Travel Archives - Carrie Brown

And now for something a little different…

carrie — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 01:15:43 +0000

Life has been a truly crazy ride since I upped sticks and drove across the top of America to settle in Connecticut. That’s a long story for another day. One of the things that went by the wayside in the last 20 months while I’ve been navigating all. the. things. was my photography road trips […]

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Tips for setting up a nomadic / tiny kitchen | Yogi Parker

carrie — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:00:08 +0000

On the road in a truck, space is a premium, so when you want to stock it with some culinary gear, you really want to find devices and gear that are compact, space saving, easy to operate, easy to clean and maintain. I used to have a Keurig coffee maker in the truck. I bought […]

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Dropping A Bomb (WTF is wrong with me? #5)

carrie — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 06:42:05 +0000

I am still on the couch! And apparently I am still writing! I have just finished ripping little bits of duct tape off it’s roll and pressing them over the multitudinous little lights emanating from the various gadgetry dotted around the studio. The TV, the microwave, the VCR, the CD, the I-don’t-even-know-what-that-thing-is, the carbon monoxide […]

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Something’s Going On

carrie — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:11:40 +0000

I’m in my pj’s and a rather delightful pair of black and white dotted socks, sitting in front of a lovely log fire in a cabin by the side of the North American continent’s largest volcano. I’m mighty glad I didn’t get up for the sunrise, because there wasn’t one. That’s not to say that […]

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Whistler in Summer. Who knew?

carrie — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 02:46:03 +0000

When I think ‘Whistler’, images of deep powdery glistening snow, gondolas filled with colorfully clad, be-goggled skiers, and snowboarders hurling themselves down mountain sides are what parade through my mind. Or that was what paraded through my mind until a week ago when an invitation came to escape from the office to the Great White […]

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Sage and Onion Pork

carrie — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 07:30:47 +0000

Pork, it seems to me, is entirely underrated, more often than not waiting idly in the wings while chicken and beef take center stage. Unless we’re talking bacon, of course. Everyone knows that everything tastes better with bacon, and given free rein a lot of us would gleefully eat bacon at every meal. When it comes to underrated […]

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I Left The Country

carrie — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:30:55 +0000

Wouldn’t it be fun, I thought, to drive to Whistler out of season before the snow flies. Because I’d never been to Whistler and it’s a short 5-hour drive from my door to the door of The Cascade Lodge Hotel – a perfect driving distance for a long weekend. Plus, it’s in Canada, and Canada, […]

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I Took Another Drive, Or Two

carrie — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:15:57 +0000

I do like a good drive. Driving is so much more to me than merely getting from A to B. It is my nirvana; the only thing that quiets my brain other than yoga. I can drive for hours and hours on end and experience deep peace and happiness. It’s pretty darn beautiful. I’ll road […]

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I Took A Drive

carrie — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 03:40:26 +0000

Last Sunday I took a drive. A *really* long drive over the hills and far away. And back. It made me exceedingly happy. Here’s what it looked like. Whatever makes you feel good – do more of that.

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Set Yourself Some Boundaries

carrie — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:30:22 +0000

I have a thing for fences. It’s been that way for quite a while now. And by ‘a while’ I really mean years. I can’t quite put my finger on when it started, or even why, and I certainly have no idea which was my first fence image. I imagine I could go back through all my […]

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Tips And Tricks for Staying SANE On The Road

carrie — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:30:22 +0000

Since my little road trip adventure to California last month I’ve had a lot of requests for my tips and tricks to staying *SANE on the road. The key to success for a *SANE road trip is to prepare. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Oh, and attention to detail. I realize that #1 and #2 (below) may seem like […]

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Get A Little Perspective

carrie — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:30:07 +0000

Hi, Gang! Let’s all get a little perspective today. I’m back. In Seattle. At least for a couple of weeks. If you follow my ridiculousness on Facebook, you’ll be all too aware that I just got back from a road trip to California; and while I was on the road I bombarded you with a […]

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It Feels Strange

carrie — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:30:15 +0000

New Years Day dawned brilliantly bright and beautiful in the Pacific Northwest. I’d been watching the weather for days, eagerly optimistic that the little sunshiny yellow icon would remain firmly in place on the 5 day forecast over at Weather.com. I’d been feverishly writing recipe posts for days in the hopes that if the weather cooperated, I could […]

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Veering Off The Road

carrie — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:53:30 +0000

I simply love a good barn. Actually, I’m no barn snob, so I am not entirely sure where I was going with the word “good”. I have a fondness for all barns, although I would heartily agree with anyone who cared to point out that some barns just take a decidedly more photogenic mug shot. If you’ve […]

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Doin’ The Charleston

carrie — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:10:10 +0000

I am supposed to be writing about my summer adventures down South. Instead, I am busying myself with day-dreaming about my next few road-trips and feverishly booking places to stay along the way. Road-trips do that to me – make me want to plan more road-trips. I shoulda been a Trucker. Or maybe one of these. On the […]

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The Tybee Island Blues

carrie — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:00:39 +0000

Savannah ain’t on the coast – it’s a little upstream from all the Atlantic ocean action – teetering on the south-west banks of the Savannah River. I would suspect that when the hurricanes hurtle towards the South Carolina and Georgia coastlines, the gentlefolk of Savannah are quietly thankful for the relative shelter that a few miles of land offers. […]

