haven't yet been stolen!) so we are close to a lot of cool stuff, though not within walking distance to a lot, which is kind of a bummer. I don't love our apartment but I'm trying to be happy with it because we are here for the next 6 months. The apartment itself isn't bad. But it's a pain getting our bikes up here, the elevator is old and slow, and people play music a lot here. It's got a lot of partiers, so that sucks. But its so nice to have an apartment finally.<br />
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After being in New York, I've already changed some of my habits. Especially my driving habits (: But if I had to choose, I wouldn't live in New York. It's annoying because trying to do what I'm doing, you have to be here, or maybe LA, but mostly New York is where it all is. Where everything is happening. I love this city and I hate it, and the things I love are the things I hate about it too. Here's a list to give you a better idea:<br />
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1. The people. They are so interesting and everyone is doing what they want to do. Nobody cares if you want to dress crazy, you should, your in New York! I once saw a billboard here that said "In New York, your believes are tolerated, but your shoes will be judged." So true! You see some crazy, funny, awesome, amazing things happening all the time in New York, because people are here for a reason.<br />
2. Transportation. I love the metro<br />
3. Exploring. You can just walk around and find things to do, discover new things wherever you go.<br />
4. Movie Theaters. So many cool ones.<br />
5. Endless adventures. Lots of places to see, lots of things to do.<br />
6. Food. Lots of choices, not as good as Seattle though.<br />
7. Lots of blue skies (I'll take the NY skies over Seattle's good food)<br />
8. Confidence. The most confident city, the kids, even the pigeons don't move for cars.<br />
9. Culture. Lots of it, one neighborhood to the next is like a different country sometimes<br />
10. Shopping. Except when you need things for your apartment. Target? Forget about it.<br />
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Things I hate about New York<br />
1. Ordering food. Sometimes you go to these really New York places, and it gets really intense because you have to order REALLY fast, and they talk really fast, and it's very stressful!<br />
2. Transportation. If you can't get somewhere easily on the metro, it sucks (this is more a problem in Brooklyn than Manhattan). If you park wrong, which is VERY easy to do thanks to the millions of different signs that don't make sense sometimes, you get a whopping $115 parking ticket each time. We've gotten 4 so far.<br />
3. Cost. Self explanatory, even car insurance is more expensive here, everything is.<br />
4. Humidity. Always makes it feel hotter<br />
5. Double Parking. Drives me crazy!<br />
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Working for Sarah is great, I am learning so much about how all this works. I should mention, I'm not sure what I'll be doing in the future, no I dont think I'll be shooting for Vogue, but there are lots of things photographers can do that isn't shooting weddings or portraits if that's not what you want to do. Sarah works for an agency and she gets to do fun projects through them. That's where I'd like to be, only my focus would be on children's fashion, because I just love shooting kids so much, and while I think the idea of Children's Fashion can be a little silly, I could have so much fun with the shoots and be really creative. I get to go on shoots with Sarah, and I just try to be as helpful as possible. I learn a lot from the photo assistants, and seeing what they do, I'm not sure I could do it. They set up the lights and solve these problems that I don't think I could, since I'm not very technical. Other than that I'm in the office, working on photos or organizing for Sarah. I also have to keep doing the etsy shop, as we can't afford to hire someone to do my job, since it's so expensive here. I havent started full time yet so I'm not sure how it will work. I will work for Sarah 30 hours a week, unpaid, but still have to come home and do the shop so it may get tricky and I'll basically be working my butt off for the next year. I'm not sure what follows after this, but in the meantime I'm going to be working on doing my own shoots and getting published in some smaller magazines that I like.<br />
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It's been a crazy journey and I can't believe I'm doing this, but I am so happy I'm finally pursuing my passion. Even if it doesn't go anywhere (which I'm confident won't happen), I can still say I tried. I am really excited ot be able to tell my kids about this time. For so long I was stagnant, not going anywhere and not doing anything with my life. I was happy, and Seth and I got to spend so much time together, and I got to spend so much time with my family in Indy, (and being with the people I love is always the most important thing) but there was always a naggy feeling, I was always frustrated with myself for not trying, and being content with doing the shop which wasn't what I wanted to be doing. So I'm excited about the future, I'm going to work hard and give it everything, and we'll see what happens!Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-6168889983510312912013-04-28T17:27:00.000-07:002013-04-28T17:28:46.876-07:00Moving to New York Part I - Our SummerLately, every-time I talk to someone on the phone the first thing they want to know is where I am. So, where are you right now? In May, we moved out of our apartment in Indianapolis and put all of our things in storage. After that we jumped around a lot, and changed our minds a lot.<br />
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So here is a condensed version on the last 5 months. Not just so you know, but so I can keep it all straight in my head as well.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #ea9999;">MAY</span></b><br />
We start the month off by visiting Seth's sister Shelly in San Diego, we still had our apartment, this was just a fun vacation we wanted to take. It was a great trip, I would have blogged about it ages ago but all of my film pictures, which turned out really cool, are lost somewhere on a CD in storage, hoping to find those someday. But what I do have are the iphone pictures. Someday when I find those images I will post them. For now, here is a brief summary of the trip:<br />
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After the trip, we move out of our apartment. The day we move out, we don't know where we're going next (this happens A LOT over the next several months, most weeks we didn't know where we'd be staying the next week). We moved out, put our things in a storage unit and go stay at my sisters. During the whole day, in-between moving things and cleaning, we would casually ask, so, where should we go next? The last 6 months spent in Indy with my sister and her family had been so fun. We did a lot of fun little trips together, I was really happy, and things were going well. <br />
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The shop was doing great, but it started to become something I didn't like doing anymore. It got so crazy and I got sick of working with brides, plus I don't do any of the creative stuff. Some people don't realize this but I am not a graphic designer! Seth creates everything in the shop, he's amazing. Though I will say, pretty much everything Seth and I do is collaborative. He helps me with ideas, I help him with ideas, and we help each other execute those ideas. So pretty much everything you see from his prints to my shoots are an effort from both of us. We do make a good team. But for me, the shop isn't what I want to be doing (shocker I know), and I felt like I didn't have much of an identity as an artist. I really wanted to start taking my photography seriously, but I didn't know what to do with it. I don't like shooting weddings, even worse is shooting family portraits, but I knew I wanted to be shooting. I thought a while about doing portraits but I didn't have a lot of control that way. If I choose the person I'm shooting, their outfits and the set, then I love it. But when someone is asking me to shoot for them, I usually don't enjoy it very much. I've always wanted to shoot for magazines or do editorial work but I thought that was silly to try and do something like that, I had a lot of hang ups about it. So I never tried. I had a studio in Indy for a great price, and I did use it, but looking back I should have been shooting more. <br />
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So that night, after moving out of our apartment, we are at my sister's. No apartment, no place to call home. There was a condo that we fell in love with in a cool part of Indy (yeah, cool parts of Indy do exist...). We had been going back and forth on getting this condo for the last couple of months. Buying a house seemed like a huge commitment, but at the same time, it would be so nice to be settled. Then something happened that night, and I don't want to get into details, because it's cheesy, but I was suddenly inspired to do something. I sort of had this awakening moment, where all of a sudden I had this very strong urge to pursue my career, and work for magazines, or fashion not sure what yet, just something cool. I just kept asking, what am I doing??? Why am I not trying? I knew what I wanted to do, children's fashion photography, so from there I wrote down all of the photographers I wanted to work for, all of the brands I liked, and from that day forward started researching where to go next.<br />
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It soon became obvious that we needed to move to New York. It took us a while to decide, because I thought, maybe I'd get a job in California or some other city, who knows? I would love to live in California, and hey, I do like LA. But everything is here, in New York. We stayed in Indiana for another month, in an extended stay hotel (that was awful) because we had a print show in Indy, and that was a lot of fun, Seth made some really cool prints for the show and we did pretty well. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;">JUNE</span></b><br />
After that we headed out to New York for the first time, neither of us had ever been. We found an aparmtent in a crummy part of Brooklyn through <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/" target="_blank">AirBnB</a>. At first, I hated it. It was too intense, and I was confused. Isn't this supposed to be the greatest city in the world? I just didn't like the vibe. But, I soon started to be so entertained and amused by the city and the people, that the dislike turned to curiosity. Also, we discovered Brooklyn which I preferred right away. I didn't do any interviews, but we stayed here for 3 weeks discovering the city. I didn't do any sight seeing either, more of what we did is try to find which neighborhoods we like. We found we both liked North Williamsburg. Which is funny because if you live here you probably think of N. Williamsburg as a place where all the hipsters live. It does get a little pretensious and sometimes that bothers me too. But a lot of the poeple here are really nice and friendly, and there are tons of cool shops and restaurants. It also has our favorite movie theartre, Nite Hawk. We knew we wanted to live here, but finding an aparmtent is a total nightmare in New York. Basically, everything is done differently here and everything has a taste of crazy to it. Driving, parking, walking, paying for parking, grocery shopping, biking, apartment finding, metro riding, you name it, it's done differently here. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">JULY</span></b><br />
Our 3 weeks was up and we hadn't found a place. But I found out that my family had rented a beach house in Florida for a week so we headed out there. Which was exactly what we needed. A nice relaxing trip to the beach with family. My favorite part of this summer and the most relaxed, just the opposite of the stress we were feeling not knowing where to live.<br />
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We stopped in North Carolina for a couple of days too (separate post). After that it was back to Indy. Back to another extended stay hotel (this one was much nicer than the previous one). <br />
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<b><span style="color: #660000;">AUGUST</span></b><br />
We then decided to go back to New York so that i could take a Fashion Photography class at ICP. Another AirBnB, this time in Greenpoint (brooklyn) which we really like. I took my class and started learning more about how fashion photography works, and got some cool shots made and got familiar with some really nice lighting equipment.<br />
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This time, Seth found an apartment. We realized we needed to just do a sublet. Getting an apartment without a brokers fee (which runs you about $3000) is difficult, it's also hard for us to get an apartment because we're self employed, so we write a lot of stuff off of our taxes. Which means our tax forms show less then what we actually make, which means we can't qualify for more expensive apartments. And guess what? NY is full of expensive apartments. Good luck finding one under $2,000. <br />
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It was also during this time that we decided to go to Utah. Our Airbnb was up, but we didn't couldn't move into our apartment for another 2 weeks. I was sick to death of finding places for us to stay and more sick of spending the money. So we thought, let's fly to Utah. We can stay with family, and then head up to Boise for Seth's family reunion, then we can go to Portland for a week, stay with Seth's parents, and head back to NY. I was all about not spending ANY money, I refused to get any hotels or spend any money on rental cards. The problem with this plan is that I had already gone to a couple of interviews and wasn't sure if I was going to get call backs, or if I was going to get called in to new interviews. I should mention, I decided that I needed to start as an intern. Since I have no experience, nobody's going to hire me. Sure enough, after being in Utah only 2 days I did get called back. Not sure what to do, since I didn't want to pay for another plane ticket, but didn't want to miss the family reunion my aunt bought me a ticket to head back to NY so I could make those interviews, and still come back of the reunion. So nice of her. <br />
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I was in utah a total of 3 days. At least I got to see everyone, even if it was a short visit. Seth flew out to Portland to stay with his family and I was in the big city by myself for 10 days, since the interviews were spread out. Another Airbnb, I stayed with a married couple who was really nice. I went to my first interview and that ended up being the one I got. I now work (for free) for a photographer, Sarah Kehoe, who's style I love so I was really excited to get the job. I ended up being really busy that week because she wanted me to go on photo shoots with her and we did some training too. Then I met up with Seth for the family reunion for 3 days in Boise, and then came back to move to NY, with Seth and Cosi, to our new apartmentMaddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-4724630217579893622012-05-24T20:59:00.000-07:002012-05-24T21:14:35.902-07:00Louisville, KentuckyI never though of going to Louisville until my sister brought up spending a weekend there. At the same time I read a GQ spread about how it's the<a href="http://www.gq.com/food-travel/travel-features/201203/louisville-kentucky-guide-restaurants-bars" target="_blank"> manliest city in America.</a> Adrea convinced me right away with talk of a Ghost tour of an old sanatorium. Unfortunately Adrea wasn't able to come with us, but Seth and I went anyway and we absolutely loved it. I wasn't expecting to take fancy to a city in Kentucky, but who knew? Louisville is awesome. We followed GQ's article pretty much to a T, and I'm glad we did. We spent time shopping on Bardstown Road that had the best little vintage and boutique shops. We ate some good food, visited the Churchill downs, went on a ghost tour, and ended the trip with an amazing trip to Mammoth Cave.<br />
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Instead of lugging around my heavy digital slr camera, I decided to go with my trusty little 35mm canon AE-1. Much easier to shoot with while traveling around. So these are the film pictures.</div>
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Bardstown Road</div>
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Waverly Hills Sanatorium</div>
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</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-85019005065288014312012-01-12T19:41:00.000-08:002012-01-12T19:41:49.906-08:00My Journey of FoodI told you already that I eliminated gluten from my diet, and at first it was a success. I went about 2 weeks feeling better then I remember ever feeling. Then one day, my gluten free self was taking the trash out and as I went to the trash can, my boot got caught on the door and down I went. I ended up hitting the back of my head hard against the big metal trash can. After that I started getting the headaches again. I saw my doctor, he said I was fine, but he thinks the headaches are because of the trash can and the symptoms can last up to three months! A month later, still getting headaches.<br />
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</div><div>Let's go back a bit, or a lot. I've always had problems. I always felt that instead of getting anything serious, like an illness or something, I've always had lots of minor health issues instead. The earliest I can remember are terrible ear aches, but I always loved the feeling of the warm oil and garlic mix my mom would put in my ear, and I would lie down on the same side, feeling the oil go down my ear, I was in pain, but it was satisfying. After that, through my teens years, it was allergies. Crazy allergies, using a box of kleenex a day. I don't remember when the headaches began, I remember getting my first bad one at my cousin's house, when I was, I don't know 10? It was so bad that I threw up. I didn't have one of them that bad again until I moved to Seattle a year ago. I also seemed to always be tired, I don't know if it was normal for a teenager or not, but I never had energy. I never thought that food had anything to do with these problems, and I guess they were never bad enough that I felt I needed to do anything about that. Doctors NEVER know what to tell you for headaches, they never have an answer. So this whole thing started a year ago, we went over to our friend's house in Tacoma for a party. We had just moved to Seattle so we were happy to go see some of our college friends. Earlier that day we had taken our car in to get looked at so we had to take the bus, it was a bright sunny day and the bus was jerky, a lot of stops. By the time we drove into Tacoma I had gotten a little head ache. It got progressively worse throughout the night, but I ignored it. I've done this before, I knew it would go away by the time I woke up anyway.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We left the party and as soon as I started walking out to the car I was feeling really bad. We got in the car and started driving and within seconds I was in a world of pain. My head had never hurt that bad, I told Seth to pull over to a gas station and I started throwing up, I was crying and couldn't think, the pain was so bad, I couldn't talk. My head was just pounding so hard. Driving was making it worse, I knew I wouldn't be able to make the 45 minute drive home. So we had no choice but to stay in a hotel, which I don't know about you, but that's pretty crazy. Who gets a hotel 45 minutes from home? Well, that's how bad it was, and I hate spending money on hotels. I threw up again as soon as I get to the hotel, Seth called my Dad who has horrific migraines (so I can thank him for these) and asked him what we should do. He gave some tips, and I got into my twin bed. Thankfully, they had two beds so Seth slept in the other one. I was in so much pain that any movement, ANY, made my whole head spin and the pain much worse. He covered up the little light that came from the ac unit, and I was able to relax enough to go to sleep. When I woke up, I felt like I had a hangover or something, but I was fine, the pain was gone.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I have a scale for my headaches, that one was a 10. I thought it was a migraine, but I'm not sure if it's that or just really bad tension headaches. Of course none of the doctors I've talked to know. I did end up seeing a doctor in Seattle and she gave me some pills, but they don't really help, she didn't help me with anything. I got a few more pretty serious ones, <a href="http://sethandmaddy.blogspot.com/2011/07/olympic-national-park-washington-part-i.html" target="_blank">one while we were camping</a>, that was at a 9.5 or so, throwing up, the whole deal. When I'm in that much pain, I go into a different state of mind, I don't move an inch, and I don't think straight, definitely can't talk straight either. A few months ago I got another bad one, it slowly builds up so I just sat on the couch with my eyes covered and had Seth put on An Affair to Remember, so I could just listen to it. I thought I was in the clear by the time I went to bed, it was only at a 8 or so, so I went to bed, and woke up a few hours later, and it was at a 10. Nothing was helping, nothing does except sleep! But this time the sleep had caused it. I was in a panic, I didn't know what to do and I couldn't throw up, which seems to help. So Seth took me to the ER. We don't have health insurance. Yeah...bad. They shot me up with a bunch of pain killers and it took the pain away. Then we got a bill for over $2000, which I'm praying we'll be able to bring down, working on that. Advice: don't go to the ER without health insurance! I had no idea it would be that much, these are the things you learn as an adult I guess. </div><div><br />
