tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126320222012-01-12T08:26:22.744-05:00Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-63954425735255257842011-10-26T21:20:00.004-04:002011-10-26T21:41:12.592-04:00

Left to right: Merrell Barefoot Contour Glove,Merrell Luxe Mid, Merrell Tetra Strap WaterproofSo I've had time to do some walking, but haven't managed to post about it, and I'm behind on five-mile tests.First up, in order of the photo if nothing else, was the Merrell Barefoot Contour Glove. I got these for hiking, because I wanted to see how it went with a minimalist shoe, and these, which have a

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-28985993814005593912011-10-09T14:29:00.000-04:002011-10-09T14:29:23.959-04:00

A Northeast Regional train car.My parents recently took their first trip by train, using Amtrak to get to a Canada/New England cruise that departed from Montreal and ended in Boston. And helping them prepare got me thinking about what I've learned over the years in taking the train.So here are 10 tips for enjoying Amtrak travel. These apply to short- and middle-distance trips (I ride the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-16076925158137064502011-08-14T18:57:00.005-04:002011-08-14T23:20:59.451-04:00

Merrell Heathers and a bit of my Sundial dress. In my last trip to Europe, I took a Patagonia convertible skirt/dress that did pretty well, with one glaring issue — it was cotton, therefore easily wrinkled, and if I'd have washed it, it would have taken ages to dry. I spend a fair amount of time on Merrell.com, and while I was there, I ran across the Sundial dress, which I liked the looks of, as

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-54992643366315424562011-08-07T21:45:00.003-04:002011-08-07T22:14:16.092-04:00

So I've been wanting to talk about suitcases for awhile, because, well, I'm mildly obsessed with them. But the more I started to think about the format for a review, the more I thought that pictures just weren't going to do it justice. And so here we have the first (and probably last) ever video review I've done:Details on the two newer suitcases:International Traveler IT-0-1 is listed as a 3.7

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-85085930193127623902011-07-31T17:59:00.006-04:002011-08-14T23:16:31.140-04:00

Lovely Rock Creek Park, site of two of my walks. It has been quite hot here in the Washington DC region, so I've mostly been on hiatus with distance walking. I had done a couple of five-mile tests awhile back, though, that I still haven't blogged about. Merrell Bassoon Bassoons (with my toenails blurred because they look terrible) I wear the Bassoons to work all the time, and they feel fantastic.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-85662276366776033202011-07-22T19:28:00.014-04:002011-07-23T14:10:54.841-04:00

The worn tread under the big toe of my (formerly) beloved ViaSpiga boots shows evidence of years of over-pronating.I've mentioned my bad foot quite a bit on this blog, but I've never really explained how it came to be.That is partially because I don't really know how it came to be. I know the day it started — it was in February, 2010, the week we got two blizzards here in the DC area. I hadn't

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-76536702848564133942011-07-08T19:28:00.024-04:002011-07-08T21:19:41.989-04:00

Chateau VersaillesWhen I decided to put Paris in my itinerary, and began thinking of what I wanted to do there, it didn't take long to resolve to go to Versailles. I felt the need to see this grandest of palaces, like it was the thing to do.So on the Tuesday of my time in France (generally a no-no, as the Louvre is closed on Tuesdays, and so everyone goes to Versailles, but that was just the way

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-46718259207406553262011-06-26T13:56:00.018-04:002011-07-02T15:49:21.231-04:00

Ready for packing. Note: I didn't take the netbook on the end table.Last year, I attempted to travel in Europe with one wheel-less carry-on bag. It didn't go so well. I was still convinced that light travel was the way to go, but I realized that I needed wheels to make it work for me. So I picked up a lightweight roller bag, and had been quite successful in using it in the United States for trips

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-1905316351151200202011-06-26T09:49:00.001-04:002011-06-26T09:49:00.834-04:00

Bath Abbey at night.After my negative reaction to France, I got to thinking about why it is that I'm always so happy when I'm traveling in England, when everywhere else in the world can be hit or miss. After all, Paris, Dublin, and New York — all major tourist cities — have never really clicked with me.And I started thinking that perhaps literature plays a large part. Two of my favorite novelists

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-82768231228322873292011-06-20T20:32:00.006-04:002011-06-20T22:48:46.181-04:00

The Lush Spa country kitchen.There were a few factors that tempted me back to the United Kingdom again during this year's trip to Europe, but one of the strongest was English spas.I'm guessing that when most people think of spas, they think of Moroccan spas, or Turkish baths, or at least an outdoor massage table in some sort of tropical location where gauzy curtains billow in the breeze. But me,

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-83730017623567138662011-06-10T21:31:00.010-04:002011-06-12T21:22:26.212-04:00

From left to right: Left-behind mesh shower shoes, Merrell Pure Gloves, Merrell Brios, and Merrell Waterpro Sables.I've had shoes on the brain lately, which is not an unusual thing for me. But it probably means it's time for me to post on the shoes I took on my trip.I ended up taking three pairs. If you do one-bag travel, this is generally a no-no. Normally, you can do pretty much any travel with

