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Airwaves 2017 – Day 2

 | 02-Nov-2017 | Lazy morning. We finally left the apartment around noon for lattés and some shopping before meeting up again at …

Airwaves 2017 Kicks Off

| 01-Nov-2017 |  I took advantage of light rail from downtown to SeaTac on Tuesday: quick and easy.  Met up with Jason …

Down on the bayou …

| 21 – 24 Sept 2017 | The rare domestic excursion, we decided to use our Alaska Airlines companion fare on a …

The 411 on 101 Reykjavik

    So you want to know about visiting Reykjavik? It has changed a lot over the years with the increase in …

Wine Country

| 28-Apr-2017 | Today was our day afield in the wine country of the Mendoza region, which took us to both the …

Carne Coma (in a good way)

| 27-Apr-2017 | Stopped in at a local cafe for coffee and pastry this morning. This is how cappuccino is done in …

Hola Mendoza!

| 25-Apr-2017 | After a brief delay at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery this morning, we boarded our Aerolineas Argentinas flight bound for Mendoza! We have …

Gracias Buenos Aires!

| 25-Apr-2017| Today’s plan is fluid – it’s supposed to start raining, it’s just a question of when.  Instead of hiking back …

“Lazy” Lunes

| 24-Apr-2017 |  So the goal today was to walk less than yesterday. Let’s not talk about how that went, OK …? We …

I can walk for miles and miles …

|23 – Apr-2017| Headed out this morning to Parque Centenario to meet up with brothers Diego and Ariel,  the electro-duo Farmacia.  Our …

Dinner with Strangers

| 22-Apr-2017 |  Slept well and woke up feeling ready to attack the day. It’s going to be a long one since our …

Bienvenido á Buenos Aires!

| 21-Apr-2017 |   So today for us actually started yesterday with a flight from Seattle to Houston, then on to Buenos …

Airwaves Day 5

| 06-Nov-2016 | Finally got to bed around 3:00am so it was a late wake-up this morning. It was pouring rain so …

Airwaves Day 4

 | 05-Nov-2016 | Headed out to meet our friend Leana for breakfast at Cafe Paris. It’s always fun to get the local …

Airwaves Day 3

| 04-Nov-2016 | Technically one could say our day “started” around 4:30am with the arrest of some loud, drunk dude who’d been …

Airwaves Day 2

| 03-Nov-2016 | Went to bed around 1:45am and woke up at 6:00am to garbage day in the 101. Guh.  Managed another …

Airwaves Day 1

| 02-Nov-2016 |  First up today, the Reykjavik Music Walk – Airwaves Edition – with journalist/historian Arnar Eggert. We wandered around the city …

Happy Airwaves Eve!

| 01-Nov-2016 |  First, Happy Birthday Mom!! :-)So most of the day was consumed by travel, some of it unnecessarily, but I’ll …

Eat well…

| 31-Oct-2016 | Happy Halloween!  We’ve seen a few pumpkins and other Halloween-insired decorations around town. I really like this pumpkin outside …

ABBA backwards is still ABBA

| 30-Oct 2016 | Headed to Stockholm Central Station immediately after breakfast to take the train to nearby Uppsala.  Nearly everything is …

Watch out for the Pokemons!

| 29-Oct-2016 | Woke up this morning to another fabulous looking day. Fueled by the breakfast buffet at our hotel, we set …

Välkommen till Stockholm!

| 28-Oct-2016 |  Greetings from Stockholm! After two shorter-than-advertised flights (SEA-KEF-ARN), we arrived mid-day in Stockholm. Successfully navigated the Arlanda Express (high-speed …

Konnichiwa, Osaka!

| June 6 – 21, 2016 |  This random blog entry is brought to you by a 16-day business trip to Osaka, Japan.  …

Bāaibaai Hong Kong

|12-MAR-2016| We head for home today. I can’t believe how fast this week has gone but we packed in a ton of …

Four chefs in a tiny kitchen

|11-MAR-2016| I am completely unapologetic about the glut of food pictures to follow, because today we spent the morning with Joyce of Home’s …