</div><div>After I got that bill for the ER, I decided I had enough. I saw the bill and just started crying, feeling like it was so unfair to Seth, that we have to pay this much for my stupid, stupid headaches. I got so sick of it. I made an appointment with Dr. Park, who I hadn't seen in about 4 years. He's awesome, he's Chinese so he uses a lot of Chinese medicine, which I like. I never thought the headaches had anything to do with my diet, since they were directly caused by harsh sunlight, windy roads, or traffic (lots of stopping). But I kept hearing about more and more people going off gluten, some for migraines. Then when I talked to Dr. Park he suggested I go off gluten, so I thought that was a good sign, and it worked! Well, at first it worked really well, like I mentioned, then I hit my head and I've been getting the headaches frequently. In fact, I don't know if I really go a day without one. However, they never get worse than a 6 without the gluten. Most of the time they are under a 3. But I don't want them, none at all. Not even a .5. I'm trying to figure out why when I first went off gluten I felt so good, was it the head injury? Was it the acupuncture my doctor gave me? So I started experimenting.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The first thing I did was experiment with gluten, how sensitive was I? One day we went out to a nice little restaurant in downtown zionsville, we ordered a cheese plate. I decided I would have some bread with mine, which was crazy, I hadn't had actual bread in a couple months. Seth was really against it, he didn't want me to get sick, but I did it anyway. It felt very rebellious. I had a bit, and I was okay. I kept experimenting, and I figured out that I can have small amounts, sauces with gluten are fine, little bites here and there. One day I had 3/4 of a cupcake and that was too much, though it didn't give me a bad headache, but I felt one right away. Well then, I found something called Gluten Ease, which is a little pill for those with gluten intolerances (not celiacs, sadly) that you can take before a meal and eat gluten, without effects. THANKFULLY, and I mean very thankfully, it worked! The other day I had a full piece of pizza with my pill and it was glorious. I felt it a little around my eyes but that's it!<br />
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</div><div>Still though, not feeling 100%. Adrea suggested we go on a juice fast, which is just fruit and veggie smoothies for 3 days. So I did it, but only for 2 days. It was tough, I felt pretty weak and sometimes pretty sick, but after I felt great! So I started doing research on raw foods, and found that that can also help quite a bit with headaches, plus it's super healthy and awesome. So I want to try it for a week, see how I feel. I found the gluten ease pills at a place in Zionsville, a locally owned place, that is pretty neat. It offers acupuncture, message therapy, pre natal classes, cooking classes, and all kinds of healthy things. I signed up for a raw cooking class this weekend and I'm pretty excited about it! I really don't know much about raw cooking. I'm also feeling better these last few days because I got some more acupuncture done, so I'm not sure if it was the juice fast or the acupuncture that's making me feel better, but it's just a matter of experimenting and figuring out what works and what doesn't.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I don't feel like it's too much to ask to feel 100% good, okay, how about 90%? I'm just so sick of feeling like crap all the time, and I want to get it under control. I think it's important to realize what your putting into your body, and the effects it has on you. I'm convinced that diet has everything to do with the way I feel, which used to be a ludicrous idea to me. I've stopped my intake of caffeine, and I'm pretty sure if I stopped having sugar and carbonation that would help too. I've also kept up the exercising and the fitness pal, so with the juice fast I've lost 14 pounds! Woohoo! Also, if I get pregnant soon ish, I want to be healthy and have this all figured out. I hope I will. This was a long post, but I've been reading other people's experiences with food and health, and I found them to be interesting, sometimes inspiring. So I am sorry if I bored you, but I congratulate you for reading this whole thing! </div><div><br />
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</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-24606537994443308122012-01-04T20:46:00.000-08:002012-01-08T21:43:30.942-08:00Chicago style 4-year AnniversaryYes, it's been 4 years! We went from younglins in college to adventurers in Europe and now responsible mature adults with life completely figured out (right??). To celebrate, we decided to take a trip to Chicago, just a 3.5 hour drive away. We spent two nights in a hotel that was right downtown, so we didn't have to drive anywhere (driving and parking in Chicago is a nightmere). And we didn't have to figure out the bus system either. We had a great breakfast at Yolk, italian food, hamburgers, and this little boa resteraunt right next to the American Girl store. I could only have a couple of bites lest I get sick from the flour, but I had my couple of bites and I was fine, they were so good it was hard not to eat the whole thing.<br />
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We walked to the Contemporary art museum, which was okay. I wish we had gone to the Art institute instead, I'd rather see a Picasso then a minimilast sculpture that isn't really art (and that's the point, but still...). One gallery I did enjoy quite a lot is <a href="http://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/now/2011/274" target="_blank">Ian Baxter&</a>. He seemed like a pretty cool dude.<br />
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And we did some shopping. The thing about Chicago is I've been several times and have never really had a good time. As far as cities go Chicago is not my favorite. But I tried to get this trip planned out so it would go better. We drove in and first went to the wrong hotel, same name, wrong location. Once we got our car back and found the right hotel, they still can't find my reservation, so I bring it up on my iphone and show it to the lady checking us in (who was VERY friendly and not a B at all!) and she informed me that I reserved the rooms for January 29-31st, wrong month. Luckily, they had the same type of rooms available for both nights so it wasn't a huge deal. I just felt like an idiot that's all. And while we were shopping, Seth forgot to grab his camera bag. As soon as we realized it, about 15 minutes later, we ran back to the spot and the camera bag was there but no camera. Bummer, to say the least. I guess it's good that it was seth's camera that got stolen, and not mine which is more expensive. I'm not sure if/when we'll replace it. But it won't be for a while.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 years</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUfgnMtYYiaItbEOBgjeC8SXdZfR1-1hJqAle5nTEuNzh4SijJzcM0RxOTOaHLvoyhWynsMLJaXiFIkkYYeG0TWqCMOAWBd2Wv4SROEc9x7SIl7v_6gIjW19KSR-U6Ttt84DXLZ9tGVk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.33.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUfgnMtYYiaItbEOBgjeC8SXdZfR1-1hJqAle5nTEuNzh4SijJzcM0RxOTOaHLvoyhWynsMLJaXiFIkkYYeG0TWqCMOAWBd2Wv4SROEc9x7SIl7v_6gIjW19KSR-U6Ttt84DXLZ9tGVk/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.33.01+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was one of the Ian Baxter& exhibits, he painted over tv sets, and had static playing behind the paint, it looked pretty cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1MCuW2RHUz8K4wpdy1Sv5BMQqSZE6nlc1MUOH2yB-Ergs2dABNYN6vSV70lZ58My9aLTgXZMaQOww1W3wqw7r2AfD4U6LgyMVjRB0PF0-9Vy5MlAlacQSy5gfsbTz57dAYgKO3r2RAs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.30.02+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1MCuW2RHUz8K4wpdy1Sv5BMQqSZE6nlc1MUOH2yB-Ergs2dABNYN6vSV70lZ58My9aLTgXZMaQOww1W3wqw7r2AfD4U6LgyMVjRB0PF0-9Vy5MlAlacQSy5gfsbTz57dAYgKO3r2RAs/s640/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.30.02+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Chicago at sunrise:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2YHnmHqw3dFhE0K2v0BP63KZVBBEgsDS6HvmFDzBn2YTIoH-cB2rbuKXObX3juwgCrM-WqyRcowMCKYxJbtOQjETB4P3e-15mmcNyA_rfGQPvnLYUxD_p4NFi7aCD60ZlAla9aCKEig/s1600/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.32.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2YHnmHqw3dFhE0K2v0BP63KZVBBEgsDS6HvmFDzBn2YTIoH-cB2rbuKXObX3juwgCrM-WqyRcowMCKYxJbtOQjETB4P3e-15mmcNyA_rfGQPvnLYUxD_p4NFi7aCD60ZlAla9aCKEig/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-01-04+at+11.32.15+PM.png" width="298" /></a></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-90242660165206125252011-12-28T10:07:00.000-08:002011-12-28T10:21:59.849-08:00CHRISTMASWe had a full apartment this Christmas, my sister Annie stayed with us and Michelle did as well for some of the time. My brother mic stayed with Adrea so it was all of us siblings together (Michelle is practically a sibling). Me and Michelle decided to make <a href="http://fromthetortoiseandthehare.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-jars.html" target="_blank">Christmas Terrariums</a> (I didn't think of this myself) and instead of buying little fake christmas trees at Michael's, Michelle had the idea to gather pinecones and little naturey things outside, and cover them in glitter and such. I like how they turned out, but I don't think we'll be able to keep them for next year since they won't package very well (no lids).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's how they turned out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggK-lHobcVrKXgVBIhHvetjmaVlo17Zc_39a3jib69XPC27KPTZyUCLxktNRZ3o36cKW_1hRynL3iY1CbirzJX93zp3toc7rOG0loTwPG0KHq41P988F_6ACeAe5lPNn7xvHiUAGa9_MI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-28+at+1.14.01+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggK-lHobcVrKXgVBIhHvetjmaVlo17Zc_39a3jib69XPC27KPTZyUCLxktNRZ3o36cKW_1hRynL3iY1CbirzJX93zp3toc7rOG0loTwPG0KHq41P988F_6ACeAe5lPNn7xvHiUAGa9_MI/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-12-28+at+1.14.01+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />
For Christmas eve, we did our young tradition of making sushi, and it was yummies. I added in Miso soup and cream cheese wontons to the menu this year, and after we were done I had bananas to get rid of and a bunch of left over wonton wrappers so I improvised and made little fried banana bites. I thought they were just as good as the fried bananas you get at PF Changs, and really easy to make. We had them with honey and ice cream obvi.<br />
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Since we don't have kids yet, we live vicariously through my sister and her two boys (you may have already noticed this by now...). After Seth and I had our own little gift exchange at home (which included globes & old fashioned shaving kit for Seth, and two adorable sweaters I've been coveting for me, and lots of awesome gifts from the most amazing in laws evah) we went over to Adrea and did our gift exchange and watched the boys open their presents. I made Henry a book of all of his little adventures over the year, including all the pictures I took of him and some he took himself.<br />
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Dinner was also a full success. Adrea made pork which is usually not my favorite, but it was delicious, accompanied with some mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, roasted carrots with goat cheese, and salad. Kaila and her family came up to spend it with us and she brought gluten free rolls which are very yummy. After dinner we made a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BBche_de_No%C3%ABl" target="_blank">Buche De Noel</a>, or a Yule Log. Even though it is gluten free, it's a bit too much frosting for my taste. <br />
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I hope everyone had a merry christmas and now we are going to Chicago to celebrate our anniversary.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQviI8b_2fB6bukh6JUiT96enFSOYa3qqzVoU3RQY3COgxhNn6C0vYJmJSbMeLdV-rndaQNFh4iKMQOcr6MRDAcQ_ci6nD9kZoMNFBo-nmaokPqXSL6gkRBzYbO5ATVuK4D69tTi47VbM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-28+at+12.48.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQviI8b_2fB6bukh6JUiT96enFSOYa3qqzVoU3RQY3COgxhNn6C0vYJmJSbMeLdV-rndaQNFh4iKMQOcr6MRDAcQ_ci6nD9kZoMNFBo-nmaokPqXSL6gkRBzYbO5ATVuK4D69tTi47VbM/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-12-28+at+12.48.23+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-887131847653497402011-12-27T14:46:00.000-08:002011-12-27T14:46:51.366-08:00Our Move from the Northwest to the Midwest<span style="background-color: transparent;">(This post is long overdue...by about 4 months)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">We recently made the move from Seattle to Indiana, and we took about a month and a half to do it. We took our time visiting friends and family and didn't hesitate to make stops at interesting looking places on the side of the highway.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Saying goodbye to Seattle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204376392/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.50.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.50.14 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/6204376392_cbc99dda4b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The first place we stopped was off of 90 in Washington. We saw a sign for something called "Wild Horses Monument" and it sounded awesome so we had to stop.. I'm glad we dod, because the monument <i>was </i>awesome. We drove to the bottom of a large hill and saw a pack of metal horses on the top of the hill. We did a little hike up the mountain/hill (it was quite a climb, especially in flats) and took some photos.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204334862/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.04 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.04 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/6204334862_4f0690df9f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6203818291/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.15 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.15 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6203818291_d913782e6d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204336336/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.29 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.29 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6204336336_2dc13d8856_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204337246/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 12.36.43 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/6204337246_9af3e84356_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Our first stop was in Rexburg, for our family reunion. We arrived a few days earlier to stay with Seth's parents, and we made a trip out to Jackson Hole to go to The Bar-J, which is becoming somewhat of a tradition, as we did the same thing last year. If you don't know what the Bar-J is, it's a bunch of goofy cowboys with amazing voices that put on a show with music and jokes. Before the show you have a chuck-wagon meal, it is soooooooo good. You choose your meat and you get a baked potato, baked beans, cornbread, and lemonade. So good. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204523292/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.31 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6204523292_49690e095d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204006967/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.45 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.45 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6204006967_b5437c881f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204007779/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.28.55 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6204007779_e2ac4863a7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204008379/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.06 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.06 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/6204008379_b74b5317f7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204008943/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.18 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.18 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6204008943_bdf6d3bdde_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204009783/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.29 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.29 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6204009783_fb92f53b83_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204528548/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.43 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6204528548_65d3d942eb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204011287/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.48 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.29.48 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6204011287_927400c8ff_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Indiana & Utah, represent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204012751/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.23 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6204012751_8e37110248_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204011787/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.08 PM" height="303" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/6204011787_bd21f405af_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204013047/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.36 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.36 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6204013047_e8dd75c462_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204532060/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.44 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.44 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6204532060_98ee87b112_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204014769/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 1.33.50 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6204014769_4d695519c1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">We spent the family reunion in Rexburg, unfortunately I got sick on Saturday when everyone spent the day at the waterpark, my tonsils swelled up so big it hurt to talk or even turn my head. Yuck. Luckily the doctor gave me some good stuff to make the swelling go down and I only really felt it for one day.