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-65238895745666852182011-06-10T19:52:00.014-04:002011-06-11T12:14:27.276-04:00

Skiathos town had no shortage of quaint, cobblestone streets.Greece.Just that word in itself conjures images of crystal-clear water, romantic ruins, and maybe a nice slab of feta cheese. And all of those things were on Skiathos, but it was more than that.Lalaria Beach.As you'd expect, the water was this amazing clear blue near the shore, clearer and deeper and more vivid even than what I've seen

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-4119486462123401482011-06-06T21:07:00.013-04:002011-06-06T22:32:10.052-04:00

Requisite Eiffel Tower shot.This will be taking things a bit out of chronological order, but I don't think I can write about my trip for very long without getting this out of the way: I didn't really like France that much.It's not that the people were rude, which seems to be an unfair stereotype that Americans have about French people. Now, I might have stacked the deck in my favor by at least

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-70226602590639687442011-05-30T12:02:00.008-04:002011-05-30T23:44:23.000-04:00

So it's time for Channel Six to go all travel blog again, because I just got back from a 17-day trip to England, Greece, and France. I've got 3,000 photo and video files I'm currently sorting through, so for now, just a bit on my itinerary, and five moments that really stood out.A group of friends and I had a house in Skiathos, Greece, which is accessible by ferry and flights from Athens, but

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-55543255185861926112011-04-17T17:43:00.006-04:002011-04-17T18:10:39.961-04:00

Encore BreezeI managed to get in two 5+ mile walks this weekend, despite abysmal weather on Saturday. First up was an after-work walk on Friday. Usually by the time Friday rolls around, unless I have plans, I'm so tired I just want to go home after work and veg out. But the weather just was too nice to do that, so I headed down to the mall and took a route around the Tidal Basin, down the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-1740083069574200222011-04-10T17:00:00.010-04:002011-04-17T18:09:38.874-04:00

So many kites flying at the Washington MonumentI thought I'd try something new with this blog and do more reviews. See, since my previously blogged about revelation that Merrell's Q-form technology REALLY helps my feet, I've been starting to walk longer and longer distances in various pairs of Merrells I've bought — up to 5 miles fairly comfortably, now. I did get those orthotics, but found that

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-40835871515451355212011-01-15T11:15:00.003-05:002011-01-15T12:40:29.069-05:00

Those of you who know my tendency to find a brand I love and stick with it will probably not be surprised that I have a new one: Merrell.I'm coming up on the one-year anniversary of when my right foot mysteriously swelled up, something which was never fully diagnosed, even after an MRI, CT, and visits to numerous podiatrists. Finally, after I saw a lymphedema and then a foot and ankle specialist

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-39597281843425107462010-12-02T22:11:00.005-05:002010-12-03T17:40:04.561-05:00

So a year or two ago, I made a donation to the ASPCA. I love animals, so it was a logical thing to do. But oh boy, now I really wish I hadn't.See, the thing is, I like trees, too. And those guys not only send me at least one mailing a week — they've also obviously sold/given my name to other animal organizations, who also now send me mail spam.I wrote them and said I wasn't going to donate to

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-36490918741829327752010-11-14T16:00:00.001-05:002010-11-14T16:14:24.512-05:00

Yankee Lobster roll looks like a prototypical lobster roll, but it didn't make the list.Lobster rolls are a funny thing with me. The first time I had one, it was transcendendant. Fresh, tender, hot, buttery lobster — one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life.And for some reason, probably because that best-ever lobster roll was consumed in Bar Harbor, Maine, a locale that's not easy to get

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-63061387461312600962010-11-11T20:33:00.014-05:002010-11-11T22:02:52.590-05:00

So after my last trip to Europe, one thing I didn't write much about was my attempt at one-bag travel. Well, it was at least what I would call one-bag travel; some purists would say that since I had a carry-on and a personal item, that wasn't technically one-bagging it. Whatever. I was traveling light, and I didn't check any luggage going out on my long-haul flight.I got really excited about the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-16032750805071318382010-10-31T20:11:00.009-04:002010-11-01T21:50:32.904-04:00

Crowd at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or FearSo as the glut of photos that landed in my Flickr stream might indicate, I went to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on Saturday. Reading the post-rally coverage since has been sometimes amusing, and sometimes infuriating.The trouble is, no one really (still) can put their finger on exactly what the rally was about, except maybe the people who

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-17444179182532375922010-10-26T20:21:00.016-04:002010-10-26T23:14:42.291-04:00

Giant Karl Hyde shadow.Back in my mid-20s, my hands-down number one musical goal was to see Underworld live. I'd seen video of their concerts, and the idea of a non-stop dance party to all of my favorite electronic songs was enormously appealing. I'll admit, I even thought about going to see them in Europe if they never made it back to the U.S. on tour, because there for awhile, they were pretty

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-32614741847574857962010-10-24T14:41:00.014-04:002010-10-24T16:06:35.693-04:00

