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lost in america…kind of

by random nicole May 3, 2012

one of my favorite movies that i can watch over and over again is national lampoons vacation. i love the scene when clark w. griswold is wandering the desert searching for help after crashing the family truckster in the middle of nowhere. chevy chase rocks that scene. i, however am NOT chevy chase. in my [...]

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sugar high: the madonna inn

by varci November 4, 2011

my mom should have been a trucker. there was nothing she loved more than pulling her aging volvo stacked high with camping gear into the parking lot of a roadside truck stop- the greasier the better. fried eggs, biscuits, gravy, home fries and healthy doses of ketchup. lots of these places have disappeared, replaced with [...]

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CAMPING…CAMPING…& MORE CAMPING

by random nicole September 28, 2011

camping collage of some photos from the trip! my life long dream of going camping was fulfilled last weekend as i rang in my 35th birthday in big sur at the riverside campground and cabins. so much good food, all cooked on a camping stove or in cast iron skillet over an open flame: beef [...]

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campcation

by random nicole September 22, 2011

that’s right…i’m about to go camping for the first time ever. it’s been my life long dream and it’s not for lack of trying that i’ve never been. attempted camping trips have been thwarted by broken cars, full camp sites, las vegas, nearly getting arrested and many more oddities. i’m pretty excited but a little [...]

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orange international street fair 2011!

by random nicole September 21, 2011

if you know me, you know how much i love the orange international street fair. labor day weekend the downtown circle of my hometown is transformed into a big outdoor restaurant as booths featuring foods from around the world and beers a plenty line the streets. i was lucky enough to get to be home [...]

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ventura … patchwork show … craftcation

by random nicole September 15, 2011

patchwork indie arts & crafts festival is growing. the city of ventura approached delilah and i last year about bringing patchwork show there. we made a trip up and met with eric, the city of venura’s creative economy specialist (don’t you just love a town that provides a someone a job title like that?) meeting [...]

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airplanes…the beach & babycakes

by random nicole September 5, 2011

for the first time in a long time…i flew on an airplane. airplanes and elevators are a few of my least favorite things but this labor day weekend a trip to LA was on my agenda and there was no time for that monotonous drive down the 5. the labor day agenda: 1. meet up [...]

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snow… crafting… rain…

by random nicole January 26, 2010

about a week ago i returned from my little trip east… hello & goodbye to salem, boston & new york city. lots of family affairs, getting to be a passenger instead of driver, really good thin crust pizza, snow, snow, snow, letting go of nasty habits, board games, feeling a little older, lobster, steak tips, [...]

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CHA winter retail trade show… craft icons… familiar faces

by random nicole January 24, 2010

i went to the CHA craft & hobby association’s winter retail show at the Anaheim convention center yesterday… as walked the aisles i kept wondering if i was missing another room or section that didn’t involve scrapbooking. at least 80% of the booths seemed somehow scrapbooking related. and since i don’t ‘scrap’ i was a [...]

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la… la… la… LOS ANGELES

by random nicole January 8, 2010

a much needed day off a few weeks ago was filled by taking a little trip to la… here’s what we did…. 1. we stopped by and saw jenny ryan- fellow crafting queen at her new place in silverlake HOME EC her shop looked amazing and there talk about me teaching a few classes there [...]

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