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">After the reunion, we spent a couple weeks in Utah. It was a laid back trip, but we spent one day with our friend Brent strolling around Antelope Island. It was really hot and extremely buggy, but that didn't mean it wasn't gorgeous. At one point we walked out on this pier, and there was just a constant stream of bugs, you could feel them hitting your ankles. They're tiny, and if you look closely enough at the pictures you can see them all on the water. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204160647/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.29 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.29 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/6204160647_b1ba1ab543_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204161283/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.40 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.40 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6204161283_2c3c1e8d8d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204678676/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.56 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.20.56 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6204678676_e942c3c525_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204678792/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.03 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.03 PM" height="304" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6204678792_b7f825c55d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204162695/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.21 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6204162695_c0648b192e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204162917/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.43 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6204162917_cc5a611edc_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204163661/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.51 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.21.51 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6204163661_c00678bda9_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204164239/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.01 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6204164239_0da206295f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204682668/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.10 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.10 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6204682668_a3c69382b6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6204683740/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.19 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 2.22.19 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/6204683740_1da3e4a0d5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">We then spent a few days in Ogden, and then it was on our way to Denver, to see our friends. We stayed with Nic & Kirsten, and saw some other friends while we were there. I think most of our friends from college ended up being in Denver, it was so great seeing everyone. Seth's brother also lives there and we had dinner with him. It's kind of strange really how many people we know in Denver. Besides strolling Denver, we went to Garden of the Gods with Nic & Kirsten, and it was really cool, I only wish we had been able to go up to Pike's Peak, but it didn't work out. The train tickets to the peak were sold out, bummer. Still, Garden of the Gods was awesome.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238907219/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.31 PM" height="196" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6238907219_3b6afba1f9_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239426058/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.43 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6239426058_de5c15c64e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239426224/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.56 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.54.56 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6239426224_281601c7df_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239426380/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.07 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6118/6239426380_ca2f14eec2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238907851/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.23 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6238907851_72cdbf113b.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239426688/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.36 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.36 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6239426688_5273bc9d7c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239426848/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.46 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.46 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6239426848_db459d819b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239427094/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.55.55 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6239427094_05851f5cf5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238908513/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.06 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.06 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6238908513_439fe07f6b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238908679/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.13 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6238908679_9f06ae7bbc_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239427650/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.24 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.24 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6098/6239427650_a5427b8dcb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238909067/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.31 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6238909067_a165b3737f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239427982/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.37 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.56.37 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6239427982_bbb75d167a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After that, we were on the road. We drove through Kansas, Missouri, Illinios and made little stops along the way. In Kansas, we saw signs for a place called Prarie Dog Town and we knew we had to stop. And can I tell you? Prarie dogs are soooo precious, they might even be cuter then Sea Otters (maybe). So you pay, then you get a little baggie of food, once you walk out the door there are tons of Prarie dogs running around, it's awesome. Unfortunately, there were also lots of animals in cages that looked miserable. I'm not a fan of zoos, I hate to think of animals being caged up, there were some fox breeds that looked particularly miserable. The gift shop was full of amazing crap, we ended up buying a dream catcher that now hangs proudly from our rear view mirror.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We also saw signs for a Wizard of Oz museum and I wish we could have stopped but by the time we passed it it had already closed. The one other place we stopped was a place called Nostalgiaville, USA. According the the multiple signs before you get to the exit, it has all sorts of goodies of 60's pop culture. Unfortunately, this didn't turn out to be a gem like the Parie Dog Town, most of it was stuff you could find at Target, but it was still an interesting little place.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238948513/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.06.54 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.06.54 PM" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6238948513_fb63603014_z.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239467736/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.08 PM" height="423" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6239467736_875edb4ab0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238948909/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.19 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.19 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6238948909_ccfe0ec455_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239468156/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.29 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 9.07.29 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6239468156_9da4e32ce6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
And that's about it for our road trip. Sorry for waiting so long to post this, we also have lots of video, but haven't gotten around to editing those. <br />
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</div></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-43097287250038796872011-12-15T15:52:00.000-08:002011-12-15T15:53:46.088-08:00Merry Christmas!We took some pictures behind our apartment the other day, to potentially use with our Christmas Cards. It was cold, so we only took a few, but we haven't had any pictures of us since <a href="http://www.jaquilynshumate.com/2010/11/seth-and-maddy-seattle/" target="_blank">Travis & Jaqui</a> took some fantastic pictures of us last year. These do not compare but it's about what you can expect when setting the camera on a tripod and running to get in the picture.<br />
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I hope you all have a great Christmas, we have lots of people staying with us and I can't wait to be surrounded by some my favorite people. <br />
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In the past I havent always felt the Christmas spirit, but getting our own tree, stockings, and decorating has put me in the mood, and it's a nice change. We went and picked out our Christmas tree a couple days after Christmas and it's the cutest tree. A bit short at 5 feet, and nice and fat. I love it. Merry Christmas!!!<br />
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Here is the tree after we decoriate it, listening to She & Him Christmas, with cheese, apples, and sparkling cider. <br />
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</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-31371371410568762512011-12-01T16:30:00.000-08:002011-12-02T12:11:15.283-08:00Photo Round upIt's time for a round up of some of the things we've been up to lately.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Horse Races</span></div>Have you ever been to a horse race? Until a month ago, I would have said no. But we're not too far from Lexington, Kentucky where they like to do them horse races. I wasn't even aware that this was still around. It was no My Fair Lady event, but it was close, people dressed up, had cigars (yes, cigars) and glasses of wine. They got fancy.<br />
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I'm also assuming people get really into betting, based on the amount of hype during a race. I bet on a couple horses and won my first bet (go #2!!!). I won 5 bucks! It was cool seeing the horses but honestly I enjoyed the people watching more, I've never seen more sports jackets and colored pants in my life. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Virginia</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">My cousin got married in Virginia a few weeks ago, and my Aunt Glo flew all the way out from Russia to see it, so adrea and all of us hopped in a car and made the 12 hour trip. We stayed with my Aunt Tammy (who's not really my aunt, but she's aunt glo's best friend and we saw them every year growing up, so she's very much like an aunt) and it was really fun. Seeing everyone again and being together was really nice. I wish Aunt Glo would come home from Russia so we could be closer.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Taken on one of the exits on our way there (I think it was West Virginia)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LcvfCtmwjKyUdlKJtlT06pkj-0hkamdeLrdbhiZHn1NwQQKkM3aonDxOwiXQgiDpV8UAwgavRZnlwZaIw4q0orZURsGAQAKnWZfP4HebqpQ6brVYpxxLiwjZ7aoSMbO1nHxAt1FwotE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-01+at+7.17.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LcvfCtmwjKyUdlKJtlT06pkj-0hkamdeLrdbhiZHn1NwQQKkM3aonDxOwiXQgiDpV8UAwgavRZnlwZaIw4q0orZURsGAQAKnWZfP4HebqpQ6brVYpxxLiwjZ7aoSMbO1nHxAt1FwotE/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-12-01+at+7.17.41+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Really good restaurant we ate it in a really cool area of Virginia (can't remember the name...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZygKDHSEG371n11atIDlMnHGJChmL4VdJe7X6u6KEhry9OWzwX6kh7oaJ44MRAvZd7lRmlOn0rqoaNeKp7NCH08OnrUpR3NElSq-xrdm-MIZ1y_0k0vbof-JHZF7z_4fB0WFMlDowpM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-01+at+7.21.13+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZygKDHSEG371n11atIDlMnHGJChmL4VdJe7X6u6KEhry9OWzwX6kh7oaJ44MRAvZd7lRmlOn0rqoaNeKp7NCH08OnrUpR3NElSq-xrdm-MIZ1y_0k0vbof-JHZF7z_4fB0WFMlDowpM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-01+at+7.21.13+PM.png" /></a></div><br />
We didn't do a lot of sightseeing, but we did go to Maymont Park where they had some cool birds (bald eagles and vultures and hawks) and some foxes and bears. I have to say I absolutely hate seeing foxes caged up, they look utterly miserable. I don't like to see any animal caged up but especially foxes. However, I found out later they were injured and they keep them there to recuperate them or something or other, which eased my mind.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">On our way back we stopped at Monticello, I've been before but it's been many years, so it was great to go again. We also went on the slavery tour which was really really interesting and seriously made me questions Thomas Jefferson (I mean, really guy? Two kids?). Anywho, this strange picture of Adrea holding Cosi is the only picture I took:<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Thanksgiving</span></div></div>Man, we have been killing it with holidays since being in Indiana. Halloween was awesome, no I didn't get a chance to dress up (boo). But we had some unexpected visitors, Preston and Corine! We went to dinner and then to a Haunted House, which was an awesome way to spend Halloween. Poor Corine got too scared and so they didn't go through, I felt so bad...and I wanted to go with them because I was also terrified. But it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, the scariest part was at the very end, when we went out the building. There was a grass field between us and the parking lot, and we had been separated from our group so it was just me and Seth, I said aloud, hmm, this is kind of creepy. And right then, this crazy dude starts chasing us with a chainsaw. Seth completely freaks out and is screaming, and won't let go of my hand, so he's basically dragging me across this field, and I'm trying to get him to stop running. If we stop running and screaming the guy would probably stop! Finally I let go of Seth's hand and the guy just takes off after Seth. Oh my gosh, most hilarious thing I've ever seen. A couple days later I was getting acupuncture and I was kind of bored just laying there and I started thinking about Seth being chased by the chainsaw guy and had to stop, because the laughing kind of made the needles in my head hurt. Every time I think about it I laugh, even now.<br />
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So anyway, Halloween was awesome (thanks to P&C) and Thanksgiving was ALSO awesome. We had it at our friend Kaila's house. My cousins came up from St. Louis and it was really nice having them here, I just really love having lots of family around, in case you didn't know. It was a bit of a bummer being my first gluten free Thanksgiving, but I worked really hard to make some good dishes, and I spent a lot of time making a gluten free pie (the crust was made out of pecans, coconut, and brown sugar). It was good, but a bit rich, and I wish I could have tried the other pies. The stuffing I made didn't taste very good...but really it wasn't too big of a deal. Anything I made that called for flour I just substituted with my gf flour (no way am I having Thanksgiving without sweet potato souffle). We ate, played a ton of games, saw the Muppets (which was great). A lot of laughs, good times.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And please watch this short video of Ari jumping on the tramp before Thanksgiving dinner. It is so amazing.<br />
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Having a schedule has made all the difference. I decided that when I turned 25 in September, it would be a good year. 24 was not a good year, and it was filled with debilitating head aches, the worst I've ever had. Moving to Indiana has been great, the first month wasn't perfect, but ever since I've gotten my schedule down and have been keeping myself busy everyday, I feel 100% better. And the headaches? Well, those have been taking care of too, miraculously. Recently I've been hearing about a lot of people going off gluten, a few for headaches. I went to see my doctor, and he suggested I go off of gluten and sugar. I haven't been great about the sugar part, but I started going of gluten right away. I went off completely, tried to avoid it just as if I had celiac's. It worked, I haven't had a single headache until this weekend. I went to Sushi on Friday night and found out later that sushi actually does have gluten, as does the tea I drank. I also had a little bit of soy sauce which I know is a no-no, but I thought a little wouldn't hurt. The next day we had Indian food for lunch, went to the children's museum and there I started to get a headache, I could tell it would be bad. The headaches build up very slowly, and there's really nothing to do to stop them. So when I got home, I just sat on the couch for hours until it was time to go to bed, with a wet rag over my forehead. I slept about 13 hours that night, and I'm feeling almost all the way better today (but not enough to start my new Zelda game which I've been waiting weeks for).<br />
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I've learned my lesson, no gluten, none at all. I'm going to have to be more proactive about asking waiters if there's any gluten in my meals. It's been hard going off of gluten, anyone can understand that, but it's worth it as long as you substitue. I'm going to try baking some things, like gluten free cupcakes and such. Also, I've found Udi's bread the best brand of bread, can't even tell the difference. And, I'll be spending thanksgiving with another family who has someone off of gluten, which makes me feel much better about it. My mother in law sent me a box full of gluten free baking mixes and it was the nicest thing, it meant a lot to me because it has been a difficult thing to do, feeling like you can eat anything, but really you can still eat anything you like, you just have to put a little more work into it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'll be trying<a href="http://www.laurafriendly.com/2011/07/this-weekend-marks-second-gathering-of.html" target="_blank"> this recipe</a> for cupcakes, and <a href="http://gfboulange.blogspot.com/2011/09/ratio-rally-old-fashioned-doughnuts.html" target="_blank">this recipe</a> for donuts (that I miss so much).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuClJdm7SELsLNDeHAF6huvzLnzOuFYP_zl0tRTHfRukF3Jor6bkSgpDme3Io7jycx0T_wY8WVh1TFGvaR2l-CMHq2dHmiMRYw19YUt-o3NOLMP3o5g7XCpO7Vp-wVIjbnPbVqHZrcXQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-20+at+2.20.51+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuClJdm7SELsLNDeHAF6huvzLnzOuFYP_zl0tRTHfRukF3Jor6bkSgpDme3Io7jycx0T_wY8WVh1TFGvaR2l-CMHq2dHmiMRYw19YUt-o3NOLMP3o5g7XCpO7Vp-wVIjbnPbVqHZrcXQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-20+at+2.20.51+PM.png" /></a></div>I have apps that help me stay gluten free and apps that help with everything else. So, in short, the iPhone is bomb.Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-4295030192021743142011-11-09T17:30:00.000-08:002011-11-09T18:07:40.854-08:00Fall PartyRemember how I said we have been hitting up the fall festivities in major way this October? Well, it continues, I like to call it Fall Core. This time, with a two day trip to Brown County, the cutest little place you ever did see. With seas of yellow and orange leaves and a little town that comes right out of a picture book, Brown County is the perfect place for a Fall Party.<br />
