I'll be headed to San Francisco tomorrow to catch an old friend who's in the country briefly.  I'll stay through Friday or Saturday- anything going on?  I have commitments on Wednesday and Thursday nights, am free other times.  I'd like to get to the East Bay a bit, and enjoy the City.

I'm in Seattle for the long weekend.  Sitting in a coffeeshop now, of course.

It was one of those typical short weeks where I had to cram a full week's work into 2 1/2 days to get out of town.  Some of my work product (and a resume with a deadline!) is still poised for electronic transmission: SEND!

The flight was uneventful except for a glass of ( Read more... )

I had  a nice, laid-back weekend, lots of good sleep and food, even a trip to the gym.

I went to the old neighborhood with my friend Mike for dinner Friday, at Capriccio on Vemont, always a reliable place.  I got the pork loin and overate.  Saturrday I expected a visit from another friend Mike, but he hurt his leg.  I surprised myself and went to ( Read more... )

I'm in Fresno at the annual gathering for the Clovis Rodeo.  I got here a ilttle early to help Yasmin's mom get the place set up for about 20 visitors.  She prepares all week, smoking meats and shopping and organizing ( Read more... )

There's more to write about this weekend's IBR, but the best moment came on the drive home ( Read more... )

I had a great week off, and I'm just catching up with things at home. Brief trip, but diverse! I got to hang out with friends in Portland, catch some music, see my father and his wife, party with LJ'ers in Seattle and hang out with my high school buddy. Most of my time was spent visiting, or traveling to visit (1800 miles in the rental car and I ( Read more... )

I leave on vacation tomorrow, and have planned my week around going to the annual Sunset Junction Street Fair, then to the culminating show at Sunsat 5, of "Showgirls".

I lived at Sunset Junction for 9 years, and was involved in the fair at times. It's a good reunion. But it doesn't start until tomorrow (glad I started this post and checked ( Read more... )

I'm sure glad I went. I took way more photos than I can show here. Part of that is because I took rapid time lapse pics of athletes doing their wind-up to toss their 40-to-50 lb iron balls. I definitely have a greater appreciation of men in tartan kilts, at least if they have really thick legs and cool knee-socks.

You can see the whole set (over ( Read more... )

I came with my sister to Flagstaff for the Celtic Festival, including Highland Games. It seems like they are pretty small, few competitors. But tomorrow there are more events ( Read more... )

I've done these before, but saw the three maps together on bigrock's page.

United StatesWell, I've been all over the US. Some of the states are a bit fuzzy to me, I always wanted to see Idaho, but I took a train that passed through at night. Montana is also a little vague, but I have a reason to go back there, to do some research on my family which ( Read more... )