Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2012
I frequently eat weekend/late night breakfast in diners alone, with iPad in tow to catch up on books I’m reading or browse Wikipedia over few cups of coffee. Despite iPads being out for a couple of years now and practically all over the media, strangers sitting next to me frequently stare inquisitively and ask what […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2012
Looking through old photos I often wonder how I had so much time to do and see things in Texas. Then I realized that I lived there six years and I’ve barely been here a few months. The weekends fly by so fast now. Hot weather finally arrived and it feels fantastic! Completely clear and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2012
This has certainly been an adventurous move, mainly because of how open-ended it was, which then turned into “oh shit, what” when the snow storm hit Seattle. Despite the panic about last minute obstacles, so far they’ve been overcome. I’m not complaining, just what a ride! I initially put off moving a week because I […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2011
On vacation this week in the Bay Area! Weather is FANTASTIC. I had to travel 320 miles south on the 5 before I reached clear skies on Monday. I realized on the way down that I had forgotten what Northern California looked like during the day. The last two times I came down (this year), […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 13th, 2011
Saturday morning I struggled to decide out what I should do on my last day. I kind of wanted to go back to the UC Botanical Garden to see the rest, maybe go visit a museum, go shopping, or just walk around outside. While making up my fickle mind, I drove down the Warren Freeway […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 13th, 2011
Wednesday morning I packed up and left Berkeley for Death Valley. I actually had some initial hesitation about this, since the bay was so nice and the drive would eat a lot of time. This is something I had wanted to do since last summer, when I expected to have a nomadic lifestyle for a […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 13th, 2011
Against my strong hatred for the cold, wet, dark-at-4 PM PNW winter and contrary to everything I’ve been saying, I unexpectedly took a new and better job that’s going to keep me here for the time being (and at least another winter). I took the opportunity of a week off between jobs and headed down […]