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We, meaning my sister and Seth and I, have been planning the Fall Party for a while, we maybe got a little ahead of ourselves, movies! Water park! Hikes! Board games! Well, we only had time for the hikes, one trip to a Water Park, and one movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox, which was inspiration for the whole trip. Seth and I even made <a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/food/recipes/2010/11/04/chefs-kitchen-gets-foxy-mrs-beans-famous-nutmeg-ginger-apple-snaps" target="_blank">Mrs. Bean's Famous Nutmeg Ginger Apple snaps</a>, the PERFECT fall treat, and so good too. I did start to get a pretty bad headache the first night which was a bummer, and we didn't get around to the board games, but all in all I'd say it was a success. And I look forward to Fall Party 2012.<br />
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And now, your dose of pictures, followed by an amazing video by Seth, which I have watched about 10 times already.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Brown County State Park:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuOVkebVuPld2ciGpa_GPqkr0yE0fdHWXJ5VJbAJD8ZaaThNt2rUIPimBfoB653VA3XzhvsEE-j3UC5WkDHd5iZdOZVKvDIKEWpqMtFn9QwbiYFTfMOB1Zn5VtrNrfx140qf8VydRaEs/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-09+at+8.12.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuOVkebVuPld2ciGpa_GPqkr0yE0fdHWXJ5VJbAJD8ZaaThNt2rUIPimBfoB653VA3XzhvsEE-j3UC5WkDHd5iZdOZVKvDIKEWpqMtFn9QwbiYFTfMOB1Zn5VtrNrfx140qf8VydRaEs/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-11-09+at+8.12.35+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YjJP5Ch4oPInVTrCveFKnnEJ3_YP1o3WOTk8an76cLfazkL88W52tUojK4j72Rkg3sQRXSYDPIEMcSRGlcH5-Jvmb_X2nwEjSOH1jNtqZG-wwNIJVNChFWchLYAhFif7yJDphe6qzlM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-09+at+8.00.55+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Video by Seth:</span><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31283569?color=ffd333" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="570"></iframe></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-37958171668618446712011-11-08T18:54:00.000-08:002011-11-08T18:54:36.708-08:00Fall FestivalI recently got a diana lens for my digital slr camera. I like lomography but I don't like spending money on film when I'm not sure how they'll turn out. I took these a while ago when Seth and I went to a fair in our town. It's a fun little lens.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Campfires </span></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent;">...in Adrea's backyard. Josh has some wood he's been needing to get rid of, so we've been making s'mores and roasting marshmallows. We didn't get a chance to go camping as much as we'd like this summer, so this sort of makes up for it.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Cool dude time</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;">When we first got to Indiana we stayed with my sister adrea for a while, and when you stay in this house, you get to partake in Cool Dude Time, which involves an epic rock ballad, or Ari and Henry's favorite, Eye of the Tiger, and dancing to it. They love it, and I admit so do I. These are some stills of a video I took of one such night,</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbx9Vndn3Y_Cwf5fkGOKNnsZUiT34zjZouPeZj7x2U0x3mFZ-iYDdZsAhhr-AzUVFJf8WMXM8T90DaUy4N7q3j1SNX0VBTDiYilRsMHwt6EcEHHlM7w5N8U2TKtQk-uxLv2jlz68TaSE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.30.13+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbx9Vndn3Y_Cwf5fkGOKNnsZUiT34zjZouPeZj7x2U0x3mFZ-iYDdZsAhhr-AzUVFJf8WMXM8T90DaUy4N7q3j1SNX0VBTDiYilRsMHwt6EcEHHlM7w5N8U2TKtQk-uxLv2jlz68TaSE/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.30.13+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnGQySxLXTJAvLYK9QJ2ryMViCBZ_Ahl2BysqyxTuqZ2d6bd2-V6mvlwLU5TnbmKoC59oVJxOsswk8n9t9jh6qN-_RUaYMkdnAezsQoToLi-nw6NiKjVlZFTEmGFAWjWjNhomCLNoKwo/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.30.46+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZnGQySxLXTJAvLYK9QJ2ryMViCBZ_Ahl2BysqyxTuqZ2d6bd2-V6mvlwLU5TnbmKoC59oVJxOsswk8n9t9jh6qN-_RUaYMkdnAezsQoToLi-nw6NiKjVlZFTEmGFAWjWjNhomCLNoKwo/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.30.46+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdzGr0UKQmVwydgNhzzyzHIe7jwvI8XIj9e3SRvs5BFs0DwBmWnTZtl7lDJvUnRIff3YM3YLY0Qpadekm_CmJwW2Oh-G6pkH7DknXPGeksKJh5IqyZXPJFoeffZ7om8gO3uNULQKsGfk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.31.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdzGr0UKQmVwydgNhzzyzHIe7jwvI8XIj9e3SRvs5BFs0DwBmWnTZtl7lDJvUnRIff3YM3YLY0Qpadekm_CmJwW2Oh-G6pkH7DknXPGeksKJh5IqyZXPJFoeffZ7om8gO3uNULQKsGfk/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.31.02+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxl8xu6w4lkUzXmYjoJb9k2dYiZLWh_v2DGd805xfLSQ5_ahkoBnFAmRZTaRvCTHCbqiqQBzO-JZNYzLKR0qr6_cWNJs_Yiwf0rzTbXJCGDZiVVtwOxi2coX8r_IG12x5S7pdPSKAhP4/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.31.47+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxl8xu6w4lkUzXmYjoJb9k2dYiZLWh_v2DGd805xfLSQ5_ahkoBnFAmRZTaRvCTHCbqiqQBzO-JZNYzLKR0qr6_cWNJs_Yiwf0rzTbXJCGDZiVVtwOxi2coX8r_IG12x5S7pdPSKAhP4/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-10-17+at+12.31.47+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Fall Walks</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;">Behind our apartment is a trail that we've been trying to take advantage every evening. It's so pretty this time of year, fall in the midwest is not something you want to miss. Man, it's gorgeous. Bright reds, oranges, yellows and golds. The weather has been amazing.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">Dressing Cosi in Ari's clothes</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6252572540/" title="Screen Shot 2011-10-16 at 10.42.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen Shot 2011-10-16 at 10.42.07 PM" height="619" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6035/6252572540_378c737b33_z.jpg" width="413" /></a></div></div></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-47289370031007204392011-10-16T21:49:00.000-07:002011-11-20T11:57:36.488-08:00Apple Picking!We have been getting our fall on in a major way this month. Caramel apples, apple cider, scary movies, all that good stuff. Well last Saturday we took it even further by going apple picking with Adrea, the babies, and our friend Kaila and her family. There weren't a lot of apples, you really had to dig for them. But it was almost more fun that way. ALSO, we went on a tractor ride through a pumpkin patch, and a corn maze. ALSO, we had really good apple cider and apple fritters. ALSO we bought some home made jam and carmel corn from the little store in front of the orchid. All in all, a Fall win.<br />
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We were here a whole month, I had planned in day trips and a week trip to Rome at the end of our stay, though I sort of burnt out on some of those plans, more on that later. In Florence we had a roommate, which was interesting. She was actually Canadian, but had spent about ten years living in Florence. She was nice, we sort of kept to ourselves. Our apartment was in a fantastic spot, we were close to everything, within walking distance of the Duomo, restaurants, and the market. The down side was that Florence was HOT while we were there, our room of course didn't have ac, but we didn't even have a fan. Also, we had to keep our window closed at night, otherwise birds might fly in, which I was terrified of. It doesn't cool down at night either. Our apartment was so old fashioned, there were actual shutters on the window, and no screen, it was sort of perfect, it really added to the experience of living in Florence.<br />
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And that's what i love about Florence, how diverse it is, meaning no two buildings are the same, everything has a handmade feel to it. The tiny sidewalks and streets have what look like hand made stones, and what looks like was hand placed. Everything is so unique, so old. We really didn't do all that much sightseeing, we saw the duomo, some cathedrals, the David (which was fantastic, even after the 40 minute wait) and the Uffizi gallery, which was all renaissance art (what else? We were in the heart of the renaissance after all). Other than that, we just lived, we walked the streets, got gelato, fresh fruits and veggies at the market. We shopped, both at H&M and the huge Florence market which was full of good stuff. We people watched, and most of all, we ate. The best restaurants are in Italy, I'm sure of it. How is the pasta so good? It doesn't even make sense, it seems so effortless, but it is SO good. Same goes with the pizza, it wasn't fancy, it was just simple, fresh ingredients. I could go on, and let's just say it was hard to go back to american pasta and pizza after that. However, in Seattle we found an AMAZING pizza place in Capital Hill that imitated Italian pizza to a perfection. Now I miss that, this is how things work I suppose. Still haven't had pasta anywhere as good as the pasta there.<br />
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I did start to get homesick, and I had a bout of anxiety while there, but looking back, it was a really great time. Good food, long walks, and shopping. Before I show you the photos, you should know that I had been there only a few days when my digital SLR camera broke. What else broke? My 35mm film camera only a couple days later. I realized this on top of the Duomo, after climbing ALL those stairs, I had no way of recording the amazing view from the top. Needless to say I was not a happy camper. I realized that the roll kept advancing after way too many shots, I opened the back of the camera, only to find the film wasn't advancing that whole time. Bummer. So all I had left was a holga and a 35mm toy camera, not very reliable cameras. We had no choice but to buy a cheap little digital camera. The silver lining is that it had video, so we were able to get video of our trip, instead of just pictures. Seth did most of the filming, and I put together a dinky little video of all the clips.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The few shots I was able to get on my SLR before it stopped working:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6205638565/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.02 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.02 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6205638565_5bbdb63c98_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6206152834/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.22 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6206152834_fc0ec9326a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6205640193/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.36 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.36 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6205640193_e40090f79c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6206154920/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.48 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.48 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6206154920_7678fb9f37_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6205641087/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.59 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.56.59 PM" height="424" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6205641087_baafd61843_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6206155652/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.09 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.09 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6206155652_2ca42a7470_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6205641939/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.20 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.20 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/6205641939_0463e77d77_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6206156456/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.35 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6206156456_6b2189b9c0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6206156682/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.44 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-02 at 9.57.44 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6206156682_05fe0fc289_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239335110/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.30.17 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.30.17 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6239335110_da14db3bae_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238815199/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.32.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.32.50 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6101/6238815199_eda4c07b6e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest are from the little digital camera or one of my toy film cameras</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239335636/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.38.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.38.35 PM" height="482" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6239335636_b5aab151a2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239336052/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.03 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.03 PM" height="413" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6239336052_b0f4ee1c89_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239336248/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.14 PM" height="411" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6239336248_a6324ee493_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes when we wanted a snack, we would walk a block down from our apartment to a room full of vending machines. For some reason, these chips were so good, they tasted kind of like lays, but way better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239336520/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.30 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.30 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6239336520_5e8ae85f3e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't remember where this was:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238816607/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.41 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.39.41 PM" height="361" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6238816607_d5ae4f0721_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spent one day at the gardens of something something...forgetting a lot of things, sorry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239337174/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.08 PM" height="498" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6239337174_08db403d43_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239337424/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.22 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6239337424_927f1c17b2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239337564/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.32 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.32 PM" height="497" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/6239337564_08ecd833f4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238817539/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.44 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 7.41.44 PM" height="499" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6111/6238817539_2ba4b9fedb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Duomo:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239338148/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.23 PM" height="361" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6239338148_30df4eefe2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239337948/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.13 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6091/6239337948_9659769e10_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Lovely details of Florence, hand painted signs, so cute.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238818177/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.38 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.38 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6093/6238818177_543656d1f0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239338354/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.49 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.10.49 PM" height="361" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6239338354_d55b5e1ce9_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239338496/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.11.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.11.01 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6239338496_c5d67faaa8_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238818571/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.11.53 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.11.53 PM" height="507" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6238818571_90eea2b8d8_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239338812/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.10 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.10 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6092/6239338812_b63b217026_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the meal that changed Seth's life forever. Gorgonzola cheese with honey and bread. It was amazing, and Seth still talks about it. I will say eating in Europe did change some of our eating habits, and honey with cheese? That's become a staple with us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239338974/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.17 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.17 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6239338974_b6cc3039c2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238818981/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.27 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.27 PM" height="361" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6238818981_b979e999a7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6239339156/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.37 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.12.37 PM" height="360" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/6239339156_9f05873404_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/6238824435/" title="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.20.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-10-12 at 8.20.23 PM" height="318" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6238824435_460d596666_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And lastly, a little video:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="338" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30653055?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="601"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/30653055">Florence</a> from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/user8937755">Maddy Lucas</a> on <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-42129624065494511132011-08-18T22:28:00.000-07:002011-10-27T07:40:11.134-07:00Our Last day in SeattleWe knew there were a lot of things that we'd miss as soon as we left Seattle. Places like Cupcake Royal, King's hamburgers, Cedar's Indian food, Honore, Walrus and the Carpenter, the list goes on (basically all we did here was eat). We decided to do as much as we could for our last day in Seattle, spent with the lovely Michelle. <br />
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We started out the day at Top Pot donuts. Soooo good, maybe not as good as Voodoo donuts in Portland, but still, soooo good. Especially if you love donuts as much as me. <br />
