144 entries tagged with travel.

Christmas and the New Year (January 17, 2013)
A somewhat belated Happy New Year! My wish for us in 2013: More sleep! Otherwise, things are pretty great already. When we last talked, Felix was 31 weeks old. A day after my last post, his first t...

Summer Update (August 3, 2012)
Wow, lots to write about! I guess that's what happens when I only write one post per month. Here we have Felix at 8-12 weeks old. He's pretty good about hanging out in the orange chair while I take...

Road Trip, Beef Share (July 2, 2012)
Hmm, time seems to be going by awfully quickly. I have three more weeks' worth of orange chair pictures to post--here is Felix at 5, 6, and 7 weeks: Poor little brother! In the past few ...

Twenty-Two Months Old, Cabin Trip (March 31, 2012)
What a crazy week! My sister Lianna came to visit at the beginning of the week, and unfortunately, Patrick and I came down with a cold almost as soon as she got here. Luckily, she was still able to ge...

Fifteen Months Old + Summer Adventures (September 4, 2011)
Arlo turned 15 months old on Tuesday and obliged us by smiling for his orange chair pictures. His 15-month checkup went well--he's continues to be long and lean with a big head. Every time we g...

Fourteen Months + Jon and Katie's Wedding (August 13, 2011)
Here's Arlo's 14-month chair picture--a little belated, as he's halfway to 15 months by now. Although he still doesn't say mama (hmph!), he loves to point out bikes and buses ("ba!"), and he kn...

First Annual Family Camping Trip (July 31, 2011)
As I mentioned in my last post, we went on our first annual family camping trip last weekend, at Dungeness Spit on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. This was Arlo's first camping trip, and it went well,...

Approaching 14 Months Old (July 27, 2011)
Wow, it has been almost a month since I wrote a substantial post! Here's what's new: Arlo is very interested in all of the bikes, cars, trucks, and buses that pass by our house. He's particular...

California Visit and Meg's Graduation (June 18, 2011)
We started our California trip with a visit to Atascadero, to my mom and Alan's house. It was a lovely visit as always. Many of Alan's family members live nearby, and some of them stopped by fo...

Twelve and a Half Months Old (June 18, 2011)
Lots to report on the Arlo front in the past few weeks: Arlo just finished up two weeks of teething--runny nose, drooling, grumpiness, and frequent fingers in the ears. For a while we thought he ...

Forty-Two, Three, and Four Weeks Old (April 6, 2011)
Hmm, somehow it has been three weeks since I last posted. Arlo turned 10 months old on Friday! I have lots to share, including three weeks' worth of orange chair pictures: First, the State ...

Twenty-Nine and Thirty Weeks Old (December 31, 2010)
Arlo is seven months old today--my, how time flies! He's still working diligently on figuring out how to crawl and erupting his first few teeth. I'm happy to wait a little longer on the crawling (we h...

Nine Weeks Old + Erin's Wedding (August 3, 2010)
Arlo is nine weeks old! He was feeling kind of slouchy this week. We had some excitement this week--we flew to Minnesota for the weekend to see our college friend Erin get married! Arlo was s...

Week 35 Recap (May 7, 2010)
Thirty-six weeks! I'm in my ninth month of pregnancy now, and strangers are not shy about commenting on how pregnant I am (which I have no problem with--I think it's kind of cool!). Surprisingly, I ha...

Anniversary Trip to Vancouver (December 31, 2009)
Happy almost-New Year! I was lucky enough to have both last week and this week off from work, which has been so relaxing. I don't think I've had a 2-week-long break since college! We spent last week v...

My First 8k Run (August 18, 2009)
Running And my last little bit of news--I ran an 8k! Patrick and I ran the Homer's Classic in Silverton the weekend before last. He finished in a little under 37 minutes (wow!), and I finished in a...

Seattle to Portland 2009 (July 21, 2009)
We made a quick trip to Seattle the weekend before last so that Patrick could do the Seattle to Portland bike ride for the third time, along with Andrew and Jon. I came along to help get the car back ...