So this is a blog post that I've been meaning to write for awhile, because, well, over the past year I have converted into pretty much a total Lush fangirl. My bathroom counter looks like a mini Lush store these days, because I love their products — they're effective, use mostly natural ingredients and only the bare minimum of preservatives, and they're environmentally friendly. A win

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-41333344805903534602010-09-15T21:26:00.007-04:002010-09-15T22:38:46.839-04:00

Today I had a very good customer service experience, and a very bad one. The company responsible for the bad one shall remain nameless, but the very good one reminded me of a blog post I've been meaning to write for a long time.I've been thinking a lot about brands lately. What makes a strong brand? What makes you keep coming back to a company? What companies make you feel good when you do

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-51643194902498000112010-09-12T19:53:00.008-04:002010-09-12T20:20:56.560-04:00

Monticello.After my experience at Colonial Williamsburg, I have to admit I didn't have high hopes for Monticello, my next and nearly last stop. If a place devoted to multiple founding fathers sidestepped important issues like slavery, how could one focused on Thomas Jefferson (who owned slaves and whose stance on slavery shifted throughout his life) do any better?And here is where I was

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-68969905033084608842010-08-15T18:26:00.010-04:002010-08-22T21:20:37.556-04:00

Talking with the Marquis de LafayetteSo after spending some time with my family in Cape Charles, VA, I'd planned to swing back home via Colonial Williamsburg and Monticello. As interested as I am in history and as close as I live to both, it was starting to seem ridiculous that I hadn't been to Williamsburg since I was a kid, and had never been to Monticello.Talking in the apothecary's shop. I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-58751902122753018612010-08-09T21:13:00.001-04:002010-08-09T21:13:43.598-04:00

Cape Charles, Virginia.So I'm recently back from another week of vacation, although this time I only went one state over — to Virginia. It's been awhile since my family's last vacation together, so this year we were planning to get a beach house for a week in Virginia Beach.Actually, we HAD a beach house in Virginia Beach, until the realty company called and said that the owner had rented out the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-5008332762452695392010-06-05T09:00:00.000-04:002010-06-05T09:00:01.951-04:00

Sent using the contact us form for my local Mazda dealer:My 06 Mazda 3 has passed 30,000 miles and I was wondering what preventative maintenance you offer for this milestone, and what the cost is. Thanks. Also, putting the labels in the form fields for email address and phone number in this form make it really difficult to use.Nothing gets me riled up like text in form fields. Nothing.Hmmm....I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-62770137875554698232010-05-30T18:58:00.000-04:002010-05-30T18:58:46.343-04:00

Historic Prospect of Whitby pub.By the time I left the Lush spa in my blissed-out, sweet-smelling state, it was early Friday evening and time for some dinner. After two weeks of pub food that ranged from mind-blowing to food poisoning, it was tough to choose one last place, but I went with the Prospect of Whitby.This historic pub is along the Thames, a bit away from the city, and kind of in the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-87860809420384420132010-05-16T20:16:00.001-04:002010-05-16T20:20:16.784-04:00

Tracking convoys in the Cabinet War Rooms.A few weeks before my trip, I was browsing the site for Lush, my favorite cosmetics company, when I noticed a link for spas in its navigation. I clicked on it, saw the page, and then emitted a shrill squeak: "LUSH HAS A SPA?!?!"Turns out Lush has started up a handful of spas attached to some of their UK stores, including one in London. I watched the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-577010338930135452010-05-11T19:40:00.011-04:002010-05-12T00:32:21.201-04:00

Old Town in Edinburgh.Edinburgh's Waverley train station looks much like other train stations in the UK — the slightly twiddly Victorian-era iron supports, the crowd bustling toward an array of platforms. But after this very common beginning, when you walk up the ramp and come out onto Waverley Bridge and look to your left, when you see the Old Town, perched along the spine of a mountain, dark

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-27416227676569960482010-04-26T19:59:00.012-04:002010-04-26T22:59:49.907-04:00

Tudor gate at St. Bartholomew the Great. Not surprisingly, it rained for much of my time in London, and when I went to open my umbrella, I discovered that the high winds in Portsmouth had not just blown it out, they'd pretty much completely killed it. Once my umbrella went in the trash can, it quickly became clear that I wouldn't be able to get by with just my raincoat, but fortunately, on a

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-39270338127590351932010-04-22T19:19:00.012-04:002010-04-22T21:08:29.269-04:00

Portsmouth's signature Spinnaker Tower, and the masts of HMS Warrior.When I left Dublin, I was feeling pretty travel-weary, and I was starting to get concerned. This was the first time I'd taken a whole two weeks off for travel. Prior to this trip, my longest vacation had been a 9-day cruise, and there's a big difference between being shuttled around on a cruise ship and an itinerary that totaled

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-43702655016449307782010-04-18T19:26:00.001-04:002010-04-18T19:26:47.816-04:00

Ross Castle.Let us just fast-forward through my Thursday in Ireland, which I spent alternately throwing up and curled up in bed, miserable. The group was going to Cork that day, but instead of Cork, I managed to go downstairs to the kitchen to gag down toast. Not really the way you want to spend your travels.By Friday I was feeling not great, but good enough to go out and see something.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-28443848396638551112010-04-15T22:15:00.002-04:002010-04-15T22:17:06.741-04:00