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Georgia on My Mind

carrie — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:29:25 +0000

Goodness gracious. I had this Grand Plan before I left for Georgia on July 13th. The Plan involved posting recipes while I was gone so you would still have exciting new things to whip up in your kitchen while I was doin’ my thing in the Deep South. The Plan involved a week-long mini-series, “How To Eat SANE […]

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Flip-flops and Flimsy Tops

carrie — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:14:48 +0000

This morning when my eyes fluttered open it was 4:47, or something very close to that, and I could tell, even before I’d finished focusing on the window, that the entire house was wrapped in fog. Like a chunky, knitted woollen scarf pulled snuggly around your neck in winter. Daisy {the cat} and I decided against getting up, and instead, […]

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Except Maybe The Beach

carrie — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:25:23 +0000

Hello. Let’s try that again, because really, this is a very exciting post. Hello!! I am writing from a small town close to the Cascades. I’d really like to be writing from San Francisco, because what now seems like an absolute age ago, I took a road-trip there – and I often wish I was […]

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Bacon Leek Melt

carrie — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:43:07 +0000

In my last recipe post I promised that the Bacon Leek Melt would be up next, and that was totally my intention. How did I know that the whole world would go mad for squash? Specifically my Almond Parmesan Squash. So I blame the squash for the temporary diversion away from a hot, sizzling dish of Bacon and Leek […]

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Half Moon Bay and The Painted Ladies

carrie — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:22:22 +0000

While I was in San Francisco the other week, I decided that I needed to go to Half Moon Bay. Mainly because the last time I was in San Francisco, in August 2010, I was on a shooting assignment for a client and only managed to swing through Half Moon Bay for 10 minutes after […]

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There Were Some Breakfasts Involved

carrie — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:45:24 +0000

What now seems like forever ago, I took a road trip to San Francisco. I’ve only been home a week, but it feels like months. Strange how road trips & vacations can do that to your perspective. Of course I still haven’t unpacked, because that would mean it was over. I am not ready for it […]

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A Perfectly Lovely Tuesday {in San Francisco}

carrie — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:22:04 +0000

Tuesday can be an odd day. It’s not the start of anything big, like a new week. It’s not got a cute nickname, like Hump Day. It’s not the day before Friday, like Thursday. And it’s not the day before the weekend. It’s just simple old Tuesday. But being away from home & a normal […]

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Sea Lions and Sourdough

carrie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:37:18 +0000

Hello, from there. I say “there” because I am not where I normally am. I’m in San Francisco. I mean, I’M IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!!! I heard a rumor that the best month weather-wise to hang in SFO is April. So understandably, I cruised down from Seattle in a 13-hour-long, beef-jerky-and-sunshine-filled state of excitement, because it was […]

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All Shapes & Sizes

carrie — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:03:32 +0000

Any visit to Solvang will inevitably involve pancakes. While Buellton, just 3 miles down the road, is famous for Split Pea Soup, Solvang is famous for being Danish. And for pancakes. I decided to hit the jackpot by gobbling up Solvang’s pancake trifecta: Danish Pancakes, Belgian Crepes & Æbleskivers. Here’s how it went down. Eggs Benedict Crepes […]

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Seasonally Challenged

carrie — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:17:40 +0000

It’s December. In my little world December means probably rainy, possibly snowy, and definitely cold. So it’s no wonder I am becoming a little confused since I started this road-trip. When I left Seattle, it looked pretty much like December should – grey, cold, and stacks of snow up in the mountains. As I headed south, the […]

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There’s More To It

carrie — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:28:16 +0000

For almost every minute of the time that I ever thought about it, I thought that California was one enormous, sunshiny, ocean-rimmed beach, with a couple of big seaside cities thrown in for good measure. I blame the telly for my misguided notions. Too many episodes of Baywatch & CHiPs when I was a nipper. […]

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Little Pearls of Places

carrie — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:05:06 +0000

Hello, friends. It’s Christmas Eve & I’ve been in San Diego shooting stuff for the last week. It’s been warm, sunny & awfully blue. San Diego, if you’ve never been, is beautiful. There’s something I need to tell you about San Diego if you like to take photos during the “magic hour”. There is no magic hour […]

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When The Magic Happens

carrie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:30:55 +0000

I adore driving coast roads. There’s something about the ocean that heals me. Soothes me. Inspires me. After the rocky road that was my 2011, I needed some healing, soothing & inspiration. If I can’t get to the coast, I listen to this song and close my eyes. I can almost feel the gentle ocean breeze on my face. […]

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It Seems To Me

carrie — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:49:23 +0000

I’ve been in England for 10 11 12 13 days now. I’ve started this post more than a few times this week. Just lately, it seems to me, there’s been an awful lot more traveling going on than eating or writing. And shooting. There’s been a lot of shooting. First there was the Grand Canyon episode, and […]

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All Red Rocks & Gasping

carrie — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:14:12 +0000

The Grand Canyon. That ridiculously huge, iconic American hole in the ground. All red rocks & desert heat. I’ve seen all sorts of images of it, but never in the flesh. I wanted to see it with my own eyes. I wanted to stand on the edge of it, gazing down to the very bottom. I […]

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