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After a visit to the U district we headed to Ballard, where we hit up the best place to eat in Seattle (even <a href="http://www.gq.com/food-travel/alan-richman/201101/alan-richman-best-new-restaurants-in-america#slide=6">GQ says so</a>, so yeah, legit) The Walrus and the Carpenter. I'm not one for seafood, so the frist time we ate here I didn't really like the oysters, but everything else was really good. We ate here a 2nd time, and all of a sudden I loved them. So the third and final time we came here, I was so excited to have the oysters. They serve them raw, and they taste like they just came right out of the sea. We got there at 4 so we could get happy hour oysters, and ordered a ton. Ugh, so good!!!!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Red red tomatoes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6057799675/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.08 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.08 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6057799675_55b9259b15_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zuchinni Salad:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6057800097/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.16 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.16 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6057800097_d122dde230_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058346590/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.26 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.26 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6058346590_7dbd539168_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058346922/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.43 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.11.43 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6058346922_8784164bb4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
After that, we walked around Ballard a bit, said our goodbyes, and headed over to Gasworks Park. On our way we stopped at the Fremont Troll, which I had only seen from the car before. We stopped for a little photo snappin.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058281078/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.13.54 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.13.54 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6061/6058281078_1422791e7d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058281970/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.01 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.01 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6058281970_d250150b49_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6057737325/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.11 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.11 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6057737325_a437b88b0e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Here is Seth with his little baby camera. He bought the Rebel T2i for the hi definition video, which is actually really awesome.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6057738747/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.27 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.27 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6057738747_c49ce08d9f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058283606/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.21 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 9.14.21 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6058283606_69d0e94999_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Last time at Gas Works, at least for a while. They were having their annual peace fair so there were lots of hippies and they were all awesome. <br />
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</div>That's it for Seattle, we miss it, but I am excited for new things.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6058365544/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.25.37 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.25.37 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6058365544_041af5fb9d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/6057819691/" title="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.25.45 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-08-18 at 11.25.45 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6201/6057819691_ef4653a832_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-19232622056928453502011-07-31T17:54:00.000-07:002011-11-30T21:35:40.109-08:00My Favorite Things as of late<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pinterest</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just warning you now, this is an addictive site. But I love it, sometimes after a long day of work I'll relax and do some pinning. It helps keep me organized. I used to have folders on my desktop of things I've found on the interent that I like, now I just pin them all. I also like that it's just my friends pins that I see, not the dumb stuff people put on the interent (though sometimes I click on everything out of curiosity, and I always find the most ridiculous things).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's <a href="http://pinterest.com/maddylucas/">my pinterest</a> if you want to take a look, you should join!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://turntable.fm/lobby"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Turntable</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we work, Seth and I like to listen to music. We've been listening to Pandora (I like the Beach House and Voxtroxt) but we get a little sick of it. Seth found this site, Turntable, where you go into different rooms (they are all labeled, everything form Hip Hop to acoustic indie) and if your lucky you can dj and play your own music, or just listen to what other people play. Seth and I both have enough points that we have bear suits now, and it's awesome. One Friday night we realized we were complete nerds, we were both dj'ing in the same room, trying to rack up points, instead of going out. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Crazy4Cult</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I bought this book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Cult-Movie-Art/dp/0857681036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312157940&sr=8-1">(here)</a> and I am obsessed. It's a bunch of artists that came together for a studio in LA called Studio 1988 and they each created art work for favorite cult movies. A lot of my favorite movies are featured including The Shining, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Harold & Maude, Night of the Living Dead, and Rushmore. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lushusa.com/shop"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Lush</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I discovered Lush since living in Seattle, there's a shop downtown close to Pike Place. MIchelle and I walked in once and I didn't expect to buy anything, I'm not picky about my shampoo or body wash (unlike my sister who is a product fiend). But as soon as I smelled the shampoo bars and bath bombs I was in. I now use their lotion, shampoo, soap, perfume...and occasionally I'll spend the money on a Mrs. Whippy bath bomb. Everything smells so good there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/">Tom & Lorenzo</a> and <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/">Topless Robot</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are only 2 blogs I read consistently, and I read them everyday (another way to unwind after a long day of work). Tom & Lorenzo are a fabulous gay couple who blog about fashion and tv shows mostly. They do amazing recaps on Mad Men episodes. They are so funny and down to earth (a trait that's a must for me if I"m going to read your blog). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Topless Robot is a nerd news blog, and I'm not really a nerd, I just have some nerdy traits (especially when it comes to computer and video games, even then I don't claim to know enough about anything to consider myself a real nerd). But Rob, who writes it, is hilarious. I'm not always interested in the posts but the daily list are always awesome, <a href="http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/07/the_17_least_appropriate_playmobil_sets_for_childr.php">here's</a> one of my favorites.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hbo.com/true-blood/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">True Blood</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since my favorite tv shows aren't on anymore, including the office, parks and rec, and mad men, True Blood has really filled the void. Okay, that and Louie, which is an amazing show. True Blood is awesome, its just so ridiculous I love it. My all time favorite series Six Feet Under was done byt he same dude, Alan Ball. This season is the best, and it's great because Seth watches it with me (he resisted at first, but he loves it now).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-79216808119670547042011-07-27T23:12:00.000-07:002011-10-27T08:01:08.191-07:004th of July with the FamilyI was so excited when my sister told me she was going to visit me here in Seattle (I love getting visitors!), and then on top of that, I found out Aunt Glo could come too, yay!. They both came on the 4th, and it was a full house, but a happy house. We went to <a href="http://maddyandseth.blogspot.com/2011/07/seattle-washington-part-ii.html">Olympic National Park</a>, did <a href="http://maddyandseth.blogspot.com/2011/07/olympic-national-park-washington-part-i.html">some sightseeing</a> around the city, and did a photoshoot for both <a href="http://madelynephoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/ari.html">Ari</a> and <a href="http://madelynephoto.blogspot.com/2011/07/rainbow-paper-airplanes.html">Henry</a>. We were able to see fireworks from the roof, so we had ourselves a little BBQ (our roof also has a grill yo) and it was a fine old time. I'm just glad we didn't have to drive to get to fireworks, that is always a nightmare.<br />
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Ari hammin it up as usual:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901840/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.01 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.01 PM" height="478" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/5983901840_97b5ed7f3d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The A in Ari stands for Awesome, this his him doing "spits"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901956/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.07 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.07 PM" height="480" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5983901956_800b3100b2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983902088/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.14 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.14 PM" height="420" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5983902088_0e56787a43_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983340593/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.28 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.28 PM" height="421" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5983340593_a9caa79982_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983902366/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.36 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.36 PM" height="422" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5983902366_94a3a8b1cf_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983902490/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.45 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.45 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5983902490_72418d1db5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aunt glo and Cannon, best buds:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983340917/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.53 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.49.53 PM" height="421" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/5983340917_9259534955_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983902660/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.50.00 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.50.00 PM" height="479" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5983902660_d6587a3e54_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Henry asked if he could use my camera to take pictures, but since it's a rather nice camera I decided to give him one of my old point and shoots. I made a little strap for him out of yarn and he loved it. He took it with him everywhere we went, here he is at Sol Duc with it:<br />
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I put the images on my computer (I'm hoping to make him a little book of his time here) and I thought they were pretty neat, here are some of my favorites.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (I might have taken this first one of Ari)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983338413/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.45.57 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.45.57 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5983338413_2a34aaf23d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983900108/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.04 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.04 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5983900108_2b7bb6ec31_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983338651/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.16 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.16 PM" height="236" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5983338651_bc9850fd23_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983338769/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.24 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.24 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5983338769_d1cb5d834c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this one, it's of his new Dinosaur sippy cup Adrea bought him at Ballard Market:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983338901/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.33 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.46.33 PM" height="480" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5983338901_45b2a737be_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pics from the stroller on our way to lunch, awesome leggy shot:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983339003/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.44 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.44 PM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5983339003_366b8b4255_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Toy portraits, also awesome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983339099/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.52 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.52 PM" height="238" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5983339099_896a85681a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983900994/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.07 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.07 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5983900994_8024f25d46_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cosi gets frustrated with Henry, but boy does he love Cosi.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983900874/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.59 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.47.59 PM" height="478" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5983900874_7e8a918e29_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Ari portraits:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983339393/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.14 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.14 PM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5983339393_996ce02848_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901192/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.20 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.20 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/5983901192_16a67f96eb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901296/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.27 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.27 PM" height="479" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5983901296_86505b5f6e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983339733/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.35 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.35 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5983339733_8837312e81_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These were taken on the roof, I think this girl asked if Henry would take a picture of her (tipsy much?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901502/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.41 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.41 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5983901502_1d78a7abf7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983901634/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.47 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.48.47 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5983901634_8e5b0cb128_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And lastly, photobooth pictures! They are the best.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983341299/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.51.52 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.51.52 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5983341299_75f6e1768c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983903064/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.04 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.04 PM" height="479" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5983903064_428dea5148_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983341475/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.11 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.11 PM" height="478" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5983341475_e66e6af910_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65732050@N04/5983341503/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.23 PM by maddylucas20, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 10.52.23 PM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5983341503_c1045cde24_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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As you can see, I think my little nephews are the greatest ever.<br />
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</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-79711455500051550852011-07-27T20:25:00.000-07:002011-11-20T11:55:26.860-08:00Seattle (Washington Part II)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">When we moved here, a lot of people asked us why, and we didn't have a <i>great</i> answer. I mean, we didn't move for a job, and we have no family. So I wasn't sure how to answer except, we like it. When we were dating, Seth and I came to Seattle to visit some friends. It was a great trip, and we really liked this city. It was also at the beginning of our relationship, when everything was new and we were really excited about this new thing we had. So I guess in a way, this city is sentimental to us, it was a place we both fell in love with, our first trip together. It was the only place that made sense to go after graduating. Because we had no idea where we wanted to go. Salt Lake seemed like the obvious choice, but also the most convenient and I needed to get out of there for a while. So we came here, and Seth has loved living here, I came to realize I miss having family and I'm not sure I really love the vibe and energy of the city at times. But, I do love the city itself, if that makes sense. So taking our family around to all these places we forget to go bc we live here, I felt proud of our little Seattle, the place we've called home for the last 11 months.<br />