Two New Shirtdresses + Summer Plans (June 30, 2009)
I spent the past week in California for work and took a few days to visit my mom, grandma, and aunts while I was in the area (it's always so much fun when they all get together!). Now I'm back home in...

Oregon Coast Camping and Ocean's Edge 5k (June 19, 2009)
Portland must be rubbing off on me, because this past weekend, I went camping and ran a 5k, and I enjoyed it! When we finished our first 5k, I searched for more upcoming events on active.com, and the ...

Long Beach Peninsula Trip (May 12, 2009)
Last week, to celebrate my birthday, Patrick and I headed out to Washington's Long Beach Peninsula for an overnight trip. It was our first time visiting the Pacific NW coast even though we've been in ...

Snow in Portland, Christmas in California (December 25, 2008)
I haven't written in a while! When I last wrote, Tree and Andrew had just arrived in Portland for a visit. Soon after, the snow started. It kind of put a damper on our fun Portland activities, but it ...

Vintage Dress, Halloween, Fall Food (November 4, 2008)
We had a good time in California last week. The main reason for the visit was my monthly work trip, but Patrick came along too (so much nicer than being alone for a week!), and we visited my mom, step...

Screenprinting, Pie, Harvestfest, Silver Falls (October 21, 2008)
Another good (and busy!) weekend in Portland. On Saturday, we went to the Screenprinting for Change party that I mentioned earlier, and we had a great time! I need to get more involved in the Portland...

Plenty of Room at the Hotel California (September 16, 2008)
This week, Patrick and I are living it up at the Hotel California in Palo Alto. It has kind of a budget feel to it, but it's in a good location (right next to the train station, two grocery stores, Su...

Crazy Weather (August 18, 2008)
We signed up for the Portland (quarter) century next weekend (Patrick can, of course, handle the full century, but he's going to keep me company instead). Since I haven't been getting much exercise (o...

We Have Arrived in Portland (August 12, 2008)
We made it to Portland! We are excited about our house, even though our to do list is steadily growing. Let me recap... On Saturday morning, I got up early and made a batch of blondies and some lem...

Colorado Recap and Moving Update (August 3, 2008)
I keep meaning to write about our visit to Colorado last weekend, but there hasn't been time to do a full write-up. In short, we spent a couple days last week visiting my dad, stepmom, and sister in F...

Miscellany (June 22, 2008)
We're still buying the Portland house, as far as we know. For the past few days, we've been working on gathering the financial documents required by our lender, and Patrick is going to fly back out to...

Visit to Portland and Bend (June 11, 2008)
As I mentioned earlier, we visited Portland and Bend, Oregon, over Memorial Day weekend. The main impetus behind the trip was that the Decemberists were playing a concert in Bend. This was the only De...

Washington DC (March 27, 2008)
Last week, I attended a class outside of Washington DC for work, and Patrick came along for fun. We flew out Saturday morning on a direct flight. There were a few in-flight movies to choose from, and ...

Mammoth Weekend (March 23, 2008)
Man, it has been a busy couple of weeks! Two weekends ago, we went to Mammoth with some of my coworkers. Most of them were there to ski or snowboard, but after my unpleasant snowboarding experience la...

Christmas in Colorado (January 1, 2008)
We spent last weekend in Fort Collins with my family, celebrating Christmas a little belatedly. It snowed right before we got there, and it was below freezing pretty much the whole time, but at least ...

Mendocino Anniversary Trip (October 17, 2007)
A little over a week ago, we spent a long weekend in Mendocino to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. We chose Mendocino because we'd never been there and because we could drive there instead of...

Jay and Heather's Wedding (September 30, 2007)
Yesterday we attended Patrick's older brother Jay's wedding. This was the first wedding we'd been to since our own, nearly two years ago. It was a beautiful wedding, and I'm so glad that Heather is ...

Weekend at Treebones, Big Sur (September 8, 2007)
We recently enjoyed a weekend getaway in Big Sur. We spent a lot of time on the Central Coast when we were planning our wedding, but we haven't been back much since. I'd read about Treebones, a yurt...

