Early in October, 2010, I stood in the shower with the lovely hot water pouring down… and the whim suddenly struck me that I might enjoy starting a blog to catalog the many “deep thoughts” that fly around in my head as I shower, walk to and from work, and meander through life.


A few short months later, and I am amazed to see that I have reached my 100th post!

Let’s Celebrate with Cake!

In the spirit of celebration, I thought I’d pay a tribute to 100 U.S. cities and towns; some interesting, some not so much… all of them I have passed through for long time or short. Here it goes…
(okay, so it’s 70 cities and 30 comments to add to 100!)


Arizona
Jerome
Sedona
Phoenix- Heard Museum, Indian Art Fair
Cave Creek
Surprise
Carefree- made fun of the name…
Scottsdale- counted hummers (bummers…) while sitting at happy hour
Flagstaff
Oak Creek
Grand Canyon


California
Palm Springs
San Diego- looked at schools
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Huntington Beach- X-games!
Long Beach
Barstow- ate at a random Denny’s
Palm Desert


Colorado


Florida
Orlando- got diarrhea (2 years old) and pooped ALL over Disney…


Georgia
Social Circle- gorgeous southern mansions!


Hawaii
Lahaina- watched someone in a Marathon in this whaling village!


Iowa
Cedar Rapids- friend got married!
Iowa City


Illinois
Gurnee- LPGA baby
Chicago- observed a prostitute “in action”


Massachusettes
Boston- ate at Cheers- a baked potato, that is…
Cape Cod


Michigan
Ann Arbor- antique market
Ypsilanti- got tipsy in Ypsi!
Birmingham


Minnesota
Minneapolis- met man-go-round
St. Paul- got schooled
St. Cloud
Stillwater
Red Wing
Nisswa- lots of mini-golf!
Brainerd
Duluth
Chanhassan
Foley
Hastings- “memmmmmmories” (Cats)… with my sista
Little Falls- many fast food stops as a kiddo!
Rockville
Lake Pepin- ate leftover wedding cake
Princeton
Lutsen
Grand Marais- I need not say more than, “silver bay… grand marais….”
Edina
Saint Louis Park
Owatonna- Hy Vee!


Missouri
Liberty


Montana
Miles City- almost was orphaned… Dad I am sorry…


Nebraska
Ogalala
Lincoln- funeral


New Mexico
Albuquerque- ate at a subway


New York
Manhattan
Niagara Falls


North Dakota
Aberdeen- attended a bridal shower!


South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Vermillion


Texas
Amarillo


Washington
Seattle
Bellingham
Fairhaven
Mount Vernon- infamous… Kate if you want to tell this one you can, otherwise I’ll just laugh to myself…


Wisconsin
Bayfield- made some lovely friends!
Madison- cow tour…
Milwaukee- dressed as Velma from Scooby Doo
La Crosse
River Falls
Ashland


Well that’s it! Certainly a quick list, but I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane. I’d go into more detail, but this would get quite long, and the subjects of the stories might wish me some harm!


Cheers to 100 posts, and many hundreds more! Thank you for your love and comments, they make me happy each and every time I read them.


Meri