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The nice thing about visitors is you do things you overlook when you live here. We hardly go to the Pike Place market, but even though it's full of tourists pretty much 24/7, it's an awesome market.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968376405/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.40.20 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.40.20 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5968376405_e62d7dc7c2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968861204/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.02.26 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.02.26 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5968861204_f8e43807a2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968934088/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.40.33 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.40.33 PM" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5968934088_705d9f158b_z.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968304645/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.03.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.03.13 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5968304645_7d9fb30f38_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968305321/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.03.51 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.03.51 PM" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5968305321_e46b216fa2_z.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968862246/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.01 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5968862246_b8cb148b9c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968862454/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.07 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5968862454_9fe1c4e4ef_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968305805/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.17 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.04.17 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5968305805_3f067740fa_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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We got lunch at a chowder place in Post Alley. It was so good. Ever since moving here, I have rediscovered how amazingly good Clam Chowder is, this place had all different types of chowders (I worry that once I leave Seattle Chowder just won't taste the same).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968387559/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.44.54 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.44.54 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/5968387559_fbd366db63_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968387753/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.00 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.00 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5968387753_cf4fe3db39_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968945456/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.14 PM" height="622" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5968945456_dc945279f2_z.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968945566/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.45.21 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5968945566_6cf3443870_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Cool bathrooms in Post Alley:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968945068/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.44.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.44.35 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5968945068_8f182ee97b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
There are two places we never miss when going downtown, Beecher's mac and cheese, and Le Panier. Beecher's has the best mac n cheese I've ever had, and Le Panier has really good citron and some other good french pastries (I prefer the macarons here in Ballard at Honore).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Beecher's:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968373379/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.35.58 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.35.58 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5968373379_107b0a2cc1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968930968/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.07 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5968930968_469a35a99a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968931084/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.15 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.15 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5968931084_ea101b3db7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Hanging out at Le Panier:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968373711/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.35 PM" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5968373711_a3cfd349e4_z.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968373887/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.44 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.44 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5968373887_aed4693a43_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968374037/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.36.55 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5968374037_8dccfc3b77_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968374181/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.02 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.02 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5968374181_a4e4bedf7b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968374477/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.23 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5968374477_169c4ea58f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968931844/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.14 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5968931844_f73c5c1b9a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968374627/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.35 PM" height="623" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5968374627_34632deda5_z.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968932232/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.43 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5968932232_4bc4a3e0d1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968932406/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.51 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.37.51 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5968932406_6dd27b6a0a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">One place we thought the kids would like is the Gum Wall, which Seth and I haven't been to since we came to visit a few years ago. I know it's gross, but I like how colorful it is.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Cannon looks a little unsure about it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968959958/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.52.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.52.21 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/5968959958_d2f5b5d991_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Cool wall near the gum wall:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968402211/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.52.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.52.13 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5968402211_9c562debd3_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">After that we did some shopping, and we found this cute Map store Seth and I never noticed before. We did end up buying a really cool map. We need to get it framed but we might wait until we move (it's a really cool map, did I mention that?)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968408099/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.54.49 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.54.49 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5968408099_6024424bdf_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968408179/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.54.57 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.54.57 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5968408179_a9fd147ff8_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968965892/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.55.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.55.08 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5968965892_d042800791_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Another thing we did with my family, that we haven't since we came to visit, was go to Gasworks Park. I don't know why we haven't gone here since living here, it's an awesome park, definitely something to do when you come to Seattle. You can see the whole city. It's just awesome. Plus, Seth and I had a really good time coming here the first time, revisiting it again years later was really, well, romantic. If you do go here, I suggest coming right before sunset so you can see the park, and then the city lights at night.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5983029367/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.23.03 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.23.03 PM" height="461" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5983029367_91d20906c7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5983010533/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.20 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.20 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5983010533_d7de40e129_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5983010621/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.28 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.28 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5983010621_a041815e41_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968417285/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.16 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.16 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5968417285_2b757cda9a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5983573086/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.38 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-27 at 8.14.38 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5983573086_bd753e7f6e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968974790/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.24 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.24 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5968974790_8b19816829_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968974894/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.31 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5968974894_25f9015b55_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968975104/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.45 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.45 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5968975104_8813497eda_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968417811/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.53 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 7.58.53 PM" height="622" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5968417811_f539b055ef_z.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">These are just some of my favorite places in Seattle, but there is lots to see and lots to do here. I will miss it when I'm gone!</div></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-67909403716987304522011-07-26T00:08:00.000-07:002011-11-20T11:56:11.330-08:00Olympic National Park (Washington Part I)We spent the last year living in Seattle. And while I'm glad to be moving, I have come to love so many things about Seattle, and the surrounding areas. Ever since we realized we were moving, we decided to as many things as we could before we leave, since there is so much to see here. That, and our families have come to visit us, which has been great. So, here's to Washington, the most gorgeous state I've ever been in.<br />
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<b>Olympic National Park Take One: Sol Duc </b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(I've now been to Olympic National Park twice since living here, so I'll go over both of them)</span></b><br />
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About a month ago, Seth and I woke up one morning and decided we wanted to be campers. So, we bought a tent, got some cheap sleeping bags, chairs, and other items and took the 4 hour drive to Olympic National park. We didn't get off to a great start, I was able to find a campground but we got out really late. And the I-5 ramp was closed off, so the traffic got really backed up. We got caught in the worst traffic I have ever been in, for sure the worst in Seattle. We didn't end up getting to the campground until pretty late. As we drove in near the park, we were on a very windy road, and I started to feel sick pretty fast, plus, it was sunset and the sun was really bright. This combined with the stoping and going we did while stuck in traffic all made for one pretty nasty headache. I've had this kind of headache before, and I know what it leads to if I'm not careful, a migraine.<br />
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Once we got in, I tried to take it easy. But it was difficult, we had to cook our meal and set up our tent. Then, take it back down, once we realized we had taken someone else's spot. So we packed up and moved ten feet over to another spot, and put our tent back up. At this point, my headache was getting even worse. An hour later, I knew I was doomed. I got in my sleeping bag, without bothering to change my clothes (I think I took my shoes off?) and stayed completely still, while the pain took over. And it didn't stop, and it was freezing. We didn't bring enough bedding, I had no idea it would get that cold at night. At one point, I started shivering, and Seth gave me his sleeping bag. I had no idea at the time, I was pretty out of it, but he was lying there, with no blanket (can you believe that? When he told me that later I was so touched) and he kept moving to get warm. So every movement he made caused a new wave of pain. It was so bad, I couldn't even talk. Finally, I took a pill my dad gave me for his migraines, which doesn't do much except make me throw up, but I knew once I threw up it would get better.<br />
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When I finally did throw up, the pain subsided somewhat, but not as much as I would have liked. I didn't really feel better until I fell asleep which was sometime later. Oh, and remember how seth and I just decided to become campers? Well this means we're also amateurs, <a href="http://madelynephoto.blogspot.com/2010/09/yellowstone.html">the last time we went camping</a> was with our friends Nic & Kirsten, in their amazing VW bus. And they took care of everything. So we didn't realize that for the sleeping bags to actually work, you had to zip them up and get in them. What we did is we laid one sleeping bag down as a mat, and put the other one over us. When we finally figured out how to fully utilize the sleeping bag, we were able to warm up and I was finally able to enter peaceful, blissful sleep.<br />
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The following morning I woke up to a constant banging sound. At first I thought it was Seth chopping wood, then I finally got up to see what it was, and I found the culprit right in front of my tent. It was a group of kids having a pogo stick contest. Add pogo stick to the list of obnoxious noise making toys I will not be buying my children. It was awful, and they were all waiting for their turn so there was no end in site. Despite this, I felt 85% better, as is always the case the day after a migraine. But I was still weak and a bit groggy, so we didn't do the 2 mile hike up to Sol Duc Falls like we had planned. Instead, we drove closer to the waterfall and took a half mile hike up to see it. It was gorgeous, have I mentioned yet how insane Olympic park is? Every inch of it is pristine gorgeous wilderness. The trees! The trees! (They are the best trees around). The hike was nice, we took photos, took our time (I was trying not to over exert myself), and hung out at the waterfall for a bit. We had paid for 2 nights, but decided against it, as I didn't want to spend another night freezing cold and I wasn't feel great and really I just anted to be home. So we got some dinner at the Lodge nearby, and headed home. Not a full success, but still made memories.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Driving in:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969010060/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.06.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.06.50 PM" height="195" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5969010060_746e3f34ce_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453025/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.02 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.02 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5968453025_cd8a2de527_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Deer from the the side of the road (always exciting)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969012172/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.26 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.26 PM" height="318" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5969012172_95ff70b45d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sol Duc:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969010360/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.14 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5969010360_c208c0a1c4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969010500/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.30 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.30 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5969010500_afde618602_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968454759/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.07 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5968454759_4f2c0278f6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453479/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.38 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.38 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5968453479_cb6d89c5fd_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me, post migraine:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453557/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.48 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.48 PM" height="623" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6015/5968453557_20290fa5f8_z.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bet this trailer is nice and warm at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453715/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.59 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.07.59 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5968453715_7868b00c01_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453871/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.08 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5968453871_e36f215c8b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968453977/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.21 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5968453977_b5119b29c4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968454097/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.08.31 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5968454097_0b48c68a42_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968454517/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.50 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5968454517_dd3c1dc087_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969011874/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.00 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.00 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5969011874_83f622ff83_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969012092/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.17 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.14.17 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5969012092_458d09feb6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sol Duc Falls:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969011438/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.24 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.24 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5969011438_46839d4bcb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">RAINBOW!!!!!!!! (I get really excited for rainbows).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968454395/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.39 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.13.39 PM" height="429" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5968454395_96412e9b7b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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And here's the video from the bloggie, you can see Seth recording me taking the above photo, is that meta or what?<br />
