While I haven’t stopped traveling, my travel style has evolved. I now relocate about once every three to six months to a new continent and live in one location for that time. I get to know the city I am in very well, but at the same time, I am no longer part of [...]

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Costa Rica is paradise. The people are fun, the location is beautiful, and life moves slowly. While we are not completely set up yet, I have Internet from the neighbors, and can function. I spend yesterday exploring the area, in and out of the small shops and tourist traps in town, and then we went [...]

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Cab it to BART, fly to LA, get picked up by production assistant, meet with producers, shake hands with the boss, meet the tech team, get the YES we want you on the show, lets do it, please come back tomorrow for filming. Production assistant takes us to the CBS station where Heather’s friend Adam [...]

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I had previously considered my blog a travel blog. It held the thoughts that came to mind after every unique experience I had while traveling in Asia.I had to quickly write them down or I would forget them when the next amazing thing smashed into my brain. Now that I am actually working in Alaska, [...]

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Written by Kelly Patterson for http://www.blog.couchsurfing.com.   In case it is not clear by now, there is not much “nightlife” out here in Homer, Alaska, save for really bad costume karaoke, playing pool at a scrubby but charming pub, bonfires with Chubby Bunny contests, Scrabble, “Netflix Night”, and the hot tub. Therefore, we at the [...]

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Hey guys, I just wanted to link to the tutorial I posted on the CS blog. My first attempt at an online tutorial, and I think it went well enough. The second video is also one I made. The first video is by Lee Lefever, of Common Craft fame, also of The World Is Not [...]

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As you may have noticed, the theme of this blog has changed. I am no longer bouncing around Asia, going to random locations at whim, seeing what I want to see when I want to see it. Alaska puts images of glaciers and mountains in my mind (even if the mountains pictured above are the [...]

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