Spanish Arch.Ireland isn't all about beautiful scenery. In fact, usually when I said I was going to Ireland, anyone I talked to was pretty much guaranteed to mention Guinness in the next sentence. And yes, I was planning to partake in my share of Guinness and pub food on this trip. By the end of my first two days there, I'd had my first draft Guinness (delicious, as expected, and smoother than in

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-52337775208732126522010-04-13T21:40:00.009-04:002010-04-13T22:36:31.530-04:00

Killarney National ParkSo, logically, after travel snafus, my next blog post should be about my first few days in Ireland. But to be honest I've been having a difficult time deciding what to write. I mean, it's like, BREAKING NEWS: IRELAND STILL BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL. I'm sure you're shocked. If you've seen any pictures or any movies set in Ireland, you've seen some of the rolling green hills,

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-15215668097313200652010-04-11T22:58:00.000-04:002010-04-11T22:58:18.426-04:00

Paddington Station in London. More train and station pictures.Although you wouldn't expect it from this oft-neglected blog, I just got back from two weeks in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Over the course of my last big trip, I turned Channel Six into a travel blog and managed a post most days. This time, I knew my internet access was going to be spotty and, well, I wanted to maximize my

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-42326029717724967692009-11-18T22:14:00.006-05:002009-11-18T22:24:15.285-05:00

I received this unbelievable message yesterday from a "Brittany" on GoodReads with a subject of "American Creation- by Joseph Ellis":Hello, I was wondering if you could help me since you have read the book. 1. Evaluate American and Native American Relations. 2. Analyze Thomas Jefferson's role in American History. Would you say that Jefferson was a man full of deceptions? 3. Explain how reading

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-88423006903755618922009-08-23T12:36:00.003-04:002009-08-23T12:45:05.928-04:00

There was an article in the New York Times today about the lobster industry on an island in Maine, and it reminded me that I had been meaning to close the loop on something.While I was blogging about my trip to New England, I posted about the mind-blowing lobster roll I'd had in Bar Harbor, Maine, still the pinnacle of my lobster roll eating experience. I remembered it as a tiny little shack near

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-69151424565719213702009-08-02T10:23:00.005-04:002009-08-02T10:40:47.722-04:00

So I've also been meaning to post about my means of transportation to New York, since this blog seems to have morphed into mostly being about transit and travel.I took Bolt Bus this time. Even with Amtrak fares on sale at $49 one way from Washington to New York, it was still half the cost of the train, so from a frugal standpoint, I figured it was worth trying.Since taking the bus, I have

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-11160000222843714812009-07-29T19:13:00.005-04:002009-07-29T20:05:34.284-04:00

I don't really like New York that much.My number one reason is the strange population of turtle people that seem to inhabit all of Manhattan. Anywhere I walked in Manhattan, I found myself dodging people meandering back and forth across the sidewalk, crawling along as they pecked away at their Blackberries, and stopping to gawk at anything and everything. I know, I know, some of these people are

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-39178323696255038922009-07-04T14:28:00.001-04:002009-07-04T14:36:25.612-04:00

Peering over the Declaration of Independence in the dim rotunda.I went to see the Declaration of Independence yesterday.I knew going in that going to the National Archives on July 3 would fall somewhere in between a poor idea and phenomenally stupid. And to be sure, the lines were long, but I'd been meaning to go for awhile, and I had the day off, and it seemed the thing to do.I'm pretty sure I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-86265956365520810692009-06-23T20:31:00.004-04:002009-06-23T21:25:57.572-04:00

The shock of seeing a Metro train, flayed, mangled, and resting on top of another train, really got to me yesterday. Mentally, I put myself on that train car. I often get on the first car at Silver Spring station, and while it would be rare for me to be going in that direction at that time on a weekday, I still couldn't help but think, that could have been me. There was a period of time where my

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-86945473247171211972009-05-31T17:01:00.000-04:002009-05-31T17:01:46.342-04:00

My Regional train pulls into the tiny Mystic station.Yay! The lengthy process of posting all of my photos and video is finally over. I've created a Flickr collection with all of the sets.As my trip wound down, I started thinking about what I had given up by going green and not using any planes or cars. Planes is easy — I don't feel like I gave up anything by taking the train, unless you count

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-88816556513672197952009-05-31T13:30:00.004-04:002009-05-31T13:49:33.301-04:00

I listen to some travel podcasts, which is how I learned how much Arthur Frommer (the guidebook guru that founded Frommers) hates user-generated content. His point is that unlike we users, guidebook writers are professionals, doing this for a living, and going to a lot more places than we do. So, for example, while we may stay in one or two hotels in a city, they check them all out.But I think I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-39649278759137698332009-05-30T19:51:00.003-04:002009-05-30T20:05:23.970-04:00