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</div></div><b>Olympic National Park Take Two: Sol Duc again, Lake Crescent, Hoh Rainforest, Ruby Beach</b><br />
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This month we had lots of family come visit us, and it was terrific (I love visitors, especially since we get a bit lonely all the way out here with no family). Seth's parents and his two nephews came first. We showed them around the city and it was a lot of fun, they were only here two days so we tried to do as much as we could, but I wish they could have stayed longer. Just a few days later, my family came to visit, Aunt glo and Cannon, and My sister Adrea and her two boys. It was a full apartment (especially the nights Aunt glo wasn't able to rent out the available apartment we have in our apartment complex) but I loved it. We did all the site seeing (I'll get to that in a bit) and we spent 2 nights in Olympic. Seth decided not to come, we had a rush package he had to get out, and he was not feeling up to it. <br />
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So, the first night we stayed in a cabin in Sol Duc, same area seth and I went. We went on the same hike seth and I did too, and it was every bit as beautiful the 2nd time. Our cabin was kind of nasty, so we decided to stay at Lake Crescent Lodge the next night. This was really beautiful as well. The lake was gorgeous. I did start to feel a little sick again on the ride over, and I probably could have gotten another migraine (that damn road!) but luckily I didn't, I think it helped that we weren't in the car as long, and I actually remembered to bring the migraine medicine my doctor prescribed me (it's now in my purse at all times).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sol Duc:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968500389/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.08 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/5968500389_3c4a571d3a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968500643/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.43 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.43 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5968500643_824437fcc6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969057778/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.53 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.22.53 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5969057778_9d5b33a343_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969057986/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.23.15 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.23.15 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5969057986_50149f3713_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501291/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.14 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5968501291_bbf4008629_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5969058320/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.22 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5969058320_1b82708ae7_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501519/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.31 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5968501519_9cdd4778ae_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501645/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.40 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.40 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5968501645_27648c3693_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501809/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.57 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.24.57 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5968501809_a160b86c7b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The 2nd day we did a lot. We drove to Hoh Rainforest (and stopped in Forks to get some mexican food, which was surprisingly good) then we went to Ruby Beach, which was awesome. I'll let the pictures do the talking.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Babies in the morning:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501993/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.14 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5968501993_e0b0c8a01a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968502071/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.35 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.35 PM" height="248" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5968502071_50f69f5176_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Passing through Forks (a pit of a little town, made famous by Twilight, interesting).<br />
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Hoh rainforest is awesome. That's pretty much all you need to know about it.<br />
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Baby deer!!!! So cute.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ruby Beach was also really pretty, like, really really pretty. The boys absolutely loved it. Also, walking down the pathway to the beach, a bald eagle flew right over my head. It was AWESOME. 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And here's a quick little video:<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Lake Crescent was really pretty, as you can see. The last day we were here, we went on a hike to another waterfall (my SD card was full so I didn't get any pictures) and we also went kayaking in the morning. I was with Aunt glo, and Henry sat on my lap, Adrea and Ari were in their own, and Cannon had his own. It was great.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5968501891/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-23 at 8.25.07 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5968501891_7f17e1323f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
I didn't have my nice camera in the kayak so these are on the little point and shoot I was letting Henry use most the trip.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty water:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5977220316/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.41.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.41.01 PM" height="479" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5977220316_81ba704f30_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">At one point Henry got a little tired and he's so small he was able to fit in the boat lying down. (:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5976655451/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.53 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.53 PM" height="424" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/5976655451_67143843c2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cannon being so tough</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5977220026/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.31 PM" height="480" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5977220026_3482feb4c8_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ari didn't seem to be enjoying himself too much, and I think he was pretty tired once it was all over.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5977219870/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.06 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-25 at 11.40.06 PM" height="239" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5977219870_aee723ffe3_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Olympic National Park has come to be one of my favorite places in the world. I highly suggest making the trip out here to anyone who comes to visit Seattle. Pictures don't do it justice, you just have to be there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-36766568979925617192011-07-17T16:19:00.000-07:002011-10-27T07:38:28.255-07:00SwitzerlandWe had planned to spend 5 days in Switzerland, since it's in between Amsterdam and Italy, and the apartments we rented out were for specific days so we had some time to kill. While in Russia, one of Aunt Glo's friends, Paula, offered us her house in Switzerland to stay at for free. They lived there for a while and the house hasn't been used much since. Paula was really sweet, while we were in Russia she made us dinner while Aunt Glo was away in Germany. She also said we could use their really nice Mercades, we were too scared of wrecking it so we never did, but what a nice gesture! As a thank you, I took graduation pictures of her son and his friends. <br />
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When we got into Suiss, we came in on the train very late, and could not figure out how to get to the little town we were staying. Two very nice guys helped us with their phone, and we got on the train. At this point it was one in the morning, and we kept passing stops that weren't our town. Then, the train stopped completely. It wouldn't start again until 4am. We didn't know what to do, we thought about staying in the train station until 4 and then trying to find it then. Finally, we decided to take a taxi. It costs us $100 euro, which sucked, but at least we made it, and the driver took us right up to the house. From the train station, it's a long walk uphill to the house so in a way this was good. We might have gotten lost since it was so dark and with all our suitcases that would have been no fun.<br />
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The house was awesome, we totally got hooked up. When we got there there was a little gift waiting for us too, with bread, chocolate and fruit, and the fridge was stocked with some essentials (Paula had the company her husband works for come and set the place up for us). The house was 3 stories and fully furnished. We had been traveling for about 2 months now, and we were tired. So, we spent pretty much the whole time relaxing in this house and it was awesome. We had planned to go to Bern, but since everything is insanely expensive here, we just sort of hung out. We got groceries, caught up on etsy, walked around the town. It was great. The town we were in is in is a quant, green hilly place, and I can not remember the name of it. It was something like Groschototten, we'll call it Gro for short (edit: it's called Grosshochstetten, I was close!). Gro is not a touristy place at all, it's just this small little farming town about 20 minutes away from Bern. So we did get a few looks from the locals walking around. But it was nice to be in a place that wasn't overrun with other tourists.<br />
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One thing we did do however, was go to the Swiss alps, how could we not? We took the train to Grindelwald, and it was breathtaking. Switzerland isn't my favorite country, from what I saw, not a ton of personality, but I think you go here for the scenery. It was pretty unforgettable.<br />
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Ooh, I almost forgot, the train ride from Amsterdam to Suiss was freaking gorgeous. We stopped in Germany to switch trains and it made me wish we had planned Germany into our trip, it was so cool. From the train we'd see a church on a hill surrounded by little houses and it was just too cute. I didn't get any good pictures but here are some anyway...<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Groschototten (sp?)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div></div>This was the view from our window in Gro, so gorgeous, I kept trying to get good pictures of it but none of the pictures I took really showed how pretty it was. Ah well.<br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictures from our walks around the town:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>One of our friends from college, Harper, posted on Facebook how to make homemade peanut butter cups. We thought that looked pretty good. So we went down the steep hill to the grocery store and got the ingredients: chocolate, powdered sugar, and peanut butter. Well, what actually happened was when we got to the store, I told Seth we already had powdered sugar, that I had seen it earlier. He said, are you sure?? You promise? I told him I was sure of it, and if I was wrong, I would walk all the way back and get some. Turns out, I was wrong. It was just sugar I saw. So I walked all the way back to the store to get some powdered sugar. I have no idea why I was so sure it was powdered sugar, but I lived up to my promise. These were super good, and really easy. You just melt the chocolate, then fill a cupcake liner up halfway, add the peanut butter mix (it's just peanut butter with some powdered sugar mixed in), fill up the rest with chocolate and refrigerate. So good! We tried to make this again in the states, but it wasn't as good, you gotta get that suiss chocolate I guess.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Treats from the bakery (love me some citron):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947924391/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.22 PM" height="325" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5947924391_951dcf25f3_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948480526/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.31 PM" height="311" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5948480526_9f92638856_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948480776/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.38 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.25.38 PM" height="294" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5948480776_aac7c1b69d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
One of our train stops on the way to Grindelwald had a really pretty lake, I took some pictures while we waited for our next train. I believe it was here that we found tons of ritter chocolate bars, and we bought almost every flavor.<br />
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<b>Grindelwald</b><br />
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And now Grindelwald! Not much to say about Grindelwald, except that it was simply gorgeous. We took the rail up to one of the mountain tops, not the highest one, and did some exploring. It was like The Sound of Music up in here, so picturesque.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cute little Grindelwald at the base of the mountain:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947959679/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.13 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5947959679_9f7ab90550_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948515974/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.20 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.20 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6023/5948515974_808041904a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947960157/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.29 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.29 PM" height="389" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5947960157_c1a7bd8e8b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947960387/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.45 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.45 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5947960387_3471c31628_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948516558/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.54 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.36.54 PM" height="429" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5948516558_c487bd220c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">awww, seth makes a new friend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947960673/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.01 PM" height="608" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5947960673_1c7865748c_z.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the carts we rode up the mountain, pretty cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948516970/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.07 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.07 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5948516970_e1cedb1656_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947961025/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.14 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5947961025_bb8ce35cd5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947961311/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.22 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/5947961311_1e578bd935_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo shoot time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948517520/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.28 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.28 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5948517520_eb31d5a41e_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Seth picked me these flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947961745/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.39 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.39 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5947961745_b6fca77671_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love how the houses are speckled throughout the hills, this is at the base of one of the peaks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948517880/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.45 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.45 PM" height="166" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5948517880_c5f7a26295_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mountains, clouds were big and fluffy that day:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948518096/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.37.55 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/5948518096_e47f8ba7dd_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947962365/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.00 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.00 PM" height="268" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5947962365_7485965b6f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947962559/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.08 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.08 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6126/5947962559_43ea62be82_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947962769/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.15 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.15 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5947962769_3281ba3c09_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948518926/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.23 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.23 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5948518926_2150c4aea1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo shoot time again, being really awesome this time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948519018/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.31 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5948519018_e52b2085a4_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947963297/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.39 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.39 PM" height="474" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5947963297_140aab98fb_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Switzerland!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948519484/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.50 PM" height="612" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5948519484_fb09e541be_z.