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Portrait of San Francisco

San Francisco would have to be one of my favorite cities to visit. I'm running a bit short of time today so I thought I'd post a few photos from our recent trip. I think I like San Francisco so much because of its situation on the sea. The hills are killers to walk up...

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Killer Heels

Thirteen Things about High Heel Shoes I came across an article in our local paper about killer heels and how quite a few models were falling off their heels on the catwalk. This article inspired my TT today. 1. In 1533, Italian born Catherine de Medici brought high...

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Deadwood, South Dakota

I first heard of Deadwood when the HBO show of the same name came out. I started to watch the first one and the swearing horrified me. I think I watched about the first ten minutes before I gave up. When we decided to visit South Dakota we discussed Deadwood and put...

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Beards – oh, my!

Thirteen Types of Beards In local news the Warriors, our New Zealand rugby league team, all grew facial hair leading up to the playoffs for the NRL. It was the source of much comment and took them all the way to the semi-finals before they were knocked out of the...

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Mug Cake

You might have seen this recipe on the loops recently. 5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE 1 Coffee Mug 4 tablespoons flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising) 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons baking cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate...

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National Parks in America

Thirteen National Parks I Visited Recently 1. Yosemite, California - just beautiful. I'd visited before but it was much quieter this time due to both the petrol prices and a recent fire that had scared visitors away. We had a perfect day with excellent visibility. 2....

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