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Memento #7: Assorted Stickers
I've mentioned a few times before how stickers are one of my favorite escape room souvenirs. Simple, easy, and suitable ...
Sherlock Holmes Escape Book – Two More!!!
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned how the Sherlock Holmes escape book might be my favorite at-home escape ...
A Puzzling Place: House on the Rock
This weekend was a delightful adventure the likes of which I haven't had in a while. I often forget how ...
Montague Island Mysteries
I have an unusual report today- a neat thrift store find that has enriched many late evenings over the course ...
Memento #6: City 13 (Oak Creek, WI) – Candy Factory Map
Today's memento is an item from one of the more novel approaches to escape rooms in the area. City 13 ...
Escape Room Visits
Tulsa, OK: Safehouse Tulsa – Crypt and Homicide
May 26, 2018 - No time for rest as I headed onward from Kansas City. In a last minute judgment ...
Kansas City, KS: Tick Tock Escape Room – Beasley’s Billions and Pyramid Paradox
May 26, 2018 - After staying overnight just southwest of St. Louis, I started early toward Kansas City, double and ...
Tigard, OR: Stumptown Escape Games – Oregon Files and Seance
June 9, 2018 - Tigard, Oregon was the last stop on a trip that started in Anchorage, Alaska. This was ...
Tacoma, WA: Freighthouse Station Escape – HH Holmes
June 8, 2018 - The Celebrity Millennium dumped my family and me off in Vancouver, and after a hike across ...
St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Escape – Subway
May 25, 2018 - St. Louis Escape looks scary from the outside. You enter through an unadorned staircase adjacent to ...
Commentary
Travel
Odyssey to the East
Stamford Connecticut- I've been there once in my life, for about an hour and a half. And now I'm going ...
4 Days, 6 Escape Rooms
I can't imagine a better way to start the year. By the end of the day on January 4th, I ...
On the Road: Springfield, MO
Jan 2, 2021 - Christina and I hit the road for the first time in a while to head down ...
Cancun: Relax & Puzzle
I can't believe we're already on the latter half of our trip to Cancun! This trip has been a little ...
Cancun: A New Adventure
For the first time in about four years, I'm going on a vacation in which it's possible I might not ...
Mind Games
Puzzle Addiction
I feel like I'm drowning in puzzles. And I love it ...
Escape Room International Championship – Qualifying Round
Though the Escape Room International Championship occurred after Red Bull Discovery Lab, I think it's more fitting to talk about ...
New Puzzle- Space Fantasy
It's been too long since I wrote a new puzzle, but inspiration struck today with the two-punch speaker event I ...
Rubik’s: First Solve, Heavily Guided
So... I can follow a tutorial! For the first time ever, I've completed a Rubik's Cube! ...
Chess: Cautious Optimism
So I may need to rethink my chess goal for the year- after 7 games, I'm 4-1-2 ...