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Our 2011 Wine Tour of Paso Robles

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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Lucy In Costume: Our Dog Dresses Up To Ring In The New Year

Achievement: #94. Dress Lucy for at Least 3 Holidays

Since we do love to dress our little pup up so much (and she loves it, I promise, even if only because she gets extra treats if she sits nicely for the camera), we decided to make a commitment to … Continue reading

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Wilmerding, The Hollywood Of Forest Hills (Wait, What?)

Achievement: #54. Take a Hollywood-style picture in front of the Wilmerding sign

Wilmerding is a part of Pittsburgh that… is there. I won’t lie and pretend I know a whole bunch of things about Wilmerding. I do know that it was established in 1890, and that you have to take Electric Avenue … Continue reading

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In Which We Fake-Celebrate The Pittsburgh Pirates’ World Series Win

Achievement: #86. Celebrate something imaginary at a nice restaurant

As I’ve mentioned before, we were kind of searching for things to add to our list at the start of the new year,and one of our ideas (well, my idea) was to celebrate something imaginary at a nice restaurant. This … Continue reading

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Van Damage: A Jean-Claude Van Damme Movie Marathon

Achievement: #29. Have a Van Damme movie marathon

Now, I know it’s nerdy as all hell, but one of Michael’s favorite action stars in the whole wide world is Jean-Claude Van Damme. If you know my husband, you know the story about his favorite, worn-out VCR tape from … Continue reading

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Michael Is A Statue: Gargoyle Time

Achievement: #62. Take awkward pictures of Michael in front of 7 statues

Although there is more than just one statue in this set, we are counting it as only one stop since they were at the same location, in the same style. (And because I am not ready for this Achievement to … Continue reading

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A Raucous Round Of Apples To Apples With The Fam

Achievement: #91. Host a game night

Game Night is another one of those things that goes back to the very beginning of our relationship. The first summer we were together, we lived in Oakland, and were each working only about twenty hours a week. Each Tuesday … Continue reading

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Our Fake Central Park Engagement

Achievement: #35. Pretend to get engaged in Central Park

As one of the sillier things on our list, we decided to pretend to have a fancy Central Park engagement while we were in NYC. It was hot and muggy, and we were frantically hopping from one end of the … Continue reading

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In Which Michael Briefly Becomes A T-Rex

Achievement: #62. Take awkward pictures of Michael in front of 7 statues

We found our second statue for the photograph Achievement in Chicago, in Millennium Park. Michael doing his very best dinosaur impression.

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