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Choosing Figs | Neurotic as Hell | A Travel, Lifestyle, and Life List Blog
October 14, 2008
in travel

Places to go.

Trips I am not taking...

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Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Labor Day Chicago to Mount Rushmore Road Trip.
September 3, 2008
in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, South Dakota, travel, United States, Wisconsin

Labor Day Chicago to Mount Rushmore Road Trip

Over Labor Day weekend Emily and I took a Chicago to Mount Rushmore road trip through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. This is a recap of the long weekend trip and all of the roadside attractions we saw.   Friday: Labor Day Chicago to...

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Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Labor Day Chicago to Mount Rushmore Road Trip.
September 1, 2008
in Mount Rushmore Road Trip, Road Trip, Roadside Attractions, South Dakota, travel, United States

A missing face on Mount Rushmore.

I have this photo. It's a picture of Mount Rushmore with a face missing that my grandparents took a very long time ago. The monument was still under construction and Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was still yet to be carved...

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Choosing Figs | Neurotic as Hell | A Travel, Lifestyle, and Life List Blog
August 29, 2008
in Mount Rushmore Road Trip, Road Trip, travel, United States

Four days, five states, 2,500 miles.

I'm spending the next four days in a car going to and from Mount Rushmore. I have a million and a half stops planned and somehow managed to schedule 16 hours of driving on day 1 and 2.5 hours of driving on day 2. It's guaranteed...

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Sweetcorn eating contest at the The Urbana Sweetcorn Festival | Urbana Sweet Corn Festival
August 25, 2008
in competitive eating, Illinois, travel, United States

Urbana Sweetcorn Festival (& Sweet Corn Eating Contest)

This weekend I visited friends in Champaign for the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. Let's just say I'm already off the wagon. Lindsay and James = Bad Idea Bears...

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Miller Brewery Tour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
August 18, 2008
in travel, United States, Wisconsin

It is apparently Miller Time. (Brewery Tours in Milwaukee)

Warning: the following post about my weekend trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to take the Miller and the Lakefront Brewery Tours proves that I am a) a lightweight b) kind of pathetic and c) not allowed to drink ever again. I've always been of the mindset...

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Notes on a fence in New York in honor of 9-11
July 11, 2008
in New York, theatre, travel, United States

Sleeping in the city that never sleeps.

I'm sure you've all been, at one point or another, so exhausted and worn out that you thought "I just need a vacation." But this past weekend I was at the point where I was so exhausted and worn out that I kept thinking "God, I...

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Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut face off at the 2008 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Coney Island in New York.
July 8, 2008
in competitive eating, New York, the game of life, travel, United States

Dog Day Afternoon (Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest)

Tim "Gravy" Brown (Professional Competitive Eater): Wait...

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Choosing Figs | Neurotic as Hell | A Travel, Lifestyle, and Life List Blog
July 3, 2008
in competitive eating, the game of life, travel

To the Big Apple for big hot dogs…

I'll be in New York City for the Fourth of July weekend watching people eat lots of hot dogs!!! That's right, I'll be watching the Super Bowl of competitive eating live at Coney Island: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest!!! Watch ESPN on Friday at 11am...

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Strawberry balsamic cupcake and a chocolate covered strawberry martini. How to Spend a Weekend in Champaign, Illinois.
June 23, 2008
in Illinois, travel, United States

How to Spend a Weekend in Champaign, Illinois.

Weekend in Champaign: Thursday I hit the road just before 6pm. Summer scheduling at work = every other Friday off = eight three- (or four-) day weekends this summer = the perfect chance to go hang out for a weekend in Champaign with people I never...

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Hi, I’m Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the teal couch. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. I lived my life in limbo. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job and bought a one-way ticket to Europe. After 3 years on the road I’m back in Chicago, exploring the city, learning guitar, decorating my apartment in too much teal, cuddling my cats, and planning my next adventures.

            

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