Category Archives: california

Sturm And Drang At The 2012 Zinfest

posted by: | May 8, 2012
Achievement: #3. Zinfest

So, as you may know from Twitter posts, we went to California back in March for our yearly wine country vacation. We may have hated most things about Los Angeles, but one thing we LOVED was being only a short … Continue reading →

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The California Chronicle!

posted by: | March 24, 2011
Achievement: #3. Take a Train Somewhere We’ve Never Gone Before | #39. Spend an Evening at Timmy Nolan’s | #40. Paso Robles Wine Tasting | #41. Ride Bikes in SLO County | #46. Michael Poses in Front of 10 More Statues | #64. Inappropriate Dances in 10 New Locations | #71. Tranny Dinner at Asia SF

Well everyone, after being seriously backlogged for a bit, I have finally gotten up all of the posts from our trip to California! Since they might otherwise be a bit difficult to find, I wanted to put links to everything: … Continue reading →

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Hold Me Closer, Inappropriate Dancer: The Gates Of San Francisco’s Chinatown

posted by: | March 6, 2011
Achievement: #64. Inappropriate Dances in 10 New Locations

Since we’re making Michael repeat his awkward-poses-with-statues Achievement, it only seemed fair that I would have to repeat my inapprorpiate dance one. To make things more interesting, though, I decided to open the locations to anywhere, instead of just in … Continue reading →

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Dinner And Gender Illusionists At AsiaSF

posted by: | March 5, 2011
Achievement: #71. Tranny Dinner at Asia SF

Way back in the day, a friend of mine went to San Francisco and took someone’s random advice on a dinner spot to check out AsiaSF. Despite the odd reaction from the cab driver when she and her friends told … Continue reading →

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Bikes, Dinosaurs, And Tecate Along The PCH

posted by: | March 3, 2011
Achievement: #41. Ride Bikes in SLO County

I am about to tell you a tale of a horrifying and terrible day. Thankfully, the pictures taken on this day are quite gorgeous, and they will hopefully offset everything else about this event, which sucked. We like to ride … Continue reading →

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Our 2011 Wine Tour of Paso Robles

posted by: | March 2, 2011
Achievement: #40. Paso Robles Wine Tasting

Move over, Napa and Sonoma. There is a new wine country in California, and it is Central Coast. We love Avila Beach, and this year, we discovered an entirely new batch of wineries we hadn’t visited before. However, if you … Continue reading →

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Paradise Found: Views From The California Zephyr

posted by: | March 1, 2011
Achievement: #3. Take a Train Somewhere We’ve Never Gone Before

So, as everyone knows, we love to travel by train. The first vacation Michael and I ever took together was via train (and later the Fung Wah bus) to Boston. Last year, our big vacation involved a train trip across … Continue reading →

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We Return To Timmy Nolan’s

posted by: | February 28, 2011
Achievement: #39. Spend an Evening at Timmy Nolan’s

If you’ve read any bit of this blog, or know us in person, you know that we did not exactly get along with Los Angeles. This isn’t to say that our year-and-a-half stint in California was a total bust, of … Continue reading →

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Sweet Avila Beach, How We’ve Missed Thee

posted by: | February 20, 2010
Achievement: #26. Have a fun photo shoot on the beach

We decided when we figured out we’d be going to Avila Beach that we wanted to take a whole bunch of cute, fun pictures on the beach there. However, the weather was just stacked against us when we were in … Continue reading →

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The Winter Olympics, Or: How NBC’s Coverage Broke Our Hearts

posted by: | February 19, 2010
Achievement: #98. Get overexcited about the Winter Olympics

Well, this Achievement was supposed to have been a lot more interesting than it wound up being. However, in truth, it did end up being much more accurate than we had planned… And by that, I would like to emphasize … Continue reading →

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