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Although whoever designed the Convention Center was nuts. Six story building and the first three or four floors are public space. Each year we invite the President to speak (and each year since Bush41 we have been turned down), and this year we were… Continue Reading “I Went to Seattle and It Was OK”
I am just beginning the heavy travel season again with a trip to Seattle for a pre-conference planning meeting. Here is the requisite photo from the hotel room window: I have never been to the area before and I must say that my midwestern… Continue Reading “Seattle”
MSN Money pointed me to an awesome USA Today piece on airline fees. Bookmark this, please. It took the USA Today staffer, aided by airline PR people, a full week to compile this chart of airline fees so that we all know what we… Continue Reading “Public Service Announcement – Airline Fees”
After struggling for a bit, I decided to bring Jodi two books in New Orleans. The first was A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole. It is set in New Orleans and I loved it. But because it is rather…weird, with a rat-crazy… Continue Reading “The End of the "Bring Me a Book" Story”
I had a whole mess of United miles to burn. I used some for the plane ticket to New Orleans. Then I discovered that because I have a Mileage Plus Visa, I could use more for the hotel. I may have written that it… Continue Reading “My Free Vacation”
I tried to keep to something resembling my average weekend schedule while on vacation, so I was pretty much up and out around 8:30. As Rich and Jodi are rather nocturnal types, I was on my own for breakfast. Rule #1: Skip the beignets… Continue Reading “Photography in Jackson Square”
I have been to New Orleans plenty of times, but this was my first visit to the Voodoo Museum, which is pretty lame of me since it is in the French Quarter and most of my excuse for not doing things is, “I didn’t… Continue Reading “Voodoo Museum”
With all the music and the drinking and the festivals, and the food, when I think of New Orleans I always envision Jackson Square. Even if I remember to take pictures, I will never remember to take them at night so I stole this… Continue Reading “Heading Out”
Last night, while I was at the library, my mother sent me an e-mail saying that my friend Jodi called and asked me to call her back when I got home. I am flying to New Orleans to meet Jodi and her husband, Rich,… Continue Reading “Too Much Responsibility”
The Next Dark Age 