First, pics and video from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are up at Flickr.And then a question I've been thinking about: now having ridden both the Acela and the Regional, is the Acela worth the extra cost?That partially depends on how much saving the extra time — an hour and 15 minutes from Washington DC to Boston — is worth to you. But the Acela is worth more than the time you save, I think.I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-52460019799474986802009-05-30T16:04:00.009-04:002009-05-31T01:43:49.326-04:00

Well, I did it. No cars and no planes through an entire trip.Even up to the end, there was always a chance I would have to cab it. Of the three trains going south from Mystic yesterday, I went for the latest one, the one that left at 7 p.m. and was due to arrive at Union Station at 1:30 a.m.With Metro's late Friday and Saturday hours, that should have given me plenty of time to get home. But any

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-18330133480381731532009-05-29T10:01:00.005-04:002009-05-30T11:42:44.551-04:00

So in the two days of Boston-to-Portland-to-Boston-to-Mystic, I didn't manage to post about the one thing I did in Boston Tuesday morning before heading to Portland.In the course of going to North Station both Sunday and Monday morning, I realized how close it was to Charlestown. Most importantly, it's close to the Charlestown Navy Yard, home of the Constitution. During my tour of the ship this

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-80845053652031433362009-05-28T20:35:00.003-04:002009-05-29T08:30:21.604-04:00

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Mystic. I had started to think about it as a possible destination after seeing it in a National Geographic Traveler article on well-preserved historic places. But would there be enough to do for three days and two nights? Would there be great places to eat?Downtown Mystic.Yes, and yes. Mystic has turned out to be a lovely little town, not built up at all (I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-27194401182753563422009-05-28T08:22:00.002-04:002009-06-01T08:49:36.224-04:00

The old port area — bricks and cobblestones aplenty.Before I get too ahead of myself, a little about Portland. As I mentioned in my post Tuesday, I didn't have any difficulty getting to the old port area.Once I got there, I had a few hours to kill before one of the few appointments I've actually made for this trip. I spend my time walking the old port area, taking pictures and shopping. Think

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-39140692821145502352009-05-27T21:55:00.001-04:002009-05-27T21:56:50.355-04:00

Dear Abbott's Lobster in the Rough,I thank you heartily for restoring my faith in the lobster roll, by doing what seems so simple but has not been grasped by your good restaurant brethren in Boston and Portland — putting fresh, hot lobster on a buttery bun.I thank you also for the delicious local Whale Rock oysters, briny and tasting of the sea — also vying for the best I've had on this trip,

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-64720270789909175632009-05-26T23:10:00.003-04:002009-05-27T07:25:59.126-04:00

I'm back from Portland, Maine, but way too tired to attempt to write a post about everything I did.Briefly, the Downeaster was pretty much what I expected: standard Amtrak stock, although with some different twists like Shipyard beer and Legal Seafoods clam chowder in the snack car. It made stops in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and the scenery along the way was a mix of small New

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-66155432322490622932009-05-25T19:58:00.004-04:002009-05-25T21:12:09.304-04:00

I set out to do four things today:1. Drink cappuccino2. See square-rigged ship under sail3. Eat oysters4. Eat tiramisuGuess which one I did not accomplish.I wanted to be in Salem before 1 to try to see the Friendship sail, so that left me part of the morning. I decided to head over to the North End in search of good cappuccino and perhaps something along the pastry line. I'd already had a banana

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-42736659974136720422009-05-24T19:47:00.009-04:002009-05-24T21:24:55.700-04:00

I woke up this morning to an extremely loud thunderclap, and thought, "there's no way I'm going to Gloucester today." My plan had been to take commuter rail to Salem, then on to Gloucester, and then back to Boston. But my main plan for Gloucester had been to wander around by the waterfront and take lots of pictures, and when the weather forecast confirmed thunderstorms for the afternoon, I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-76461505550148988312009-05-23T22:11:00.000-04:002009-05-23T22:11:26.887-04:00

An offering for Samuel AdamsWell, I managed to get through the rest of the Freedom Trail today, although anything involving taking stairs up or down results in excruciating pain in my calves. Thanks, Bunker Hill. Thanks a lot.For the most part, my pictures will probably be more than enough detail (whenever I finally get them up to Flickr, which could be awhile, because I shot more than 300, and

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-27721234387757887522009-05-22T18:23:00.005-04:002009-05-22T20:47:56.032-04:00

USS Constitution today, mid-renovation.USS Constitution in 2007.Boston must see me coming and go, "turn up the heat!" Today I sweltered my way through a small part of the Freedom Trail — the USS Constitution and museum, and the Bunker Hill Monument.I kicked off my morning by checking out a Yelp find, Scup's in the Harbor. This tiny little place is actually in the Boston shipyard, and for awhile

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-49674937658370688442009-05-22T18:04:00.004-04:002009-05-22T18:22:17.804-04:00

So I'm back from the Freedom Trail, but before I go into that experience, I think I'm overdue for a transportation upddate.Thus far, I've found the T to be incredibly easy to use, which is remarkable given that apparently it had a massive power outage yesterday. When I rolled into South Station on the Acela, I took the escalator down to the red line, queued up, and bought my pass. Based on my

