For reasons included in a friends-locked post on DW (don't worry, I'm okay), I had to go back to Reno this afternoon. The timing was such that I did not have time to each lunch before heading into town, and by the time I got away, I was getting pretty hungry. So I decided to do something I've not done for several years and have lunch at the ( Read more... )

Last night, Lisa recovered sufficiently that, at her suggestion, we went out to see the holiday lights, particularly the one part of town where people go very hard with big displays. No pictures because they never turn out, but we enjoyed the drive ( Read more... )

We originally meant to do a bunch of errands in Reno yesterday, but the forecast was for snow, so we held off for a day. There was no snow either yesterday or today (except up in the mountains), so we took a shot at getting things done today ( Read more... )

This afternoon, we took the recycling to Reno. We really couldn't put it off much longer, because there wasn't any more room in the minivan. (To recap: the county in which I live does not offer much recycling, and certainly not curbside pickup. The nearest comprehensive recycling center is in Reno.) Because the recycling drop-off center closes at 3 ( Read more... )

91 days after Lisa and I left Reno on the eastbound California Zephyr, she arrived on the westbound CZ, traveling via New Mexico.

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Aside from my emergency extra trip to Reno to buy a new cable modem on the day I got home, I'd gone no father from home than Grocery Outlet, Walgreens, and the Renown Health Urgent Care clinic since I got home. I wasn't terribly enthusiastic about going anywhere this weekend, but I've recovered sufficiently (including from the leg infection) that ( Read more... )

Some of you may have heard news reports mentioning wildfires in California and also near Reno. When I went back into Reno yesterday to buy that new cable modem, I could see the plume of smoke of what is known as the Davis Fire from far away when I was coming through the Truckee River canyon, and while I was coming and going, it was clear that the ( Read more... )

Today Lisa and I went to Reno possibly for the last time before we head off to Europe next Thursday. Some of today's errands were normal, and others were specifically for the trip ( Read more... )

We had several things that needed to get done in Reno during "working hours," including some with time constraints, so as I soon as I could get off work today, we headed in to get as much done as we could.

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It has been more than a month since we did a major grocery shopping run to WinCo Foods in Reno, so we made a trip to town this morning, leaving just before 1 AM and getting home just before 4 AM. This was our first shopping trip since we got the Astro back, and we're both much happier doing so. Not only does it cost half as much (the Astro gets ( Read more... )