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Houston for Book Lovers

8/28/2019

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Houston for Book Lovers: Bibliophile-Friendly Spaces and Book Recommendations by exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Houston For Book Lovers
Every other week during the summer my mom would take my little brother and me to the library for story time and to collect the books we would read over the next two weeks. As we got older, we refrained from joining the younger kids for story time, but our bi-weekly ritual continued throughout elementary school and most of junior and high school. We participated in the annual Pizza Hut BOOK IT! challenge, each of us earning our free personal pan pizza each year. 

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+ my favorite bookstores & more.


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A Foodie's Guide to Houston, Part 2

8/16/2019

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A Foodie's Guide to Houston, Part 2 by exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog; Best Houston Restaurants; Houston Eats; H-Town Food
A Foodie's Guide to Houston, Part 2
Once again, I find myself reiterating that Houston is a foodie's paradise. From burgers to burritos, Indian to Italian, and Cantonese to Japanese, Houston's restaurants continue to impress us in quantity, quality, and diversity.

check out more of our favorite Houston restaurants!


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Beauty in the Ordinary

7/26/2019

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Beauty in the Ordinary, Seeing Things from a Different Perspective; Houston; exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Beauty in the Ordinary
I have a restless soul and wandering feet. I am not a homebody, by any definition of the word. I am a gypsy, a nomad, an adventurer. Fortunately, I have found a fellow wanderer with whom I can share my adventures, who understands my need to keep exploring.

​Naturally, though, there have been times in my life when I have needed to stay in one place, to plant myself firmly into the ground for a time.

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Houston Summer Bucket List

5/19/2019

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Summer Bucket List: Houston by exquisitEXPLORATIONS, things to do this summer in Houston
Summer Bucket List: Houston
With so much going on in our lives right now - working a bajillion hours while trying to find a house - it's unlikely we'll be getting out of the country anytime soon. Fortunately, Houston offers so much in the way of concerts, fine art productions, green spaces, museums, restaurants, and weekend markets that we don't have to go far to find entertainment galore!

See our Spring & Summer
​Bucket List Below


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Belgian Cities You Need to Visit

5/12/2019

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Belgian Cities You Need to Visit by exquisitEXPLORATIONS Travel Blog
Belgian Cities You Need to Visit
Several countries feature on my list of places I'd like to live for several months or several years, if given the opportunity. Among those countries are Ireland, Scotland, France, and Belgium - not necessarily in that order.

Read On to See Four of Our Favorite Cities
​in one of Our Favorite Countries.


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Triple Hatch Green Chili Shrimp tacos

5/6/2019

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Triple Hatch Green Chili Shrimp Tacos Recipe; RV lifestyle; RV life; full time RVing; easy recipes; taco recipe
Triple Hatch Green Chili Shrimp Tacos
You may have learned by now that I'm a big fan of tacos and spicy food, so I'm sure it's no surprise that I love spicy tacos. This recipe practically wrote itself as we browsed the aisles at Kroger and Randall's this weekend, with hatch green chili everything throwing itself into our shopping cart.

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On Love and Loss

4/24/2019

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On Love and Loss: Pregnancy and Miscarriage, Sorrow and Grief; healing
On Love and Loss: Pregnancy and Miscarriage
On December 25, 2018, Marvin surprised me with the best Christmas present ever - a proposal of marriage. In January, thinking that it would probably take a few months to successfully get pregnant, we stopped trying not to get pregnant. And on January 29, 2019, I took a pregnancy test. To our surprise, the result was positive.
Warning: This blog post will not be for everyone. It has nothing whatsoever to do with travel or RVing. If you have a weak stomach or simply do not like hearing intimately personal stories, please skip to the next post.

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