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Category Archives: United States

Pom Poms: not just for cheerleaders

Posted on August 27, 2019 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Places, United States, Washington .
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In January I blogged about how our Sketch-A-Day project was coming to a close, but I was looking forward to a new creative outlet in 2019. I promised to ‘do something arty most days’. Shortly after that published, I placed my first order for pom poms. The question, of course, was what exactly to do

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Quilts and Gardens!

Posted on July 21, 2019 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Places, United States, Washington .
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Two years ago we discovered the amazing Mukilteo Garden and Quilt show. It turns out to be biannual, so naturally we signed up again as soon as we realized this was the year it returned. We took our friends Brook and Byron with us and it was a fantastic day starring beautiful Pacific Northwest gardens

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A Little Street Art from Portland and Tacoma

Posted on April 24, 2019 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Oregon, Places, Washington .
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Next week Anner and I head back on the road for six weeks in Tanzania (YES!!!!), but that means there’s still time to regale you with a post or two from here in Seattle. This time I thought I’d do a quick, photo-centric post on the street art my dad and I saw when he

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How a Sketch-A-Day Saved Me

Posted on January 20, 2019 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Places, United States, Washington .
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Step back a year and things were weird heading into the start of 2018. Even though we had been home from the big trip for nearly two years, things still felt off. Neither of us had jobs that we loved, we were living out of boxes as we tried to re-furnish and fix up our

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Chicago on a Whim

Posted on November 13, 2018 by No Map Required Posted in Art, Art & Engineering, Illinois, Places, United States .
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Back in July it was the perfect storm: I was quitting one job to take another, our 10th anniversary was the following week with Aaron’s birthday the week after, and we had two nickles to rub together. It practically screamed “Road Trip,” but I had more in mind. I wanted to secretly get out of

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