Whitewater Rafting with Sierra Mac (September 2, 2007)
Here's a slightly overdue post about the whitewater rafting trip we went on a little over a month ago. The full photo set is available on Flickr. Andrew's dad, Marty, owns Sierra Mac, a whitewater...

STP 2007 Trip Recap: Portland (August 4, 2007)
Here's the rest of our Seattle-to-Portland vacation recap (Seattle part here). Saturday, July 14 (continued) I had decided to make a detour on my drive from Seattle to Portland and stop at Kruge...

STP 2007 Trip Recap: Seattle (July 26, 2007)
Things have been so busy that I haven't had time to write about our excellent adventure in the Pacific NW! Here's my account of the Seattle part of things. Portland will be along sooner or later... ...

5-day Weekend, Including a Day in SF (July 10, 2007)
Since the 4th of July fell mid-week, I took Thursday and Friday off and enjoyed a nice long 5-day weekend. I did a little relaxing, got some stuff done, and even made it up to the city for a day. It...

Lianna's Graduation (June 2, 2007)
Last weekend, we flew to Colorado to see my sister, Lianna, graduate from high school (the same school I graduated from nine years ago). It was a fun, relaxing visit, for the most part. We flew in...

5-Year Mudd Reunion (May 5, 2007)
As I said in my last entry, we returned to Mudd last weekend for our 5-year college reunion. Prior to the reunion, I kept exclaiming how it didn't feel like it had been 5 years, but I think after the...

A Night on Angel Island (April 9, 2007)
After reading this article and this one in Sunset about Angel Island, I decided that we should go camping there this April. I reserved campsite #5 (supposedly one of the best on the island) for Easte...

Weekend in Tahoe (March 20, 2007)
We went on our first ski trip this past weekend. I am bruised and sore, but I enjoyed myself overall. We left work early on Thursday and drove up to Tahoe. We ran into some nasty traffic in the E...

Waffles, Round 3 (March 14, 2007)
Okay, this is the last round of waffles for awhile, I swear! Patrick thinks I've gone a little crazy, making so many waffles. But I had buttermilk and sour cream to use up before the weekend, an...

Portland Visit: Day 5 (February 26, 2007)
Sunday, February 11 Sunday was our last day in Portland. We took the bus up to the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood (NE Fremont St) for brunch at Bumblekiss, a relatively new restaurant. The restau...

Portland Visit: Day 4 (February 26, 2007)
Saturday, February 10 On Saturday, we walked up to Wild Abandon on Belmont for brunch (and passed this cool superhero garage on our way). I had enjoyed my breakfast there on our last visit, and Pa...

Portland Visit: Day 3 (February 25, 2007)
Friday, February 9 We had planned to go to Gotham Tavern for breakfast on Friday, but when we arrived (after walking around unwelcoming industrial areas in the cold and damp), it was closed, althou...

Portland Visit: Day 2 (February 21, 2007)
Thursday, February 8 We spent all day Thursday enjoying the east side of Portland, which has all sorts of good neighborhoods. And they're all more or less within walking distance of each other (wi...

Portland Visit: Day 1 (February 16, 2007)
I've been having too much fun watching TV every night to write about our very enjoyable trip to Portland last week (I was doing so well not watching TV this summer, but now that it's cold and dark out...

Chez TJ, Portland Trip Planning, Lemon Tree Cozy (January 13, 2007)
We had dinner tonight at the very fancy Chez TJ in Mountain View, to celebrate the fact that we both recently got promoted and to take advantage of the discount program Patrick has at work (the offer ...

Christmas Dinner 2006 (December 28, 2006)
We are back from our Christmas visit to my family in Colorado! We had minimal travel issues, which was lucky given the blizzards bookending Christmas in the Front Range (one last week and one today a...

Anniversary Weekend, Part 3: Everything Else (October 14, 2006)
Anniversary Weekend, Part 3: Everything Else After checking out of Olema Druids Hall last Friday morning, we spent a long time looking around their affiliated store, Vita Collage. We ended up buyi...

Anniversary Weekend, Part 2: Olema Druids Hall (October 14, 2006)
Anniversary Weekend, Part 2: Olema Druids Hall After leaving Manka's full and sleepy, we headed down the road to Olema. We had a room reserved for the night at Olema Druids Hall (there are no long...

