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the san juan of america!

March 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Travel

One of my favorite places ever to visit was San Juan, Puerto Rico. I think it’s probably because it was the first place out of the continental U.S. I’d ever been and the first place where I’d ever been that a different language was spoken and the first place I’d ever been to Senor Frogs and the first time I’d ever watched the sun set of the ocean and the first time I’d ever used my passport… and you get the idea, right?

I did not know, until right now, that there was a San Juan in the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps geography was never my strongest subject! And then I ran across Friday Harbor, which is where I’d totally stay if we were going to be visiting Washington anytime soon.

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Friday Harbor hotels is kind of the most adorable thing ever. Seakayaking and whale-watching sound like two activities I could be down for with no problem at all. This website is full of a ton of information and I can’t really stop looking at all the options. Which is weird, because I have no plans in the immediate future to visit that area at all!

please won’t you be my neighbor

March 17th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Misc.

Lately, I’ve kind of fallen in love even more with my neighborhood even more. Maybe a lot of people wouldn’t, but this neighborhood just feels like it’s the place I should love. The character, the proximity to everything, the extremely reasonable rent – it’s pretty much perfect for me.

On Sunday, The General and I were hanging out on the stoop (so urban, right?) waiting for the return of our foster dog, Simon. Two kids were racing up and down the street on their BMX bikes yelling at each other, but clearly having a good time. When 9 year olds yell at each other, I don’t get all that concerned. Then this conversation transpired:

Boy #1: How about BFK?

Boy #2: What does that mean?

Boy #1: Brothers and friends.

Boy #2: Yeah, I like that.

Boy #1: Okay, Brothers and Friends Killings.

Boy #2: Yeah! BFK! 

Appropriate? Not really, but I’m pretty sure my younger brother and I had names for our crime spree companies we wanted to develop. We were just probably a little more discreet about it. I kind of applaud their creativity! Clearly if they’re riding around thinking up names of what they’ll have embroidered on their uniforms, they’re not going to be actually killing people, right?

And last night, our drug-dealer-owing neighbor spent a good two hours trying to learn how to ollie on his skateboard right outside of our house. I should have been irritated by the incessant noise of the skateboard landing upside down in the street, but I wasn’t. I was all, you go, chubby boy, and you show Tony Hawk’s who’s boss.

I ♥ Northeast Minneapolis. A lot. And I think I also love spring. 

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links for 2010-03-17

March 17th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Misc.
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