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Closing out the year with King Mango

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In January of this year, I resolved to start a blog where I would document my travels or my adventures, as I prefer to think of them. With much encouragement from my friends and family (Roland, Julie, Laura and Susie, I'm looking at you), I actually stuck to that resolution and amazingly, the blog will soon be entering its second year. It has been great fun and I want thank all of those who have stopped by the site and especially Shawn, who although a reluctant commenter has been an essential part of most of my adventures. Now what better way of ending '07 than with some photos from yesterday's King Mango Strut , Coconut Grove's light-hearted look at the year's most newsworthy events (not that the stilt-walkers were actually offering any timely political commentary, per se, but they were just really, really good and I liked the way the photo turned out). I wish you all a fan-fricking-tastic New Year's Eve and nothing but joyous times in 2008

Holidays are for the birds (and for the butterflies, too)

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At least, they are almost over. So instead of short-circuiting at the mall, I have opted for posting some tranquility-inducing photos from our recent visit to Coral Spring's Butterfly World . Hope they make you feel better, too. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Murders, Rocks and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

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December's adventure has taken me to none other than the lovely town of Marienthal , Kansas. Unlikely as it may seem, I understand that some people may not be familiar with this destination, so let me quote what is quite possibly the shortest entry in the history of Wikipedia : Marienthal is an unincorporated community in Wichita County , Kansas , United States . The post office was established March 18 , 1902 . Its ZIP code is 67863. The town was founded in 1892 by a group of immigrant German Russians from Marienthal , Russia . Marienthal now consists of roughly 100 people, a Catholic church, a post office, an acclaimed organic flour mill , a bar and a CO-OP grain elevator That's it. That is the entire entry. I just wish that I had read it before going because although I saw the church, drank at the bar and most likely met all 100 people, I had no idea there was an acclaimed flour mill to see (organic or otherwise).