Archive for 'Travel' Category
Arizona, take off your rainbow shades (2/24/2010)
24 February 2010Well, we made Arizona today. After a home-cooked breakfast in the trailer, we left Rialto at about 8:30 AM.
We traveled east through San Bernadino all the way to Indio, where we stopped for fuel, a grocery store run, and then lunch at Panda Express — Roseann’s favorite. Then back on the road bound for Quartzsite, [...]
Leaving L.A. (2/23/10)
23 February 2010This is the first blog post from the road!
Staging is complete. All the storage things are in the storage, and all the traveling things are in the trailer! The cable modem is returned, the post office is notified, and were ready to go by 1 pm. Of course, we realized that if we left, we’d [...]
Birchas Ha Chamah — The Blessing of the Sun
9 April 2009If you haven’t had your head under a religious rock these past few months, you’ve encountered the buzz about the Blessing of the Sun, which takes place every 28 years. A good explanation of this can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkat_Hachama
We went to Birchat HaChama on the beach in Boca Raton, FL.  The event was co-organized [...]
Do I Know The Way To San Jose?
16 March 2009The life of a workingman is not necessarily the stuff of which blogs are made, thus I can go from January to March with no blog entries, and nothing has been missed. We had an election in Los Angeles, but it was boring. I voted, but did so without much enthusiasm.
Some readers may know that [...]
San Diego Part II
30 October 2008Never having returned to blog the San Diego trip, it’s clear that a followup is required.
The train trip was excellent, the bicycle riding was, as well. We rode the “Bayshore Bikeway“adjacent to Silver Strand Blvd. We rode it south-to-north, and I highly recommend the other direction. The prevailing wind was in our faces all the [...]
De Train, Boss, De Train
12 October 2008Here I sit on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, in business class (cool!), on my way to San Diego. Down in the baggage car is my bicycle. The plan was to take the bus to the Van Nuys Amtrak station, take the Surfliner to San Diego, meet my friend Larry, visit, bicycle about, and take the [...]
A Nice Bicycle Ride in Magnolia Park
13 September 2008[Note: this was written in mid-September, and I'm not sure of the date, so I'm dating it Sept 13, just to get it in general sequence.]
I had a nice bike ride today. I took the bus to a good starting point, at the Orange Line Terminus in North Hollywood. I set out to follow the [...]
The continuing saga…
6 September 2008Well, here we are, still living in the trailer in Van Nuys — see photo in previous post. We’ve been here for about three months now. My gig in West Hollywood is enjoyable, the trailer site is comfy, there are lots of things to see and do in the southland. I’d like to do some [...]
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
15 June 2008Well, as I wrote before, I was going to look for consulting work. They say to be careful what you wish for, as you might get it. I found work, all right, but not consulting work. I found a job. I’m not sure who “they” are, but “they” also say that 90% of the jobs [...]
Passover Week
27 April 2008Hi Folks,
Last week, we were in Florida for Passover.
We got into Ft. Lauderdale Airport on Friday night about 10 PM. Flights were uneventful (thank G-d) and my folks picked us up. Delray Beack is about 45 miles north of FLL airport, so we drove back, hit the IHOP for some late night food, and then [...]