September 8, 2011 Another delightfully lazy day in the Tri-Cities area of eastern Tennessee. The two year old has been pushing limits, as usual, and the girl has slept a lot of the day away… and when she’s been awake, she’s been doing cute baby stuff like smiling and cooing. I don’t believe it will [...]
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TN vacation – day 4
September 7, 2011 It was overcast and drizzly much of the day, but we still managed to get outside some. For me, this was the first full day of being on Allegra to try to fix my face pressure issue. For son, it was his first time riding in a wagon! I pulled him around [...]
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We woke up in Clinton, SC, this morning and arrived in Johnson City, TN, around 11:30. It rained most of the way up, and then continued to rain most of the rest of the day. Going up and down the hills is not making my head pressure problem any better; in fact, it’s much worse. [...]
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September 4, 2011 We left the house at 11am, on the dot, and arrived at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Clinton, SC, around 9pm. It was a long day. The kids were mostly good, on par with what I expected given their ages and personalities. We stopped at several rest areas along the way [...]
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Intro: Since anyone and everyone is on the Internet these days, you’d have to either be a fool or have more faith in your fellow man than I do to post vacation plans online. With enough motivation, anyone can find anyone online these days, and it’s not too much trouble beyond that to turn their [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Visits to Los Angeles
I believe I’ve visited Los Angeles three times. 2000, maybe? Stayed with a friend from DCL in West Hollywood, after being picked up at Burbank airport. I believe he lived between Santa Monica and Sunset Blvds., but it might’ve been between Melrose and Santa Monica. The neighborhood was decent enough, and it was nice staying [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Thanksgiving Kingdoms
Thanksgiving 2010 was chock full of activity for the Celebration Harts this year. Rowan’s nap schedule kept us in the Orlando area this year, despite a generous offer to rejoin the Ormond Beach Harts. In the morning we went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. We purchased our Florida resident annual passes while there, after waiting in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Burj Al Arab
This is the Burj Al Arab hotel, arguably one of the finest in the world. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Burj is notable for its height, opulence, and architecture. Oh, and its mayor on Foursquare: me. The issue is, I’ve never been to the Burj Al Arab. The closest I’ve ever been is [...]
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How can something like this (http://anchorpoint.blogs.com/amythoughts/2010/07/summer-break.html) not make you want to drop everything and escape to Alaska? I’ve tried to be a die-hard new urbanist by walking the 1.2 miles downtown (AND the 1.2 miles back) with the baby instead of driving… but honestly, who wants to take a shower, sweat their ass off walking [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kennedy Space Center
It doesn’t look like it judging by this photo, but I’m actually quite close to the shuttle. Click this link for a larger size.
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