Visit to Colorado + Tour de Fat (September 27, 2006)
We had a great time in Colorado this past weekend. We crammed a lot of relaxing into four days! Friday, September 22: We arrived late Thursday night, took the shuttle home, and went straight to...

Exciting Trip Plans + Yummy Autumnal Dinner (August 28, 2006)
Last night, my need to use vacation time on a fun trip got the best of me, and we bought plane tickets to go visit Fort Collins in late September. It's going to be a great (though short) visit! In a...

STP Trip Recap: Portland (July 24, 2006)
Part 2 of 2. Read this entry first! The drive to Portland took about 4 hours. As I passed Centralia (the midway point between Seattle and Portland where many of the STP riders camped on Saturday ...

STP Trip Recap: Seattle (July 24, 2006)
I may have neglected to mention that we were going to visit Seattle and Portland for a week. Well, we did! Patrick, Andrew and Tree did the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (200 miles in 2 days),...

San Diego Trip Recap (May 7, 2006)
Also, my brief trip to San Diego for the Regulatory Affairs course went well. The course wasn't about Regulatory Affairs as a career, which is what I was expecting. It was more a summary of FDA regu...

Summer Garden (April 23, 2006)
We planted our summer garden today. It was kind of sad because our winter garden was still doing pretty well, but I'm looking forward to watching this new garden grow. And I salvaged a few poppy pla...

Weekend Mini-Vacation (April 3, 2006)
We had a good mini-vacation this weekend in Big Sur. We drove down on Friday evening in the rain and darkness and had a late dinner at the Big Sur Lodge (where we were staying). The restaurant was ...

Colorado Visit (March 29, 2006)
I don't think I mentioned it beforehand, but we spent last Thursday through this Monday visiting my family in Colorado. It's always so nice to go home, both because we get to relax so completely and ...

Romantic Italian Cold (October 19, 2005)
We got back from our honeymoon yesterday evening. It was an awesome trip, but by the end I think we were both ready to be home and back to our normal lives. It definitely made us both want to do lot...

Back Home (October 18, 2005)
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 Back Home We got up at 4:45am, as we had an early morning flight. It was so early that we had to have a cab drive us to the airport because the trains weren't running ye...

Back to Rome (October 17, 2005)
Monday, October 17, 2005 Back to Rome This wasn't the best day of our trip, sadly. It started out just fine. We had breakfast at our hotel and then lounged around for a while because I felt a li...

A Full Day in Montepulciano (October 16, 2005)
Sunday, October 16, 2005 A Full Day in Montepulciano After another yummy breakfast in the hotel lobby, we went walking around Montepulciano some more. We walked around the Piazza Grande first, st...

Return to Montepulciano (October 15, 2005)
Saturday, October 15, 2005 Return to Montepulciano On Saturday, we ate breakfast at our hotel. It wasn't bad, but it also wasn't remarkable. We had some minor plumbing issues with our room--the ...

A Day in Florence (October 14, 2005)
Friday, October 14, 2005 A Day in Florence I'm writing this nearly a year after the fact; I hope I don't miss any important details! On Friday morning, we got up and looked out our window to se...

Rome to Montepulciano (October 13, 2005)
Thursday, October 13, 2005 Rome to Montepulciano On Thursday morning, after our nice in-room breakfast, we checked out of Caesar House and walked a few blocks to Puntablu, a laundromat. It wasn't...

Rome, Day 2 (October 12, 2005)
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Rome, Day 2 We began our second day in Rome by walking to the Colosseum, which was only about 5 minutes from our hotel. We admired these columns on the way there: ...

Rome, Day 1 (October 11, 2005)
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 Rome, Day 1 We didn't have much trouble waking up early on our first day in Rome. Caesar House had free breakfast room service, which I was very excited about! I guess ...

London to Rome (October 10, 2005)
Monday, October 10, 2005 London to Rome We arrived at Heathrow around lunchtime, all groggy and wearing our glasses instead of contacts. We had to go through security again, which wasn't too bad....

