Once again, I let MONTHS slip away between posts. My goal of systematically completing my 10 Ways to Tourist in Your Own Town list from my last post through the summer fell way, way, way by …
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#1. Pretend You Actually Are a Tourist: Temple Square
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New Year’s Pyro Playlist
It’s only a minutes away (Mountain Standard Time), but 2017 cannot come soon enough. It seems a lot of people feel this way (see John Oliver’s popular “Fuck You 2016″). I started 2016 stupid happy, but …
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Follow Me Up to Carlow!
I’m throwing a little temper tantrum because I think I accidentally deleted my pics from Carlow! I spent a great afternoon finding and exploring the Delta Sensory Gardens and the little town of Carlow in southeast Ireland. The …
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Male Ego: The Real Story behind the Giant’s Causeway
The science behind the beautiful Giant’s Causeway goes that thick lava cooled and cracked into the pattern (you’ll see similar shapes in a dried up river bed), but the fact is that Irish giant Finn …
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From the Tropics of Northern Ireland
It was gray and drizzly in Belfast, and I so truly needed this pick-me-up from the Palm House in Belfast. Plus it’s free! The Palm House was completed in 1840 and is one of the …
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In Which I Take Questionable Advice from my Spirit Animal Guide
If you read my last post, you know I was a little down in the dumps. I thought a good night’s sleep in my big, cushy, golden AirBNB bed would help, but I woke up feeling …
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Solsbury Hill
My heart was going BOOM BOOM BOOM, mostly from the climb to this place. When my favorite navigation app (Maps.me–it works offline and is super detailed!) told me to go up a tiny alley in …
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The White Cliffs
Short and sweet today. Today’s post brought to you by Eric Johnson’s guitar classic Cliffs of Dover. Watch the video to see Johnson’s insane technique (you’ll start to recognize the tune around 2:25) or listen to it …
