**I won’t make you read all the way through the post for the news I know you’re all looking for — the winners of the Bondi Band giveaway! First, my sincere thanks for all who entered. Bondi Band makes a great product, and I was really excited that they wanted you to check out their headbands!
So, by random selection, the winners are:
Congratulations! Each of you will receive one Bondi Band, and I’ll contact you to get your mailing addresses. For those who entered and did not win, I recommend that you do a search for Bondi Band coupon codes. There are lots of them, and make it easier to buy 3 (or 10) at a time!
So, back to the title of this post. I’ve been lucky enough to do my fair share of traveling over the last five years or so. For our honeymoon, Lucas and I went to London and Paris (see above) and for about 6 months, all we could do was talk about buying a pied-a-terre and eating pain au chocolate and croque monsieurs all day.
Earlier this year, we went to Chicago and fell in love with the Windy City — from Mexican food at Topolobamo:
to coffees outside the Sears Tower and more. Plus, we’ve visited family in Boston, New York City, Maine and more.
But the only place that we’ve BOTH ever thought about moving to is the Pacific Northwest. We visited Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, last year and the memories still consume us! Unfortunately, I was taking a break from blogging when we traveled, which really bums me out.
Today, I was helping Lucas look through the nearly 600 pictures we took during our trip, and I was struck by the happiness both cities brought us. Reading my aunt Patti’s blog about rural living right outside of Seattle isn’t making the PacNW pinings go away!
Things we loved there:
- Coffee
- The views…from everywhere.
- Landscaping
- Architecture
- Museums and art
- Family!
Here are some of my favorite photos from that trip. I hope you enjoy!
(P.S. This not only makes me miss Seattle, it makes my miss my long hair!)
P.P.S. Lucas should find out next week whether he won a trip to Portland to study the beer-making process. It’s a long shot, but we’ve had fun talking about all the places we’d go if we got to go back to Oregon! If we somehow luck out, I’ll definitely be stocking up on Dave’s Killer Bread…the Sin Dawg loaf I won from Care to Eat is gone and I miss it already.
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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
Thank you so much, Katy! I’m so psyched that I won and can’t wait to sport my new Bondi Band. Love it! Thanks again.
I hope Lucas wins that trip to Portland. I’ve never been to the Pacific Northwest, but I hear it’s awesome! Good luck to Lucas (and to you).
Best,
Nicole
The PacNW is definitely a beautiful part of the country… I really hope you guys end up winning the trip!
I’ve never been up north all the way to Washington, but I have been to Humboldt and Del Norte counties up in nor-cal, and it is really beautiful up there! Lush and green almost everywhere!