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content/blog/2021/09/nihonmachi/index.md

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+---
+title: "日本町"
+slug: "nihonmachi"
+date: 2021-09-27T08:08:59-07:00
+description: A quick staycation getaway to San Francisco's Japantown with Tess.
+draft: false
+resources:
+- name: "buchanan"
+  src: "images/buchanan.jpg"
+  title: "Buchanan Street Pedestrian Alley"
+- name: "ramen"
+  src: "images/ramen.jpg"
+  title: "A bowl of ramen from Marufuku"
+tags: ["Travel"]
+---
+
+{{< post_figure name=buchanan >}}
+
+This past weekend, {{< tess >}} and I took a short, one-night staycation in San
+Francisco's Japantown. With all the flurry of things happening in our lives, it
+was so great to get away from home for a short time and relax.
+
+We stayed at the [Hotel Kabuki][hk], a historic hotel in Japantown, and booked
+time at the [Kabuki Springs][ks] bath on Sunday afternoon. We sat in the warm
+bath, dunked in the freezing cold pool, sat in the sauna and steam room, and
+lounged on the beds around the pools. The lights were low, the music was chill,
+and it was so good to disconnect. This was my first experience in a communal
+bath, and I left feeling like I wanted to go every weekend. (Tess and I are now
+considering memberships.)
+
+One of the wonderful things about a clothing-optional communal bath is the wide
+variety of bodies you see. It was a great reminder of how diverse we are, and
+how broad the definition of "woman's body" can be. I can't say for sure if Tess
+and I were the only trans women there, but I think both of us came to feeling
+like just one of the women there to enjoy the baths -- not out of place or
+strange at all. It was a really great feeling.
+
+We spent the rest of our time in 日本町 wandering the shops in Japan Center,
+walking around the neighborhood, eating, and relaxing. For only being just over
+24 hours away from home, I was impressed how much it felt like a real vacation.
+
+Tess also [wrote](https://tess.oconnor.cx/2021/09/japantown) about our trip.
+
+{{< post_figure name=ramen >}}
+
+[hk]: https://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/california/san-francisco/hotel-kabuki
+[ks]: https://kabukisprings.com

content/blog/2021/09/oskitone-scout/index.md

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+---
+title: "Oskitone Scout"
+date: 2021-09-11T16:47:07-07:00
+description: A timelapse video of me building an Oskitone Scout set to music produced using the Scout itself.
+draft: false
+tags: ["Music", "Synthesizers", "DIY"]
+---
+
+{{< youtube_figure id="gCSwWsxzy_c" title="A timelapse video of me building an Oskitone Scout, set to music produced using the Scout itself">}}
+
+[Oskitone][oskitone] recently released a new synthesizer: the [Scout][scout].
+It's a small monophonic keyboard synth built around an Arduino. It was a quick
+build, and the result is tons of fun to noodle with. Here's a video of me
+building the kit, set to music I wrote and produced with the completed Scout.
+
+Enjoy!
+
+[oskitone]: https://www.oskitone.com
+[scout]: https://www.oskitone.com/product/scout-synth

content/blog/2021/10/pnw-reunion-trip/index.md

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+---
+title: "PNW Reunion Trip"
+date: 2021-10-16T12:00:00-07:00
+description: A recap of a trip I took to the Pacific Northwest with some high school friends.
+draft: false
+resources:
+- name: friends
+  src: "friends.jpg"
+  title: ""
+tags: ["Travel", "Pandemic", "Friends"]
+---
+
+{{< post_figure name=friends >}}
+
+I'm writing this in the airport having just spend a week with a group of friends
+who mean the world to me. For the past 18 months, we have been spending our
+Monday nights on Zoom with each other. They've been an anchor of my week,
+consistently one of the highlights, and a vital community during the COVID-19
+pandemic, when I was often feeling otherwise isolated.
+
+Way back at the beginning of the pandemic, we talked about getting together when
+it wound down. Surely by August 2020, we all thought. Lol.
+
+Nearly a year later, we started planning. Amazingly, we all made it through the
+hours of calls devoted to AirBnbs and rental cars and the harrowing adventure of
+traveling during a pandemic. We stayed together in Portland, OR for a few days
+and then drive up the Olympic Peninsula to a grand old house in the forest. From
+there we hiked and kayaked. We ate together and laughed and played music. We
+finished our trip with a ferry ride to Seattle, WA.
+
+I'm so grateful for every one of these people. We've been friends for years and
+even though our lives have taken us in so many different directions, we've found
+each other again and that is so wonderful.
+
+{{< twitter 1447951049076056071 >}}

content/blog/2021/10/pnw/index.md

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+---
+title: "Pacific Northwest"
+date: 2021-10-15T16:39:55-07:00
+draft: true
+tags: ["Travel"]
+---
+
+## Portland
+
+Our first weekend, we stayed in Portland, OR. We rented a great three-story
+house on the north side of the city that was great for all 10 of us to hang out.
+On our one full day there, we went to Powell Books and Deschutes Brewery.
+
+On the way up, we all stopped in Olympia, WA for a break and some lunch. Some of
+us stopped for oysters along the Hood Canal too. Our final destination was a
+house in the woods outside of Port Angeles.
+
+## Freshwater Bay
+
+Our first day in Port Angeles we went kayaking on Freshwater Bay. We say river otters, sea
+otters, and a baby sea lion! Our guide shared a bunch of cool stuff about the
+kelp forests along the coast too.
+
+## Hurricane Ridge
+
+The second day we drove up to Hurricane Ridge where it was snowing. None of us
+was really expecting such a dramatic change in weather. The snow was beuatiful,
+but we were all a bit unprepared.
+
+## Hoh Rainforest
+
+The next day, we took a long drive around the Olympic Peninsula to visit the Hoh
+Rainforest. We hiked through the Hall of Mosses, and along the Hoh River for a
+while. We stopped along the riverbank to skip stones before heading back to our
+cars. On the way back to Port Angeles, we took a short detour to Rialto Beach, a
+rocky windswept beach covered in seafoam and driftwood. It was overcast and a
+little foggy but beautiful.
+
+## Lake Crescent
+
+The last full day of our time in Port Angeles, we took a short trip to Lake
+Crescent and nearby Marymere Falls. It was a short hike up to the falls. A
+little rainy but nothing we couldn't handle.