Travels

Misery loves company, and lots of alcohol

February 28, 2011

They call it the Strong Beer Festival. You might think that means they serve strong beer. Other years you would be right, but this year it was primarily because you had to be strong to simply attend.
You can normally throw a dart at a calendar and hit a sunny day in Phoenix, but on February [...]

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Quest for Power: iPhone charging device for SXSW

February 9, 2010

I’m headed to South By Southwest this March, and one thing I learned last year was to be prepared for mass amounts of personal device power consumption. Not that AT&T is likely to have their towers actually serving up a usable signal when the hordes descend upon Austin, but it is conceivable I may find [...]

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SXSWi ’09: Recap, Recollection, Recommendations

March 20, 2009

Just back from attending my first South by Southwest, and it was pretty much exactly what I thought it would be, only better. In no particular order, here are the things I learned or had affirmed:
You can’t do it all – Heard that warning 100 times leading up to SXSW and it was absolutely true. [...]

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Restaurants to try at SXSWi 2009

March 10, 2009

I’m headed to South By Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, for the first time this week, and am quite excited. I’ve been wanting to visit Austin for quite a while, and see SXSW on top of it. Of course, I cannot be expected to endure such complete geekery without proper food so did some asking [...]

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Villa Borghese and the Creepy Crypt

October 4, 2008

Today we visited the Galleria Borghese. The gardens are four square acres of lush landscaping with statues and fountains dotting the pathways. The galleria houses what was once the private collection of the Borghese family including sculptures by Bernini and art by Caravaggio and Raphael. The sculptures were amazing. Jeff was most moved by The [...]

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A Day of Rest

October 4, 2008

Halfway through the trip, we had a day of rest. Nothing planned other than some much needed laundering. I don’t recall if we mentioned this, but we went the carry-on route for our luggage checking nothing. Ambitious, but completely worth it. Lucky for us, there was a laundromat very close to the hotel. We bundled [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-03

October 3, 2008

I’m at Philadelphia Airport (USA) – http://bkite.com/01JZu #
SO beat. And comedian security guy was sending US and non-US citizens to wrong lines. That’s real funny after 10 hr flight. #
Ha! Guessing I typofied Leonardo before we left given commentary from @msherr @timgiron and others. I was low on smart asses this trip! #
Phoenix… [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-02

October 2, 2008

On way to Lepnardo Da Vinci airport. Coolest airport name ever. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-01

October 1, 2008

OH: "Hitler gave unifying everyone a good shot, not that I’m down with his ideas or anything" (Penn St student at bar in Rome) #
No writing done this evening due to the dumbest person I’ve ever met at next table. Think Colosseum should be rebuilt as soccer stadium. #
Last big sites today – National Museum [...]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-30

September 30, 2008

Waiting for first cappucino and getting ready to head to Borghese Gallery for some art. #
Back at hotel, resting a bit before attacking tasty pizza place. #
Went to definitely the creepiest thing we’ve seen in Rome so far – bones of 4000 monks on display http://tinyurl.com/3qtxo7 #
just had some of the best pizza in our [...]

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