(This is the fourth of six posts from my trip to Italy two years ago. My previous posts can be found here, here, and here.) *** Rene likes plants, especially succulents, so when he heard that that Rome had a Botanical Garden with an extensive collection os succulents we had to visit. Since it was [...]
(This is the third of six posts from my trip to Italy two years ago. My previous posts can be found here and here.) *** On day four of our Roman holiday Rene and I tackled the biggest tourist spot of all: the Vatican. The Vatican is huge so we decided to take a tour, [...]
A few weeks ago we went river rafting at King River. Since we couldn’t raft and take pictures at the same time (unless we wanted to fall off the raft), we bought some pictures from the company organizing the tour. It took more than two weeks for the pictures to get here, and by now [...]
This is the second of six posts from my trip to Italy two years ago. I was inspired, in part, by the release of the Angels & Demons movie. It’d be nice to see these places again on the big screen to remind me of all the great memories from my visit. My first post [...]
One of the challenges of having a blog is having something to write about on a weekly basis. Sometimes lots of things happen during the week, and there’s a whole slate of things to write about. (Whether or not I actually do it is another story.) Then there are those weeks where nothing happens, and [...]
I first learned to ski ten years ago. It was during a day trip to our local mountain, Snow Summit, and I happily pointed my wedge (aka pizza slice) all the way down the mountain. As a beginner I was over the moon that I could: (a) get off the lift without hurting myself, and (b) [...]
It’s always been my belief that what you did on the first day of the year defined what you would be doing for the rest of the year. This year I was en route to San Francisco, so I’m hoping this will be a year filled with great trips. On New Year’s weekend we went to [...]
Last Saturday, after visiting Alcatraz and feasting on pizza from North Beach Pizza, we decided to walk to another famous San Francisco landmark: the Coit Tower. On our way towards the tower stairs we encountered a bunch of people dressed in Santa outfits and decided to follow them to Washington Square. We were all wondering [...]
Last weekend Rene and I drove up to San Francisco to visit an old friend from high school. I used to live in the Bay Area (in South San Francisco – also know as The Industrial City), before my family moved to LA at the start of high school. I have lots of great memories [...]
Back in Junior High I went on a field trip to Yosemite every year, always during Memorial Day weekend. I looked forward to this trip all year long, and thought about it weeks ahead of time: who was I going to share a room with? What will I pack? Will I rent a bicycle or [...]
