From the day that our child was born, we knew that we wanted them to be a skier. The main question though was how to do it. There are lots of “self-help” articles but most of them were either too generic and obvious or too specific and designed for people that are luck enough live…
I have had this conversation so many times with people that I am capturing the titles here for the sake of ease. In no particular order (yet): Homeland Billions Americans Peaky Blinders Shameless House of Cards (the first few seasons) Game of Thrones Breaking Bad The Crown Friday Night Lights Bloodline Narcos Silicon Valley Marvelous…
I hate to admit it but I got scammed on Craigslist Seattle when trying to buy concert tickets and the only benefit was that the person has three emails which hopefully will get indexed so if people search, they will know that there was a scam. I posted a Craigslist post asking for two tickets…
Here is a initial draft set of things that it would have: Small-to-medium in size Barstools w/ footrest Hooks on barstools Roasted Chicken Milkshake trio of flavors for dessert or a split single milkshake Tapatio or Cholula hot sauce (no Tabasco…) Sazerac ingredients Guinness on draft more soon… Things I don’t understand about restaurants:…
A few months ago I bought a bike. It has been about 7 years since I last owned a bike and that was a mountain bike used purely for weekend trailriding in Marin and for getting to and from school at Kellogg. Although I have rented a bike many times in Seattle, owning is obviously…
I hate to admit it but I got scammed on Craigslist Seattle when trying to buy concert tickets and the only benefit was that the person has three emails which hopefully will get indexed so if people search, they will know that there was a scam. I posted a Craigslist post asking for two tickets…
I wrote a quick email for a friend the other week regarding places to eat and drink in Seattle while they were here for a weekend. I figured I might as well capture it on the blog for easier reference (and updating) in the future. Updated 11/13 1) First night depending on when you get…
Given our love of music and food, Beth Ann and I had been talking about visiting Austin ever since we met, and unfortunately I had never made it down for SXSW. So, when we saw that the Memorial Day weekend weather was going to be classic Seattle spring (read: rainy), we booked a last minute…
In the latest Wired magazine, there was a fantastic article written by Evan Ratliff where he describes the process that he underwent to try to disappear for one month and hide from a series of electronic cyber-detectives. Besides the gripping details of the manhunt, I was amazed by how much information people can find out about…
Just saw this show on the National Geographic channel this morning. It was called Expedition Great White and it detailed the work of a scientist who was tagging Great White sharks off the coast of Guadalupe Island (150 miles off the coast of Baja) in order to track and study their movements in the future. …