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A few months ago, I found some cheap fares to Rarotonga, in the Cook Islands. Kim and I decided to spend our thanksgiving there, and had a great time.
Rarotonga feels to me much like Hawaii in terms of the ocean life and the geography and plant life, though it’s much smaller than most of the Hawaii islands we all think of. It’s surprisingly undeveloped, no big hotels, no golf courses, I didn’t see a single chain store or restaurant I recognized, and mostly pretty affordable, with the exception of food, …
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Kim and I celebrated 9 years from when we first met (OK, mostly an excuse for an extravagant dinner) on Friday, by heading to Providence, a 2 Michelin star restaurant in Los Angeles. It was simply amazing. Each course could easily be in the top 5 plates of food I’ve ever eaten, and there were 7 courses, (plus an amuse bouche and extra little candies) so the math doesn’t even make sense. the service was beyond excellent, and of course, they …
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Kim and I celebrated our anniversary this weekend (April 9) with a weekend trip to Monterrey Bay, CA. We went paddling Sat morning off a point near Pacific Grove. It was windy, and big, and stormy, so we didn’t get far, but it was a lot of fun.
After-wards, we hung out in the tide-pools, then checked out a street fair in PG. Checked into our hotel, then had a nice dinner.
Sunday we went kayaking again, with amazing wildlife. Otters, seals and sea lions EVERYWHERE. Really, …
