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since Christmas

Posted in Public Health, Travel, tagged preparedness, Public Health, Travel on January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

DCA –> TUS (Tucson, AZ) for a meeting with preparedness officials from the state health department and local health departments throughout Arizona.
TUS –> DCA
DCA –> ATL (Atlanta, GA) for a meeting with CDC project officers.
ATL — > DCA
DCA –> TPA (Tampa, FL) for a meeting to review PPHR applications from local health departments in Arizona [...]

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check, check

Posted in Travel, Washington DC, tagged tourist sites, Travel, Washington DC on December 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Dan and I have been making the rounds on some of the tourist destinations in DC. We started getting a feel for our neighborhood early on — which took us to the (outside of) the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial. Since then we have been trying to hit a few other sites every couple of weeks. So far, we have been to the National Museum of American History, the U.S. National Arboretum, The National Building Museum, the National Sculpture Garden, the National Gallery of Art (West Building), The National Air and Space Museum, the Christmas display at the U.S. Botanical Garden, the (outside of) the White House and the Ellipse to see the National Christmas Tree, the Japanese Lantern and First Cherry Tree Planting, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and the National Zoo.

Continue reading if you want to read more about our touristy adventures.

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Famous, again

Posted in Thoughts, Travel on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Having a few weeks off, 6 specifically, allows one time to do some things that she may not have gotten to otherwise. This is especially true, because for the first time in years, I am not using this long period off to skip out of the country. In speaking to friends who have also taken [...]

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Re: “DIA redesign in works”

Posted in Thoughts, Travel on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Re: “DIA redesign in the works”
Don’t take the Great Hall away from unscreened DIA travelers. Many of the redesign plans, such as adding a new FasTracks train station to the airport, would be beneficial for both Denver residents and tourists. However, prohibiting unscreened passengers from entering the Great Hall would be a tremendous disappointment for [...]

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I heart Bayahibe, La Romana, Republica Dominicana

Posted in Travel on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Dan and I spent spring break in the Dominican Republic (DR). We have a difficult time explaining to people what we did during our vacation, because in truth, we did very little. It might have been the first time I traveled anywhere and didn’t do a single “cultural” thing. No museums, no real time in [...]

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