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I had a little moment this morning, heading down the state highway to Volcanoes National Park. I realized that those clouds were not clouds. And I was driving toward them. I had another little moment when I stopped the car at the first Scenic… Continue Reading “The Volcanoes”
Yeah, yeah. It’s fish in a pond. Shut up. I spent the day eating papaya and reading Jane Austen.
So. I have some pretty serious body image issues. I am carrying around too much weight right now, but even in college when I was a perfectly reasonable size and went to step class twice a week, I hated my body. We blame my skinny,… Continue Reading “A Sort of Breakthrough”
Since I arrived after dark, and woke up at 5am, I didn’t even see the place until I have been here for hours and hours. But the first thing you see is the airport, right? On the first business trip I ever took, I… Continue Reading “First Impressions of the Big Island”
I had a horrible moment Monday night: Checking into the hotel, it hit me that I wasn’t particularly happy to be there. I am always happy to be back in Washington. So I quickly determined that it had been rather too long since I… Continue Reading “Reconnecting with the District”
The Sheraton in Seattle was running a pilot program last week. It was characterized as “going green”. The deal was that if you voluntarily forgo housekeeping service for one day, you will receive a $5 voucher for the restaurant. The vouchers can also be… Continue Reading “Pilot Program – Sheraton Seattle”
Among the many, many reasons that I appreciate my employer is that it sends me to places that I would not have otherwise visited. And while the Pacific Northwest has always been described to me as a lovely place to visit, it just wasn’t… Continue Reading “Seattle, Take 2”
I have a lot to write about (Seattle and the book I finished and True Blood) but I can’t find the cord to upload my few pictures and I don’t know what I am going to read next and I hate posting my books… Continue Reading “Booking Travel”
I suppose I should compose actual reviews of the two finer restaurants I have been to this week, but right now all I can think is blahblahSeattleblahSeafoodblahblahblah. Because I just had this for dessert: Baked Alaska at the Waterfront Grill.
I am leaving for Seattle tomorrow. And I am packing the laptop. First, because I might get some real work done on the road. My employer does not require this, but I feel compelled. I hate that. Second, because I just started that new… Continue Reading “Becoming the People I Hate”
The Next Dark Age 