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Saying goodbye to our faithful pet
I’m not ashamed to admit that I was extremely against getting a dog in the first place. It’s not that I don’t love animals – it’s quite the opposite, actually. But in my younger…
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Celebrating our First Father’s Day
This is the first year my husband, Anthony, will celebrate Father’s Day with our child earthside. And that feels extremely special. I think about how incredibly wonderful my life has been since Anthony inadvertently…
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VISIT PGH: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
It’s no secret that we love to travel, but when you’re always focused on “where to” next, you sometimes miss all that awaits right in your own city. We’ve lived in Pittsburgh for almost…
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Destination: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Must Do: Under Canvas I’m just going to come right out and say it: Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are just not for me. They are both super overcrowded tourist destinations on the edges of…
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Destination: Thurmund
On today’s episode of “Weird Shit That Katrina Does,” we’re exploring a random ghost town that’s notorious for hosting the world’s longest-lasting poker game (it lasted for 14 years). Welcome to Thurmond, West Virginia.…
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PARENTING: Learning a valuable lesson in flexibility
Today I learned a valuable lesson about flexibility. When we woke up this morning, it just felt like one.of.those.days. You know the kind…from the very start, nothing is going your way. We had big…
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Destination: Boston
Ok, in case you haven’t figured it out by now, my husband and I are Boston natives, living in Pittsburgh. Got it? Good. So technically, Boston isn’t really a destination for us, BUT, going…
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Destination: Cleveland
When we first moved to Pittsburgh, people kept asking us if we’d been to visit Cleveland yet. And I literally had zero interest in going to Ohio. It was just one of those states…
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I made a tiny person: Month Four
Aurora the explorah (said with a Boston accent, of course) loves learning about the world around her. A Boston gal at heart, she is fitting in quite nicely here in Pittsburgh. She enjoys long…
the northeast ginger 