The Travel Chica

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Photos: Nicaragua Sunsets

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Winter in Ohio sucks this year.  I do not mind the snow because it is pretty (at least before it becomes an icky grey mess), and it means I get to snowboard. But I do mind the terrible cold we have had this year. So in order to survive what I hope is only a […]

Photography 101: Motion

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Photography 101:  Motion Photo #1   For this shot, I used the blurred motion technique.  I chose to fill the frame with the drums to make the photo all about the movement of the drumsticks. The repeating pattern of the drums and suspenders gives this photo additional interest. Photo #2   For this shot, I […]

Photography 101: Landscapes

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Photography 101:  Landscape Photo #1   Every photography teacher in Columbus is bored with photos of downtown, probably because everyone has taken every single vantage point and angle possible.  But I love a good cityscape, so I knew I had to take one photo of the skyline.  I tried to capture the three aspects that […]

Photography 101: Color and Detail

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Since I’ve been back living in Columbus and working in at an office job full-time, I have had to find a new balance.  It has not been easy, but I have committed to making it work for me. Balance is not just finding time for friends and family, time to relax, and time to take […]

My favorite quirky place in Louisville

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There are so many places I enjoyed in Louisville, but the one that was the most unique and that I could return to again and again and spend hours each time is Joe Ley’s Antiques. Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not into shopping, and antiques bore me to tears. But Joe […]

Delicious NuLu

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“Pace yourself.” That is the first thing Louisville Food Tour owner Kim told us when we met. She explained that over the next 2.5 hours, we would visit six restaurants and eat a small plate of something prepared at the chef’s whim. I did not want to go into a food coma because I was […]

5 things that surprised me about Louisville

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Earlier this year I read that Louisville is one of Lonely Planet’s top US travel destinations for 2013 and later read that Louisville is a Top 10 foodie city in the US. I only live three hours from Louisville.  It had not even crossed my mind to check out the city.  How does it have […]

The sloth whisperer

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Bismar, the guide from my Breakfast at the Farm Tour, is a master at spotting wild animals. As we drove through the vast property of Morgan’s Rock, he talked about the families of monkeys and sloths living in the trees around us. I had seen about a million monkeys on this Nicaragua trip. While it […]