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A first campfire

Posted in Seattle on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weekends ago, the intern gang and I headed out to the Olympic Peninsula for hiking and general adventure. One of my fellow interns grew up on the lower east side of Manhattan. As we sat around a fire on the beach preparing for s’mores and watching the stars come out, she said, [...]

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The most heavily glaciated peak in the lower 48

Posted in Seattle, Travel on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

is Mount Ranier. Knowing this interesting bit of trivia ahead of time may have helped me be a bit more prepared (at least mentally) for our hike last weekend. As it was, I was shocked to walk off the shoveled paths around the visitors center into at least a foot of packed snow. Nevertheless, we [...]

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The thing about people in Seattle…

Posted in Seattle on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Is that they never cross the street without the light. Never. Not even a little bit. They patiently wait for the white man to appear. They wait from the curb; standing in the gutter is frowned upon. Even if you are on a one way street and you can see for ten miles that no [...]

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Seattle

Posted in Public Health, Seattle, Travel on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

After finishing up my semester of school and work at Columbia, I spent a week in Denver and Boulder enjoying the company of my family and boyfriend before heading west on the Oregon Trail with my best friend and driving companion, Rachel. Seattle welcomed us with open arms and sunny skies when we arrived the [...]

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