Brunch and Travel (October 9, 2005)
Sunday, October 9, 2005 Brunch and Travel We woke up at a decent hour on the morning after our wedding and headed to Carmel to have brunch with our family and friends still in the area. We got th...

Good Weekend (September 11, 2005)
We had a great weekend! We drove down to Pacific Grove on Friday afternoon, and after a little trouble with a closed freeway exit, Patrick registered for the triathlon, and we checked into The Martin...

Dinkey Creek, Garden, and Wedding Stuff (July 23, 2005)
As I said earlier, camping last weekend was fun. Every year, my stepdad's family goes camping for a week in Shaver Lake, CA, at Dinkey Creek campground. Patrick and I joined them (and my mom) for th...

East Coast Visit, In-Depth (July 10, 2005)
Oh boy, lots to catch up on! We went on a quick East Coast visit at the beginning of the week, and when we got home there were just tons of things to do! Our vacation included (1) a day in Boston, (...

Dress Pictures, Part 3 (April 5, 2005)
Our visit to LA this weekend had its ups and downs, but we got to spend time with Erin, so it was worth it. On Friday after work, we drove down to LA, planning on spending the night at Chrissy's plac...

Wedding Stuff: Cake! (March 13, 2005)
We just got back from spending the day in Santa Cruz. The day started out a little shakily. We went to Gayle's Bakery in Capitola to sample their cake (this is for our wedding cake, but we just went...

Big Day in Big Sur (January 30, 2005)
We just spent an exhausting but great day in Big Sur. We drove down to Monterey last night after work. We were thinking about going to the Aquarium's member's-only night (since we are members and ne...

NYE Pictures (January 5, 2005)
Patrick is back home, which means pictures from the New Year's Eve party at Erin's house! This is my favorite, I think. Click for more. It was a good visit. We got there late Thursday night ...

Miscellany (January 4, 2005)
First of all, Patrick and I donated money to the Red Cross to help the tsunami victims. Perhaps you should too! We are so lucky to have the lives that we do. Second of all, we had a wonderful vis...

Christmas in Colorado (December 29, 2004)
We had a really nice visit to Colorado. I wish it had been longer, but we made the most of our time there. We had the usual Christmas morning brunch with my mom, stepdad, stepdad's ex-wife, stepbrot...

A much better way to fly! (December 24, 2004)
Almost time to fly home for the weekend! This is only the second time in our six-year relationship that Patrick and I have flown somewhere together. I'm looking forward to it much more than flying a...

White Christmas, perhaps (December 3, 2004)
Patrick and I are going to spend Christmas with my family in Colorado! It'll only be for a few days, but I'm still very excited about it. I've been wanting to visit home ever since I moved here this...

Monterey/Big Sur Vacation (October 28, 2004)
Woo, Red Sox! I bet Boston is pretty crazy tonight. Patrick wore his Sox baseball cap during much of our vacation, and we got some comments on it. We missed Tuesday's game, but we saw tonight's gam...

Beachtastic (October 19, 2004)
Oh boy, oh boy! Patrick and I are being all spontaneous and taking a small vacation to celebrate our 6-year anniversary. I was lucky enough to get next Tuesday off from my retail job (I normally wor...

Napa Camping and See Jane Tri (October 12, 2004)
We had a great weekend! There are pictures here. If you want the whole long-winded recap, keep reading... Friday: Patrick and I drove up to Oakland around 2:30 to meet up with Tree, Andrew, an...

Quality Camping Food (October 8, 2004)
We're getting ready for our weekend camping trip in Napa (the main reason we're there is for Tree and Erin's triathlon, but we don't have to prepare for that at all). I think it'll be fun, and it'll ...

L.A. Triathlon (September 14, 2004)
We're back home in the Bay Area. We had a great time in L.A. this weekend and got to see lots of people from Mudd. We drove down on Friday and stayed at Morley and Erika's place that night. Then on...

Picture time (July 28, 2004)
I've finally posted the pictures from our trip to LA and Noah and Jenny's wedding. There's nothing too exciting, but click the picture below for more (I'm smiling like a fool, but Patrick sure looks ...