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-18028358759864187712009-05-22T08:30:00.007-04:002009-05-22T08:44:04.563-04:00

Pictures of my Acela trip and Red Sox game are finally up at Flickr.Today I'm planning to work my way backwards through the freedom trail. Why backwards?Well, I've got a ton of things I want to see while I'm here, but my main prompt for wanting to go to Boston was the USS Constitution.I had a chance to see the Constitution only briefly during a family cruise stop a few years ago. We had eight

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-3911743358963854812009-05-21T22:40:00.007-04:002009-05-21T23:38:05.166-04:00

Okay, that title will probably fit a lot of the things I do on this trip. But in this case, the classic is Fenway Park.I knew I wanted to see it, and a ticket to an actual game didn't cost much more than a tour. Watching an actual game seemed like a much better way to experience the historic park, even though as an Indians fan I should technically not root for the Red Sox, so I got a ticket for

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-82443598181694550102009-05-21T17:53:00.003-04:002009-05-21T18:06:17.152-04:00

Taken in Connecticut, from the Acela.Well, I'm in Boston, and the first thing I have to say is — it's a huge shame that the Acela only runs between Washington DC and Boston, because it's the best way to travel on this continent.The seats might not be much wider than standard coach seats on other Amtrak trains, but there's a gargantuan amount of leg room. Even with my laptop backpack on the floor

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-87139071075694790712009-05-20T19:03:00.001-04:002009-05-20T19:03:51.201-04:00

Maybe this train thing is genetic.Anyone who's been around my dad when a train goes by knows he gets this slightly gleeful expression on his face."I love trains," he usually says.I didn't pay much attention to trains for the first quarter century of my life. I had a positive association with them only as something my dad really liked, but that was about it.But then I moved to the DC area. I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-43976797103466693882009-05-19T20:37:00.000-04:002009-05-20T07:49:58.517-04:00

So Channel Six will turn travel blog for awhile, because in two days, I'll be setting out to really test my green mettle, on a trip with two simple rules — no planes, and no cars.You would think this doesn't leave a lot of transportation options, but really, it does. They are, in order of preference:1. Sail-powered ships2. Trains3. Non-sail-powered ships4. Subways5. BusesIf all goes well, I'll

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-60111300984542832982009-04-17T20:34:00.004-04:002009-04-19T12:09:07.128-04:00

So I've made some Facebook posts over the last week that, if you don't know about my weird dietary restrictions over the last 10 years, probably made no sense.I have oral allergy syndrome. This basically meant that my pollen allergies were so bad, my mouth and throat mistook fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts for pollen, and swelled up whenever I ate them. Needless to say, I went many years

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-35612177494171706872009-04-01T19:42:00.004-04:002009-04-01T19:47:04.038-04:00

I don't have any April Fool's pranks for the Internet, so this is my piece of hilarity for the day -- my new cube decoration. Blame Target for selling the foam swords.Cross-posted at www.carriegarzich.com.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-73247245360989634812009-03-27T21:49:00.001-04:002009-03-31T21:49:50.570-04:00

The existential crisisI have to admit that there was far more spirited discussion and angst at this year's IA Summit than I have ever seen (or would ever have expected) at a professional conference.General themes: Big IA vs. Little IA; IAI vs. IXDA; big documentation vs. little documentation; and, of course, what does it mean to be an information architect?There was a central thread to the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-16672660020570210542009-03-25T22:10:00.008-04:002009-03-25T23:10:29.394-04:00

So I am back from the IA Summit in Memphis. The conference itself was not your average conference, and I'm still trying to get my thoughts together about what I want to say about it. So, for today, just Memphis the city.By the time I got to my hotel from the airport, I had about two hours of time during normal museum hours to go and see something. My friend Norah was in town for a separate

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-43977034552318160362009-03-17T22:26:00.005-04:002009-03-17T22:44:58.036-04:00

So this weekend I was in DC's Golden Triangle district, aka the Golden Carrie is Disoriented district, and needed to walk from a store near the red line stop where I'd gotten off to a non-connected orange line stop. Why these two stops, which are in one place only a block apart, aren't connected by a below-ground pedestrian walkway is a Metro mystery.At any rate, I had to do a quick map check.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-51729417053274874622009-02-01T10:16:00.005-05:002009-02-01T10:43:33.285-05:00

When I moved into my condo, one of the great things about my new spot is that I live about three minutes' walk away from a grocery store. Talk about convenience. I envisoned myself keeping nearly nothing in my fridge, and running over whenever I needed something. Treating my nearby Giant as my own personal refrigerator.The problem with this in reality is that while the store is fairly easy and

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-35518408780316808162009-01-20T20:48:00.005-05:002009-01-21T01:04:51.385-05:00

It might take me a week to process this whole experience. The one thing I know so far is that every time they play "Hail to the Chief" and show Obama, I get tears in my eyes. It's, like, Pavlovian. "Duh duh duh duh duh duh naaaah. Duh duh duh duh duh duh naaaah." And....weeping.I figured something would bowl me over emotionally — didn't realize it would be exactly that.Some random things:-

