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Hola from San Juan!
After a very long flight from Seattle, we arrived in San Juan early afternoon to beautiful, sunny and VERY HOT weather. Our cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas begins tomorrow, and we arrived a day early as a precaution. We’ve had a chill day involving lots of great food, some beach time, walking around El Morro and checking out the casinos in our hotel and next door. Taking advantage of the free wifi at the hotel right now, I’ve uploaded pictures taken from today — check it out! Tomorrow will be light as we just grab a bite to eat and hopefully have more beach time before heading…
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Frozen Custard comes to Seattle!
In Kansas, there is frozen custard EVERYWHERE. I remember this even in high school as the trend started picking up…you couldn’t find an ice cream shop except the Baskin-Robbins in the strip mall…but you could find a few frozen custard stores. I’d been wondering if it was just a midwest thing as I never saw such a store on the East Coast or West Coast. Well, about a month ago, after having dinner at Spinasse up the street, Matt and I noticed a sign for a frozen custard place and wondered………well, it finally opened! Old School Frozen Custard is just up the street—I can’t wait to check it out. As…
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my body hates me
Over the last 24 hours, I got sunburnt over lunch in the sun (just sitting there for 40 minutes in the Microsoft commons!), then attended an intense Circuit Training class at the ProClub and then suddenly had the inspiration to bike 30 miles home around Lake Washington. My body hates me. It feels good but man, my legs are like jello. Here was my route: In other news: My dearest friends, Jigna and Matt, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Kiran, on May 9th—congratulations! I went and visited them on day 2 and she was so precious! Another couple we love — Jessica and John — got married up in…