Panama Travelog #6
Gamboa, Panama - Mon, 23 Dec 2024. 12pm.

Today we checked out from the Gamboa Resort after breakfast. We wound up not doing anything resort-y during our time there, except that Hawk relaxed in the hammock on our balcony. I fret that we squandered the opportunity there. Shouldn't we have taken more advantage of the activities ( Read more... )

Trade Show Travelog #7
Back at the hotel - Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 10:45pmI'm back in my hotel room now, shoes off and smoky clothes tossed in the closet. Day 3 of the AWS trade show is in the books ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #12
Outside Harrisburg, PA - Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 11pm

Today is Black Friday and I've stayed home. I haven't gone shopping- either in brick-and-mortar stores or online from home. Though technically I'm not home. I'm 2,400 miles away at my inlaws'. But Hawk and I are here for 4 night, as we often do around Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving '24 Travelog #6
Falls Church, VA - Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 9:30amThe hotel we're staying at for our 4 nights in Virginia, the Hilton Home2 Suites in West Falls Church, is new and overall pretty comfortable. One thing a lot of travelers like about hotels such as this is that a breakfast buffet is included in the rate. Before you European ( Read more... )

Who remembers Marie Callender's? Okay, probably few people outside of California. They're a restaurant chain and a brand of ready-made frozen pies you can buy at the supermarket ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm feeling burnt out on eating at good steak restaurants. I don't mean burnt out forever, fortunately. Just burnt out for maybe a few days after eating at nice steakhouses two nights in a row.

These two dinners were connected to the small conference my company sponsored yesterday. Both meals were with customers. ( Read more... )

In the vein of trying new restaurants even if they're not actually new, this past weekend Hawk and I dined for the first time at Original Joe's in downtown San Jose. Well, it was our first time there together; I ate there once with colleagues a few months ago. Either way, while the restaurant is a new experience for us, it's actually one of the ( Read more... )

"Let's try new restaurants in the area." That was my New Year's resolution... in 2023. Our idea was to try one new-to-us or haven't-been-there-in-years restaurant a month. In the past 23 months we've tried... not quite ten. Clearly I'm still working on that resolution. 😅

This weekend we dined at Pedro's in Santa Clara. It's not new-new. It's a ( Read more... )

One of the restaurants in my regular rotation the past several years has been The Habit. It's a hamburger chain that grew out of a few successful family-run burger shops in Santa Barbara. Some number of years ago... maybe 10?... they started franchising across California. Having actually been to the original stores before they started franchising I ( Read more... )

Blue Ridge Trip '24 #34
Home - Sun, 8 Sep 2024. 10pm

We are now home from our week+ long trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. We walked through our front door just after 9:30pm and have already unpacked our suitcases and are starting to wind down for the night.

Travel as a whole was uneventful today. The drive to the ( Read more... )