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-25810911861101194022009-01-19T13:19:00.004-05:002009-01-19T13:31:36.063-05:00

Eileen, Melissa and me at the Inauguration concert.When I first started thinking about Inauguration weekend, my reaction was like a lot of locals here, including my friend Eric — with a giant onslaught of people coming into town, I was going to hole up in my condo and drink beer and watch CNN for the entire weekend.But then my friend Eileen decided to make the trip out, and I'm so glad she did.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-11105486323985206972008-11-02T11:10:00.004-05:002009-01-03T14:06:56.289-05:00

So there's a good reason why I haven't had a post in a long time — I've been stumbling along the road to home ownership. I didn't want to post anything while the whole thing was going on, because this one was close enough that I didn't want to jinx it.But it came through, and now I own a lovely condo in downtown Silver Spring, MD. Those of you who've been reading this blog since the beginning

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-63547370652442131632008-08-18T18:46:00.010-04:002008-08-18T22:32:57.302-04:00

So Melvin and I had a shorter trek to make this year to see Underworld. Last year we had to go to New York, and we were prepared to go to New Jersey to see them at All Points West this year, but then they were announced for Virgin Fest in Baltimore. A 45 minute drive to see Underworld!But first, the rest of the festival. We thought it was going to take a lot longer to get there — that there was

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-19362599011488650702008-08-17T13:21:00.005-04:002008-08-17T13:36:09.417-04:00

I saw Underworld again last weekend and want to post on the awesomeness that was that. But first I figured I should post on some of the things that have happened lately.First off, my sister got married! Here's a picture of Jess and Mike at the reception. More pictures are at my Flickr if you want to see.I also went to the beach for the first time in awhile, and now I totally want to go back. We

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-37352167738536186272008-07-05T16:41:00.003-04:002008-07-05T16:48:22.348-04:00

I kept meaning to post a link to this blog post in The Consumerist (my new favorite blog) about Mazda destroying a bunch of brand new cars. It's terrible that they had to do it, but I'm glad they did (especially since it sounds like materials were recycled where possible). As a Mazda owner, having Mazdas out on the market that could have problems as a result of hanging at an angle and being

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-74815376472450958072008-05-26T18:05:00.004-04:002008-05-26T18:21:59.489-04:00

As I get older, I'm finding myself getting more and more interested in history. I think it's because I can learn it now on my terms, which means knowing what happened and the relationships between events, without the excessive memorizing of dates.Although I have been oddly interested in naval history in the age of sail, I'm starting to find all history more interesting, including U.S. history. So

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-34017433475901624042008-05-05T23:34:00.007-04:002008-05-07T23:40:29.317-04:00

Still kind of shook by this fire. One of the things that has been oddest has been being on this side of a news story. When I went out into the parking lot Monday morning they were doing a press conference with the fire department. I looked as I went past but then I drove on to work.I've been catching some of the news reports online. The nice big signs in the background for Halpine View were

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-31910633933858265992008-05-03T12:10:00.002-04:002008-05-03T12:15:17.257-04:00

I walked out of my apartment this morning and was like, "why is there crime scene tape across the parking lot?" The further I walked, the more I saw. Turns out the apartment building next to mine was gutted by fire. One person died and other people had to jump to get to safety. It all happened in the early morning and I had no idea what was going on. Really scary.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-44137027535405820822008-04-21T20:56:00.003-04:002008-04-21T21:03:29.682-04:00

I have not updated lately, which is really to be expected from me, anymore. But I have been posting pics to Flickr of my recent travels.In March it was the now-annual Cincinnati St. Patty's. More photos.And I just got back from Costa Rica. It was a work trip but I did get some time to explore and chill out, which was good. More photos.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-19823249218018753722008-03-11T21:47:00.002-04:002008-03-11T21:48:26.584-04:00

The problem with using Babelfish when I don't understand the instructions for my Italian homework:"It regards exercise 1 and it binds together every phrase to the just person."

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-21171622889618809032008-03-09T10:56:00.002-04:002008-03-09T11:00:02.537-04:00

Attempted self-portraits all looked funny, but here is a link to a photo of Eric's from my friend Chantal's birthday dinner with the full goth flapper look.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-13862833618223664552008-03-02T22:11:00.003-05:002008-03-02T22:25:31.191-05:00

It was time for the annual chop. There was some hilarity last week where my friends and co-workers raised $500 in 70 minutes for me to shave my head (for the record, I did not, as Joe says, claim I would shave my head for $500 -- I said I was thinking it would take $500 for me to shave my head...turns out it would take a lot more, heh).So I felt like I had to do something to my hair that, while

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-44048116721782437952008-02-24T13:32:00.004-05:002008-03-09T11:06:22.851-04:00

Tower Bridge, from our Thames cruiseIt's been like 50 years since I posted here, so, uh, first off, I went to London. I know I just went to London in November, 2006, but when some friends here in DC sent out word about a trip, my initial reaction was: "I just went to London. I can't go back so soon." Then I thought about it, for all of about 30 seconds, and I decided: "Oh, I can so go back!"So I

