It's that time again, kids ( Read more... )

So, Nate is a friend of mine from Syracuse. He was down in Orlando helping an elderly friend of his move into her new retirement home. He wanted to do touristy stuff, but his host wasn't really the type. Also, we hadn't seen each other in a while ( Read more... )

As with a lot of trips that don't have ridged scheduling constraints, I started the drive pretty late, actually in the early afternoon when I'd meant to leave mid-morning ( Read more... )

I've made it generally known that my friends are more than welcome to come and take vacation staying with me. A few of them have taken me up on the offer since I've started living in a place that's actually desirable to travel to. This is the story of one such occasion.(You get 5x the score if you figure out what I'm parodying there ( Read more... )

I'm really abusing Sprint, since the hotel wifi isn't working... and I've made an unusually large number of calls on the way here, and to local stuff.

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Finished the by now epic "make fried rice" project. It turned out well, if a shade shy of really authentic to take-out taste. I did greatly enjoy it, however. Ended up deciding to buy a wok to make it properly. I now have a wok. I added my own little flourishes, and it turned out pretty damned good. I ended up eating my entire batch in three ( Read more... )

I was playing around with Google Earth last night while the laundry was in the dryer. I spent a lot of time looking at Florida's island neighbors: Cuba, Puerto Rico, The USVI, Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, etc.

I never really realized just how close and large (in terms of land area) Cuba was. It seems a comparable amount to the peninsula part of Florida ( Read more... )

Today, we're going to take the wayback machine to early last year, when Noxy (loonwings ) visited me and we bummed around in Clearwater.
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To help alleviate the inevitable Sunday boredom, Jen brought in a newspaper to read. My eyes were drawn to a small flier promoting vacation packages in various parts south of here (the keys, Ft. Lauderdale, etc.).

I looked through it and pronounced it "vacation porn". Stuff you look at and fantasize about, but never actually get to have or ( Read more... )

What started as an offhand comment inviting glowdragon to come on down to Florida to pay me a visit during his vacation time from work turned out better than we'd both hoped. Had wicked fun playing tour guide, and it was nice to take someone around who was actually interested in seeing the sights (glares at pyrophinI find myself at a loss for recalling all of the ( Read more... )