Category Archives: Travels

WHEW my dogs aren’t barking anymore…

…they’re dead. I had a day off today and about 10 hours to kill before my flight back to Seattle, so I decided to walk around Manhattan.
I started at 63rd and Lex, at my hotel (the Melrose), and walked over to 5th avenue. Then I started walking down 5th ave. My intention was to walk […]

Central Park is impressive, it’s just not obvious

Random Access 3.0: Well, I can Say I’ve been to Central Park now.
I’ve been to Central Park too. The last time I was in NYC a group of us decided to have dinner over at the boat basin cafe. After dinner three of us decided to just walk cross-town through the park since they lived […]

Great mailbox near Houston

While we were in Houston we drove out to visit some property we own out near Lake Livingston. While we were there, we saw this mailbox and I had to take a picture of it.

$40a day in Santa Fe

Rachel Ray was just on the Food network, her show “$40 a day” was in Santa Fe. I thought I’d post my thoughts about where she went since if we can’t be self-absorbed and indulgent on our blogs where else can we?
Cafe Pasquals is overrated, the Atomic cafe is pretty good and it’s right next […]

Back from Houston

Kim and I are back from Houston. The Meetings went great. Had a lot of fun hanging out with the in-laws. Got my cajun and BBQ fix. Pictures exist somewhere. No iPod shuffles in Houston either.

How to use Japanese style toilet

How to use Japanese style toilet
Information you NEED to know.
Via the old school, gap wearing, hippie hater himself.

Argh - a reason I miss New Mexico

Yahoo! News - Ski For $15 At Angel Fire
They are already skiing down there. I’m waiting for this slush they call snow up here to build up.
Oh well, Angel Fire is where Kim broke her leg on her very first ski trip ever. I bet I couldn’t have gotten her to go there again. […]

Chris and Ponzi moving to Seattle

Moving
Ponzi’s Schemes :: Moving
Well, we have officially decided we will be in Seattle for Christmas this year. After some heavy negotiations on a rental in Leschi (a neigborhood in Seattle, WA) I must say I’m finally comfortable with the outcome.
Looks like We’ve snagged another techie for the Emerald city. I’m sure they’ll love […]

A Photo Tour of Libya

Michael J. Totten: A Photo Tour of Libya
Amazing photos of Libya.
via:

Our trip to San Francisco

n.b. I originally wrote this article back in June when we returned from San Francisco, but I had some issues with the image gallery
Last week Kim and I went to San Francisco for her old college friend Elizabeths (sing sing) wedding. We stayed in Milbrae, CA about a block from a BART station. We […]

too bad it’s fall

Scripting News: 9/21/2004
If Dave had gotten here in the summer, he could have taken the water taxi from downtown over to Alki for his morning walk. Whoops, looks like he can until Oct 1st.

Survival tips for Dave Winer while in Seattle

Scripting News: 9/11/2004

The streets ARE a grid, despite evidence to the contrary. The problem is the ground isn’t flat and it’s often interrupted by these large bodies of water nature has strewn about our fine city. It’s kind of like how the sum of a triangles angles can be greater than 180 degrees if it’s […]

Good things, bad things about Alaska

Alaska. We’ll Pay You To Live Here.
things cost more up there.
king crab the size of a bean bag chair.
moose making you late for work
moose making you late for work.
Salmon fishing in the middle of town
tourists salmon fishing in the middle of YOUR town […]

Pictures from San Juan Island

Dr. Neil’s Adventures: Icing on the top
While Dr. Neil was off at Mt. Rain-Here, which I have yet to go to despite having lived here for over a year, I took my cousin-in-law from Ks. and my wife up to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Kim and I went there for our first wedding […]

Eating in Santa Fe

Scripting News: 7/18/2004
Looks like Dave Winer is in Santa Fe, NM. I lived there for about 2 years and 2 years in Albuquerque (you know, where Bugs Bunny was supposed to turn left at?). There are lots of good places to eat at in Santa Fe. My Favorties included the Bobcat Bite, it is the […]

Getting around Seattle

Lickety Split and other fast moves..
Chas Redmond notes some interesting behavior while navigating from West Seattle over to the U-District.
The trick - scoping out primary routes and then using alternate routes quickly when the primary shows signs of clog. What continues to perplex me is that pretty much everyone knows the alternate routes but insists […]

My friend Tom visits the WWII Memorial

Toured the National Mall today
My friend Tom drove his family up the coast, he lives in North Carolina, over Memorial Day weekend and visited most of the national monuments. I’m most interested in his photos of the World War Two national monument. In typical WWII veteran fashion the majority of the funds for the […]

Second beach - Olympic Peninsula

For Kims birthday we took a short day trip out to Second Beach on the Olympic Peninsula.

What states have I visited

World66, the travel guide you write: visitedStates

create your own personalized map of the USA
or write about it on the open travel guide
No big surprise given that I grew up in the mid west. Hmmm, looks like it’s time for a ski trip to Montana?

Discovery Park and Chinooks

This morning, Kim and I decided to go out to Discovery Park and walk around. I wanted to walk out to the beach, but the signs in the park were less than helpful. So we ended up walking out to the Indian center and looking at the bay. After our walk, we decided to head […]