What a nice way to wake up to a snowy Sunday morning, then reading an article from the Washington Post about the Rwandan gorilla trekking expedition that I am taking after school finishes up at the end of June. We are going to spend three days tracking the gorillas and are going to the…
This past weekend I was at a friend’s wedding at the Montage resort in Laguna Beach. In order to save money, I stayed at a friend’s house who was out of town for the weekend. I got pretty lucky to stay in his place. Check out the view from his living room and bedroom respectively….
I just read an article on MSNBC about a section of the Brazilian Amazon which had been saved from deforestation and plantation growth with a $1MM grant from Conservation International. The grant protects an area called the Guayana Shield, the 57,915-square-mile area which contains more than 25 percent of the world’s remaining humid tropical forests and…
I was sent this link and I had to write about it because 1) it is so rare that twin gorillas are born and survive and 2) because I had spent time in Bwindi NP in 2004 watching the gorillas and they are just amazing creatures. Check out the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/sc_afp/ugandawildlifegorilla_081203121032 …
Wow… I have been trying to write this blog entry for the past 4 months but after spending 5 hours in the Atlanta airport this weekend, I finally got around to it. In short, it is a set of lists that Beth Ann and I put together on the back of some napkins as we…
I had a conversation with a friend from work today about Seattle drivers and how courteous they are. In general, everyone drives at a normal pace (especially in comparison to East Coasters like myself), they give plenty of room for the car in front of them, and they usually let you change lanes in front…