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This week we thought we'd send out a quote from one of our favorite people who truly lived life to the fullest and wasn't afraid to try new things, things that sent him on high's and always brought new meaning to everything he did - Anthony Bourdain. "Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, and moribund." #AnthonyBourdain Words we live by!

In our ongoing search for experiences that take us to that next level - that level where we find ourselves suddenly stopped in our tracks and saying "Ahhhh" - we think it's important to always take a moment and look at things in a different way. It's this looking at things differently that gives us the chance to have an experience that's completely unique. Photo by Jack Gisel We don't necessarily have to climb Mount Everest or win a triathlon or go diving with sharks to achieve moments that are exhilarating and that will stay with us forever. Sometimes is as simple as standing on a table top or doing a handstand to get a completely new perspective on the world and our place in it. Photo by Elsa Gonzalez To paraphrase one of our favorite teachers, John Keating (aka Robin Williams), let's always take a moment to look at things from a different perspective and "make our lives extraordinary". Photo by Jean-Philippe Delberghe #RobinWilliams #Spiderman #handstand #ahhh #perspective

Today, we're giving a salute to one of our favorite stops on our journey - California. A place where everything can seem possible. Someone wise once said: "California is made up of people who don't know what it is they are not supposed to do." We think that that pretty much sums up everyone who's participating with us in this site. And in this amazing journey we're all on. Let's hope that palm tree lined street goes on forever! California Cruising photo by Roberto Nickson. Huntington Beach Pier courtesy of californiabeaches.com #california #huntingtonbeach #beach #palmtrees

This week we're giving a shout out to one of our favorite artists and one of our favorite tipples - Vincent Van Gogh & Absinthe. In doing so, we're covering two AnyHigh catagories in one, shall we say, blow - the #Arts & #Beverages. Van Gogh was, of course, a major contributor to the former and a major consumer of the latter. The beauty of gazing into a Van Gogh painting is that it can take you to another place, a place where the mind can run free and where we might experience varying degrees of emotion that we weren't even aware of before. And the beauty of Absinthe is that, given enough of it and given enough time, we've found that it too can have the same effect. Van Gogh painted over 900 paintings and drawings. Considering that he actually painted for only 10 years before his death at just 37, that works out to a new work of art every 36 hours! A truly impressive output. Made possible, perhaps, by the Absinthe that helped grease his paint brush? One can only speculate. For many years, real Absinthe was banned in the United States but, much to our relief, it was made legal again in 2007. The only difference being that today's Absinthe contains a lower concentration of thujone, one of the major components of wormwood. There are many different types and brands of Absinthe on the market, but our particular favorite is "Absente", bottled by Distilleries et Domaines de Provence (pictured here). We find it to be the smoothest and most flavorful. It just goes down soooooo easy. We look forward to hearing which is your favorite when searching for the "Green Fairy". Salute! #VanGogh #Absinthe #Absente #Greenfairy #paintings #cocktails

Today we're tipping our hat, flicking our cigar and breaking out the ice for a truly insightful observation from one of the UK's most famous citizens - Winston Churchill. "The Gin & Tonic has saved more Englishman's lives and minds, than all the doctors of the empire". We'll drink to that! #WinstonChurchill #Gin #Tonic #Cheers

We were happy to say goodbye to 2020 in 2021, and nearly equally happy to say so long to 2021. We have high hopes for 2022, but we're sure that in the past two years, and waaaay beyond that, that there have to be some things that have made us all stop and say "ahhhhh....". We look forward to your "ahhhh.." moments.

Welcome to the happiest place on the Internet! We at Anyhigh strive to bring you a positive, free-form environment. We look forward to sharing tales of adventures that have taken us all to the next level. Remember, your memory of an amazing moment could lead to someone else's future high.