Bedtime (July 12, 2004)
We're back in Palo Alto after our whirlwind visit to Southern California. I have to go to bed soon, but here's an overview of what happened, since I'm not sure when I'll have time to write in detail:...

Vacation, All I Ever Wanted! (June 22, 2004)
All sorts of stuff happened today! First, I met with Anne (yes, again! She can't get rid of me lately), and she said she thinks I'm done with my lab work! This is of course assuming the surface a...

Weekend Recap (longwinded as usual) (May 18, 2004)
Vacation recap: Saturday: We started out our Saturday by going to Filoli, which I'd been wanting to visit for a long time. I think I was expecting it to be more like the Arnold Arboretum, all s...

Big News! (April 10, 2004)
I left out one important detail from my post about our visit to Monterey. Can you guess what it is from this picture? Okay, I won't keep you in suspense. Patrick proposed to me! And I accept...

Picture Time - Monterey Vacation (April 8, 2004)
Here are a few pictures from our wonderful vacation in Pacific Grove/Monterey (here's the recap, if you missed it). Here's me and Patrick at Lovers Point Beach after our picnic (we rolled up our pa...

Is it over already? (April 7, 2004)
I'm going to head back to the airport in a few hours, saying goodbye to Patrick and California yet again. I hate this part, but at least I have the prospect of not having to say goodbye in a few mont...

Our epic weekend trip to Monterey (April 5, 2004)
Patrick and I just got back from a wonderful weekend trip to Monterey (we're in Palo Alto now). I think it was the best yet (previous trips were to Carmel; not Monterey, but I think they're comparabl...

California! (April 2, 2004)
I'm heading off to California in a few hours! I don't know if I've mentioned it, but we'll be in Pacific Grove (right next to Monterey) tomorrow and Sunday, then it's back to Palo Alto through Wednes...

Chocolate and Zucchini (March 24, 2004)
I spent a good chunk of time last night reading through Chocolate and Zucchini's archives. I'd glanced over the site before, but it just sucked me in last night. Clotilde is about my age, and she li...

American Airlines Is a Fickle Mistress (February 17, 2004)
I'm home safely. Here's a sign that I might fly too often--I care about which brand of baby carrots are in the American Airlines bistro bags (on the way to CA, they had Carroteenies, but on the way b...

Pants within Pants! (January 16, 2004)
I'm in California visiting Patrick! Walking to the T stop this morning was crappy because it was really cold. But I wore two pairs of pants (on Patrick's sage recommendation), and it worked out real...

More NYC Pictures (January 10, 2004)
Patrick uploaded some recent pictures today, so here are a few more from our New York City adventure (click the picture): Patrick took most of them; he's good with the camera. There were a bun...

Comfort (January 2, 2004)
Yesterday, I wore my pajamas all day. Patrick almost did too, but then he got a craving for pearl milk tea around 10 pm, so he put on real clothes to go out and get us some. Life with Patrick is goo...

Ew, Chicken Bouillon! (December 28, 2003)
I'm safely at Patrick's place, trying to help him with the Sunday crossword puzzle. My trip from Colorado to California was decent. The door on the Fort Collins airporter shuttle kept blowing open o...

New York City (December 22, 2003)
Here's my exceedingly long recap of our New York City adventure: Friday: So our New York adventure started out at 6:45 Friday morning. We took the T to Chinatown, got some hot chocolate for Pat...

Good Research News (December 12, 2003)
Well, today I have some good research news to offset my unhappy stuff yesterday. First of all, the XPS is broken, so I don't have to come in all day tomorrow to use it! I get a real weekend! And th...

NYC Plans (December 5, 2003)
So Patrick and I are considering taking a little trip to New York City in two weeks when he visits. It would consist of taking the $10 Chinatown bus there on Friday morning, spending the night in a d...

Thanksgiving Recap (November 29, 2003)
Well, I'm back in stupid, cold Boston (tickets for a Sunday return were way too expensive, what with it being Thanksgiving weekend). Here's what happened after I wrote last: Thursday: We headed o...

