“C” is for Cookie
| 07-Nov-2014 | “C” is for Cookie is a coffeeshop around the corner from our apartment. Pleep is being his own monkey …
There’s an app for that …
|06-Nov-2014| Iceland has an app? Apps have been a constant topic of discussion – wild, crazy ideas that get more outrageous as …
Festival Day 1 – finally!
|05-Nov-2014| Started the morning with cappuccino and pastry at Sandholt. They’ve expanded to the space next door to the original shop and …
And so it begins: Airwaves 2014
|04-NOV-2014| Today we say goodbye to Oslo and board our flight for Reykjavik, meet up with our compadres and take on Iceland …
Where are all the people?
|03-NOV-2014|First up today: Akershus Fortress. Again, we had the place to ourselves. Yesterday was dead everywhere but most things are closed on Sunday …
You tiger now!
|02-NOV-2014| Woke up this morning to brighter skies and no immediate indication of rain. We headed out immediately after breakfast this morning …
Welcome to Oslo!
|01-NOV-2014| Note to travelers: Scandic hotels have EPIC breakfast buffets included in the room rate. And by epic I mean just about anything one could …
Travel Day to Oslo
|31-OCT-2014| Jeff and I are doing a little Airwaves pre-func in Oslo this year. We arrived mid-day today and will head back to …
Crouching Photographer, Hidden Tourist
| 14-May-2014|. After a few missed turns this morning we managed to locate the small station for the Keifu-ku Arashiyama line and …
Tokyo to Kyoto … at 100+ mph!
| 13-May-2014 | Is that a serious looking train, or what? That, my friends, is the business end of the Tokaido …
Won’t you take me to … FabricTown?
| 12-May-2014 | Last full day in Tokyo. While I’m excited for Kyoto, I’m going to miss Tokyo – it has …
Batter Up!, Bicycle Origami and More
| 11-May-2014 | First, Happy Mother’s Day!!! 🙂 Woke up to a view of Mt. Fuji this morning – first time …
Park beer, anyone?
| 10-May-2014 | Woke up this morning with absolutely no plan for the day … and it was glorious. We popped down to …
Tokyo Tower & Swanky Ginza
| 09-May-2014 | Wide awake at 6am. We wake up way too early as it is and that seems to carry over …
Shopping & Eating, Tokyo Style
| 08-May-2014 | After “fighting” with the blog upload until midnight last night (don’t try to do this half asleep!), I was …
Day 1: Tokyo
| 07-May-2014 | Travelling west is a completely different “adjustment” than travelling east. Went to bed about 10pm last night and slept …
Welcome to Tokyo!
| 06-May-2014 | We left Seattle at 1:15pm on Monday, bound for Tokyo/Narita aboard an ANA B787-8 aircraft. Let’s just say the …
Travel Day …
|05-May-2014| Waitin’ to leave …
Roll With It
| 03-Nov=2012| Woke up at 9:00am, but when you go to bed at 3:30am, it’s hard to feel too bad about the …
Watch For Flying Roof Material
| 02-Nov-2012 | I’d call it stormy, but it’s really just wind. But by “just” I mean 45 – 55mph consistently all …
Enough with Gothy Intros
| 01-Nov-2012 | Happy Birthday, Mom! Woke to the sound of the rock excavation across the street this morning, commencing promptly at …
Dinner with Ingvar
| 31-Oct-2012 | Went to bed stupid-early last night after being up 30+ straight hours. The guys were up for an hour …
32F, Feels Like 19F
| 30-Oct-2012 | Left Sea-Tac on-time Monday afternoon (exit row seats for all three of us – boo ya!), but after watching …
IKEA is Swedish
| 28-May-2012| I see IKEA bags, everything in this apartment is IKEA, yet I haven’t seen an IKEA. We started our day …
Not all those who wander are lost
| 27-May-2012 | Don’t look for anything to be open at 7:00am on a Saturday – coffee shops included. Settled for a …