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Commandments of Duluth

By LVA

My most recent trip was up north to Duluth for the Wild Waters Music Festival. I traveled with two of my close friends, Dan & Beth. The trip was a perfect weekend of weather and not unlike my trip a weekend earlier to Salt Lake City, we sliced our time perfectly. Below are a few […]

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Commandments of Hilo

By LVA

I’ve been on writing retreat in Hawaii. Time for some new commandments. If you aren’t aware, I sometimes-when I feel like it- create new commandments for the cities I visit. My hope with this is I offer a remembering for myself of the place I visited-full transparency that’s what I care about most-and also offer […]

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Commandments of Portland

By LVA

So my August #microbucketlist included taking a spontaneous trip. It led me to this new, inevitable, commandments of cities I visit. If you’d like a deeper dive into what the ‘commandments of cities’ I visit are you can check out this post. Let me start with my original vision of taking a spontaneous trip. Here’s […]

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The Perfect Welcome Mat

By LVA

I’m a self-proclaimed gypsy. I like moving around. A lot. I like adventure. Over a year ago I tried on something different. Renting my place out on Airbnb. It’s a beautiful condo, in a beautiful part of the city. Near the falls, right off the light rail, only a few stops from the airport. I […]

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Commandments of St. Pete’s

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I’m revisiting a fun practice I did for a number of my trips in 2017. Commandments of new cities I visit. I’ve stepped away from it my last few trips…maybe I’ll do a throwback to them sometime. After this really inspiring trip to St.Petersburg I wanted to bring back my commandments. If you’d like a […]

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Commandments Of Sevilla

By LVA

This past winter I began a practice designed to pull the memories of my travel close to my heart where I could hold them forever. I decided to create “commandments” for each new place I visit. The commandments of these cities that bless me with wonderful memories isn’t really for others. It’s mostly for me, […]

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