Dinner and a Movie on American Airlines (November 27, 2003)
I'm in California! My flight last night went pretty well, despite being over 6 hours long. The in-flight movie was Legally Blonde II, which I was secretly hoping for (everybody around me groaned whe...

On My Way to California (November 26, 2003)
Only a few more hours until I head off to California for Thanksgiving! I just read my entry from last year, where my flight was delayed and I had to be switched to a different airport and everything....

Pictures (November 12, 2003)
Patrick posted his pictures from the past few months, so I have a few new ones up now too (good thing he lets me put his pictures on my website!). There are a few older pictures of us in the Caitlin ...

Brussels Sprouts (November 12, 2003)
I was looking through the Thanksgiving issue of Cooking Light while at my mom's house, and they had a bunch of good-looking recipes, including one for roasted brussels sprouts with ham. Of course, it...

Colorado Visit (November 11, 2003)
I had a very nice visit home to Colorado, although I wish it could've been longer. Friday: Patrick and I both arrived at DIA around 7 pm, and my mom and little sister Lianna picked us up a little ...

Travel Plans (October 27, 2003)
One of the things I don't like very much about myself is how self-conscious I can be. I try to tell myself that nobody really cares how I look on a given day except for me. But I still walked around...

End of California Visit (October 13, 2003)
I'm back home and in a bad mood, as usual (compared to relaxing with Patrick in California, being back at MIT sucks every time). I didn't do much today, other than being sad that I had to leave Patri...

Bay Area Adventures (October 12, 2003)
We had a nice, relaxed day yesterday. First, we went out to breakfast at Joanie's (someday we'll try going somewhere else, but Joanie's is only a few blocks from Patrick's apartment, and it's really ...

Tree and Andrew's Wedding, Part 1 (August 19, 2003)
Okay, here we go (and might I just add, I had a wonderful time on this trip, despite how busy we were): Tuesday: My flight got into San Francisco around 8pm. Patrick picked me up, and then we wen...

Tree and Andrew's Wedding, Part 2 (August 19, 2003)
(this is Part 2 of my story; read Part 1 first) Friday: So Friday was when the wedding stuff started in earnest, and since Patrick was the best man, he was involved in most of it (and I was lucky ...

Tree and Andrew Wedding Pictures (August 18, 2003)
Pictures from Tree and Andrew's wedding are here! Click the one below for the whole album. Some were taken by me, and some by Patrick. A long account of our vacation will be posted soon. ...

Pittsburgh Adventures (August 4, 2003)
I'm back! We had a great weekend. Luckily, I get to spend almost a week with Patrick starting next Tuesday (we're taking a few extra days of vacation in California before Tree and Andrew's wedding)....

Pittsburgh Adventures (July 21, 2003)
I had a wonderful weekend. It's too bad that every time I visit Patrick, I end up hating MIT for a few days, before I get back into my routine. Why am I here? I don't enjoy anything I'm doing; at m...

Boston Adventures (July 12, 2003)
I was sitting in my room, feeling mopey and unproductive this morning, and I decided I should get outside and enjoy the nice weather while I could. So I did! I took the T downtown and went to DSW (t...

Boston Adventures (July 7, 2003)
Okie doke...all pictures are pop ups. Look out, this entry is looong! If you just want to look at the pictures, they're in my Boston photo album. Friday: We had breakfast at Miracle of Science, a...

Pictures! (July 6, 2003)
I've been going through pictures for the last few hours. Patrick finally put a bunch of pictures from the last few months online, so I went through them and picked out my favorites. I added a bunch ...

Pittsburgh Adventures (June 23, 2003)
I'm home! I had a very nice weekend with Patrick in Pittsburgh, but it wasn't nearly long enough. Friday: When I was waiting for my plane at Logan, I noticed there was a bird flying around the ter...

Pie Security (June 20, 2003)
I'm going to leave for Pittsburgh soon! Even though the flight is only 2 hours long, I still have to leave for the airport 3 hours in advance (an hour to get there, and 2 hours to wait at the airport...

California Pictures (June 11, 2003)
I'm back in Boston, yet again. I miss Patrick! I get to visit him in Pittsburgh in a little over a week though, so that's good. We're lucky to be able to see each other so often, but I'm still gree...

