And finally the weekend is here! Oh, yes. I don’t usually work on Friday except for off-site clients. So my weekend begins in 45 minutes. What are my plans for this illustrious Labor Day? NO LABOR. In a nutshell, I will be golfing, eating, biking, eating, watching baseball, eating, buying veal and duck sausages, eating,… [Read more…]
August 22, 2007
Each year there are a handful of things I mean to do or events I mean to attend—and each one of these things falls aside because I have a dwarf-sized memory. Actually, my memory is pretty good right now and I hope that doesn’t change. In fact, during high school I was able to memorize… [Read more…]
August 9, 2007
My quasi-friend Brian from Las Vegas has a wife who is trying to take a photo of every meal she eats in 2007. She’s been fairly successful so far…take a look. I know I took a bunch of photos of food in Paris, but Shaun’s work is insane. I’ll put the link up in the… [Read more…]
August 7, 2007
Try and imagine what it’s like to sit for five or more hours in the stands watching guys on bikes circle you endlessly. I’m surprised this is the only bottle I saw. This shot is at the spot where they award the Yellow Jersey for the final stage/overall winner of the Tour de France.
July 28, 2007
I’m not sure if this is just an idiosincracy of mine or if more people feel this way, but I often set my vacation goals up in tiny lists. They’re not firm ‘to-do’ mandates, but they are guides that ensure that I have something to do. Perhaps this list-making tendency is part of my inability… [Read more…]
July 23, 2007
Today we woke up late…for the fifth day in a row. It’s going to be tough when we have to catch an early train to Brussels on Tuesday. After the late wake-up we went to a local cafe for a light breakfast of cafe noisette and a baguette covered in butter. From there we walked… [Read more…]
July 22, 2007
The cows here aren’t mad, I hope. And who knows? We won’t for about 40 years, so why not eat up. Here’s some fairly rare meat I had for lunch the other day. It was delightful. More to come…
July 21, 2007
It seems that I’ve FINALLY gotten into relaxed mode. Those of you who have traveled with me know that SOMETIMES I can be a bit tense or controlling or anxious about new places. Funny coincidence, I was just like that for the first handful of days this journey too. I am pledging here and now… [Read more…]
July 18, 2007
OK. After a crazy sleep that was so similar to a coma that I thought I might get a bed sore, I was refreshed and ready to take a little walk around this little city. This is NOT a little city. Here’s where we walked today and what we saw (yes, I need new feet… [Read more…]
August 30, 2007
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