I want to highlight some of the great child-friendly places we visited on our trip. The first is Explorium of Lexington, a fun children’s art and science museum located downtown. It has two levels with several different types of hands-on activities for infants through maybe about 8 or 10 years-old, depending upon your child’s interests. Upstairs, the children explored the…
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So first off, yes, I totally stole the title of this blog post from an episode of Sex and the City. An episode I actually never even watch because I simply don’t enjoy it. But what I love is the use of “defining” as both an adjective and a verb. Moments that are both defining you and moments that you…
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After leaving Louisville, we traveled to Knoxville to visit our friends who moved away from South Florida about two years ago. It was nice to see a familiar face and visit a new city. We took a drive to the Smoky Mountains, specifically Cade’s Cove. Apparently I visited the North Carolina side of the Smoky Mountains when I was 17…
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Every December, beyond the holidays and Winter Break, I get so excited about strawberry and tomato picking in South Florida. By late April, the weather is too hot, and the plants stop producing fruit. The great thing about traveling North is that I got to experience the beginning of berry picking season all over again — in Southwest Indiana! In…
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We left South Florida due North Friday morning around 7:15 am. I’ll illustrate, mostly in photos, our drive up to Louisville, KY. Every awesome trip out of Florida starts with lunch in Gainesville at Burrito Brothers. I somehow managed to get to Gainesville in 4 hours (with a stop for gas). Here’s the famous Burrito Brothers GUAC sign. Custom neon…
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