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how high up we are, (thank you Grindelwald for accommodating us americans).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947963759/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.38.55 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5947963759_8e41ef497f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Interlaken</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>We made a quick stop in Interlaken on the way back. Not much to do here unless you want to go hang gliding or skydiving. We also paid way too much for bad fondue. There was some good shopping, we bought some chocolate here and almost bought a really cute cuckoo clock, sort of wish we had gotten it looking back.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the detail in these buildings (a lot buildings in Suiss had painted words on them, as you might have noticed, and I just love that, it gives it such a handmade look).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947991779/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.45 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.45 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5947991779_95c96f2c65_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948547500/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.53 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.53 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5948547500_6001976d60_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947992213/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.59 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.48.59 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5947992213_7fceedac72_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948547884/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.49.05 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.49.05 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5948547884_d5dbdc9fd1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This fountain, the cutest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5948548104/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.49.12 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 4.49.12 PM" height="610" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/5948548104_d9f75ef80d_z.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bye to Switzerland, you were lovely. Next stop: Italia.</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-46775375567370047172011-07-17T13:16:00.000-07:002011-10-27T07:38:42.105-07:00Zaanse Schans - The NetherlandsThe other day trip we did while in Holland was a visit to Zaanse Schans, which has three very Dutch things: windmills, cheese, and clogs. So you can imagine it was very touristy. However, when we went there weren't too many tourists and I didn't mind the touristy feel of it for some reason. Maybe because it was just so dang cute it didn't bother me. We spent a whole day here, we bought some cheese and some hand made soap, and walked around checking out all the cool windmills.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">View from the bridge coming in, can you spot the 3 windmills?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947744908/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.51.58 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.51.58 PM" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5947744908_a74971bb07_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947189671/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.12 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.12 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5947189671_1f8fdfc883_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947745120/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.19 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.19 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5947745120_0a9d0a2076_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cheese makin:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947190025/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.28 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.28 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5947190025_317255f392_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947190183/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.33 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.33 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5947190183_522ff85c4f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clogs:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947190373/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.41 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.41 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5947190373_f21a887890_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947745924/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.49 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.49 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5947745924_1f47efde4f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947190731/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.55 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.52.55 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5947190731_a3fe3a86c0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We watched this guy make a clog out of a piece of wood, sat in with an Asian tourist group</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947746470/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.11 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.11 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5947746470_0a7237be80_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947746300/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.04 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.04 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5947746300_e7628cef43_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This guy loved it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947746614/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.17 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.17 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5947746614_75ccd3a76c_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't judge us, we had to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947191565/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.32 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.32 PM" height="609" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5947191565_b641cbe19d_z.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947191645/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.40 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.40 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5947191645_10869fc464_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cool graphics:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947746798/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.24 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.24 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5947746798_380efc5ec1_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947747194/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.46 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.46 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5947747194_c09c351de6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947192107/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.00 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.00 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6124/5947192107_59f68a9a9d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't feed the animals!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947747370/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.54 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.53.54 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5947747370_2762516ea5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Windmills</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947747642/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.06 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.06 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5947747642_06a37b688f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947747796/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.22 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5947747796_ed37423e20_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947747858/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.30 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.30 PM" height="611" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5947747858_f0533e76e1_z.jpg" width="409" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ima windmill</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947748014/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.38 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.38 PM" height="448" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6139/5947748014_67345e3537_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947192743/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.46 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.46 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5947192743_2a1f58894f_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cuteness</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947748342/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.52 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.54.52 PM" height="416" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/5947748342_efe5249e36_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947193101/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.55.01 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.55.01 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5947193101_23563cae39_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947193181/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.55.10 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.55.10 PM" height="315" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5947193181_52fde5aa38_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for Holland, I have to say we enjoyed our day trips to Rotterdam, Breda and Zaanse Schans more than Amsterdam itself, but it was definitely interesting. Next stop: Switzerland!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557492631248242114.post-36638640753438630172011-07-17T00:02:00.000-07:002011-10-27T07:38:54.820-07:00Rotterdam & Breda - The NetherlandsIt just happened that while we were in The Netherlands there was a graphic design festival in a town called Breda, about 2 hours away. So we decided to do a little trip to Breda and stop in Rotterdam on the way. <br />
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<b>Rotterdam</b><br />
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Rotterdam was really cool because of the totally unique architecture, and it was on the water, which always makes a city cooler in my opinion. I actually went online and searched for what to do in Rotterdam, I found a little itinerary for how to spend your day there and we followed it exactly, down to what transportation to take and what to eat. Rotterdam felt less European and more modern then the other places we've been.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099027/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.14 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.14 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5945099027_abb6ce6964_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099101/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.22 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5945099101_6a64124a3e.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945657304/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.32 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.32 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5945657304_cb016e0f6b_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945657456/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.40 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.40 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5945657456_5b7ba1bf35_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
We paid to go up the Euromast, so we could see the whole city.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947576958/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.00 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.00 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5947576958_9cf38c0d37_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947022551/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.09 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.09 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5947022551_14e2f40682.jpg" width="334" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947023137/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.21 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5947023137_77cff11059_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the metro:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099441/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.49 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.49 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5945099441_64490c2f3d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099539/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.57 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.49.57 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5945099539_9c0ccf358d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099649/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.05 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.05 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6133/5945099649_a3b8509175_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947023445/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.27 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.27 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5947023445_40f25cab5d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099767/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.12 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.12 PM" height="609" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5945099767_0c0689cb1a_z.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Utah! Apparently this is the direction Utah is located.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945099879/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.18 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.18 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/5945099879_e3218ce6d0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945100033/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.32 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.32 PM" height="475" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5945100033_3e86b64dd2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Cool cars:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945658310/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.40 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.40 PM" height="315" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5945658310_685d98f610_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947022831/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.15 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.04.15 PM" height="428" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5947022831_b00e6350d0_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Park:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947022027/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.31 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.31 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5947022027_ca3d79b6c2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Cool Sculptures:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947578348/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.08.13 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.08.13 PM" height="294" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5947578348_260baccec5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947578612/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.08.48 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.08.48 PM" height="426" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5947578612_4cb8fdc8b6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<b>Breda Graphic Design Festival</b><br />
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Going to the design festival was somewhat of a bust. The main exhibit we wanted to see was a paper exhibit by one of Seth's favorite designers at the time, <a href="http://www.hattienewman.co.uk/">Hattie Newman </a>who does a lot of really cool paper exhibits. I looked at a lot of her stuff when doing my BFA. We ended up getting out too late, spending too long at the Graphic Design museum, and on top of that we got lost. So, we only saw a few exhibits, and Hattie's was not one of them unfortunately. But the Graphic Design museum was really neat. Especially the kids section.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Breda:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945658478/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.50 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.50 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6029/5945658478_62e431d2d6_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945100407/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.57 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.50.57 PM" height="427" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5945100407_b0ff7be253_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945658714/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.04 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.04 PM" height="609" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5945658714_a6aac3141e_z.jpg" width="407" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947020941/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.03 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.03 PM" height="425" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/5947020941_02f517b3cd_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947576014/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.16 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.16 PM" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/5947576014_4e0c67142d.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kids section of the museum:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945658784/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.11 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.11 PM" height="478" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6012/5945658784_d4cbe8b8c5_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5945100745/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.21 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-16 at 11.51.21 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5945100745_2fe7411fc3_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947575236/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.02.57 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.02.57 PM" height="477" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5947575236_1092d8a14a_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Seth loved this exhibit at the festival, you could change the type around on this program someone created.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947021127/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.10 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.10 PM" height="476" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5947021127_f6aaacf8c2_b.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Back on the train to back to Amsterdam. This was on the train next to us, apparently you can't smoke or talk on this train.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madsy/5947576282/" title="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.22 PM by Madsy8961, on Flickr"><img alt="Screen shot 2011-07-17 at 12.03.22 PM" height="609" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5947576282_4064f741c1_z.jpg" width="408" /></a></div>Maddy Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511834331482726237noreply@blogger.com0