Alumni Weekend Recap (May 5, 2003)
My email isn't working, so I feel all shut off from the world. Luckily, they're supposed to have it up and running again around 5 tonight. I hope so! I did SEM (scanning electron microscopy) all ...

Extra Frequent Flyer Miles (April 26, 2003)
Yay! I just won the Kellog's/American Airlines Mile Sweepstakes (they choose a winner every day, so I'm only moderately lucky, not supremely lucky). That means I get 25,000 AA frequent flyer miles, ...

San Diego Trip Recap (March 30, 2003)
Okay, here we go! If you don't want to click on all the links and read everything, you can look at the most interesting pictures in my photo album, here. And for everybody else, here's a recap of ou...

Back from California (March 30, 2003)
Okay, so most of our vacation pictures are on Patrick's computer because his camera is superior to mine. I should have those later tonight. But for now, I can share pictures I took on our way back t...

Off to California (March 22, 2003)
Last entry before I leave for California! I'm flying to Palo Alto in an hour, then we're going to drive to San Diego on Monday and come back Friday, then I'll fly back to Boston on Saturday. So no C...

Excited (March 21, 2003)
Oh boy, oh boy! I'm so excited about going to San Diego with Patrick next week! Look at all the great stuff there is to do and see. Part of me is jealous that Loren gets to live there (he goes to U...

Delayed (February 17, 2003)
Well, because of the weather on the East Coast, I'll be staying here in CA a little longer than I'd thought. My flight tonight has been cancelled, but after much fruitless calling and staying on hold...

Lobster Man! (January 27, 2003)
There's an ad in the America West in-flight magazine that amuses me every time I fly to see Patrick. This time around, I ripped it out so I could share it with you and keep it for posterity. I figur...

Mmm, Zachary's (January 20, 2003)
Last night, we went to Zachary's in Berkeley with Noah and Jenny (Noah is a friend from college, and Jenny is his girlfriend). We had stuffed pizza, and it was way good. And the Raiders won the pre-...

Arrived in California (January 19, 2003)
I'm safe and sound in California. When I left Boston, it was really freaking cold and windy, so it sure is nice to have warmer weather here in CA. I normally take the T to get to the airport in Bost...

Honey-Roasted Peanuts! (October 12, 2002)
I'm in California (and happy!). The flight here was much better than last time--they had honey-roasted peanuts this time (instead of stupid salted peanuts) and my headphones worked with the armrests,...

Itinerary (July 28, 2002)
Okay, here's my itinerary (yeah, boring, but I want it all in one place for reference): July 29: driving from Claremont to Palo Alto July 29-July 31: staying with Patrick's family in Palo Alto...

Vegas (March 22, 2002)
I just got back from an overnight road trip to Vegas (finally, after four years of college, I'm starting to act like a college student!). Noah decided he wanted to drive to Vegas, stay up all night, ...

Arrived Safely (December 22, 2001)
So my bus trip was 2/3 nice, 1/3 painful. I got home to good old Fort Collins, CO, safely. I'm very happy I'll be taking the train back to CA instead of more bus. I'm too busy being lazy to take ...

Colorado-Bound (December 19, 2001)
I'm going home (CO) in a few hours! I'm excited, but I'm going to miss Patrick. Good thing he's coming to visit at the beginning of January. I'm a little nervous because I'm taking the bus home, wh...

Pictures (August 25, 2001)
Pictures from Boston are up, as well as a few from the NNUN Convocation in DC (not as many as I would've liked, but I was feeling lazy). Not too exciting, but there you go... We just got back from...

Back from Boston (August 19, 2001)
We're back! Boston was fun and MIT was pretty impressive, though it didn't suck me in like Mudd did when I visited back in 1997. It was depressing to fly into LAX and be surrounded by brown ever...

Leaving Ithaca (August 7, 2001)
So we leave Ithaca tomorrow to go to DC for our NNUN convocation. I probably won't be answering emails or updating the site until Aug. 20 or thereabouts because I'll be frolicking in Boston with Patr...