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-50919953773325720102008-02-02T19:57:00.001-05:002008-02-02T20:00:53.478-05:00

Apparently, Mazda very quietly designed a UFO. Also, the Taiki and its other concept cars look way too happy.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-15780659824284158792007-11-05T19:17:00.000-05:002007-11-05T19:41:42.933-05:00

I run very hot and cold on the Killers. They usually manage to come out with a single or two that seizes my brain ("Read My Mind" leads my iTunes library with 433 plays) and will not let go. But they have so much more that I'm very "enh" on, even a lot of their singles.But then there's THIS:The Killers and LOU REED! Outfuckingstanding.Watch your back, "Read My Mind." Your record is no longer safe.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-16221538537427127352007-10-29T18:41:00.000-04:002007-10-29T18:59:04.627-04:00

I love that a secret nuclear bunker has a Web site.There are some indications that the questionable-looking restaurant down the street from me might be a well-kept secret (yeah, it's in the Post, but not on Yelp) as opposed to just a very scary place. They just started selling sushi, too, though, which sort of seems to dilute their non-brand.Speaking of branding, Apple is going to lose their

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-23017368088378196082007-10-28T18:35:00.000-04:002007-10-28T19:38:21.667-04:00

I read this blog post on the NYT site and really wanted to post a comment, but comments are closed. So I thought I'd come here and make a post that I probably should have done awhile ago.After suffering migraines for several years, I stumbled into l-tryptophan (yes, the stuff in turkey) this year. It was banned from the U.S. market for many years, so it hadn't even been available when I first

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-89145346519411633542007-10-20T20:00:00.000-04:002007-10-20T20:06:54.788-04:00

If you check my Flickr account any time soon, you'll find that there are a ton of new old pictures. I have been trying to clean off my hard drive and I decided there was no reason to have a 2 gig My Pictures folder when I pay Flickr money to host my pics.So there are various trips and weddings posted there now. Odds are many of you have been involved in some of them, or at least know people who

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-23147858530014095832007-10-06T12:48:00.000-04:002007-10-06T13:13:57.576-04:00

It's not out until October 16, but you can listen to the new Underworld album, Oblivion With Bells at download.com.First impressions...Underworld has never been a group to play it safe, and this is no exception. There are sounds in here that are like nothing else in electronica, or music in general, new and completely unexpected sounds, and that, above all, is what I've come to expect from

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-88112460006266676242007-09-27T20:52:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:49:35.557-04:00

Click To Play One more Underworld video...although I feel it's appropriateMmm... New York? I like you.So here is the problem with going to New York for the first time ever to see an Underworld concert. The concert was so amazingly mindblowingly awesome that we got up on Saturday and went, okay, what do we do now? Because nothing New York had to offer was going to be as great as that

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-6075234598751608742007-09-19T19:48:00.000-04:002007-09-20T21:32:30.127-04:00

And now for an extremely long and detailed post about the Underworld concert. There will be a later post on New York. Sometime.So I posted earlier that the Underworld show in Central Park completely exceeded my high expectations. Most of the reason for that was Underworld, but part of it was the venue. We were at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, which was much smaller than I'd expected.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-59001733565087402132007-09-17T21:07:00.000-04:002007-09-17T22:01:14.057-04:00

Melvin and I, pre-concert.So this weekend I did two things I've yet to do in life. One was visit New York (not sure how it came to be that I never made it there before now, but I didn't), and the other is see Underworld live. So Melvin and I took the train up to New York, where we went to a concert that was AMAZING. I tried not to get my hopes up, because Underworld hasn't done much more than

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-80491961491140746862007-08-09T19:31:00.001-04:002008-03-09T11:09:52.080-04:00

We heard that a lot during our cruise, as we apparently rode a fine jet of globally warmed air throughout Canada and New England. No rain, a little fog, and a lot of sun (too much in Boston).I've already posted 360-some photos, so I won't go too detail-crazy here, but I thought I'd post a little about each of the ports and the cruise itself.Portland, MaineMy parents had already been here several

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-8947057902875165042007-08-08T21:45:00.000-04:002007-08-08T21:48:58.975-04:00

So if you were thinking to yourself, "I think Carrie's family cruise is coming up soon. Maybe I'll get a postcard from her." Well, you were partly right. The cruise was last week, however, no postcards because I am a lazy slacker. Sorry. Heh.BUT I do have so many pictures.Words later. It has taken me several days just to get through the pictures and get them all posted.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-51934389361540800872007-07-22T11:20:00.000-04:002007-07-22T11:47:05.932-04:00

Okay, how glad am I that this didn't happen while we were in the arch?Seeing that article reminded me to post about something else, though. For whatever reason, lately I seem to have been involved in a lot of conversations as to whether or not Ohio is actually in the Midwest. At the time, though, the only other option for Ohio was to be in the East. Ohio is definitely not in the East. I lived

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-16918197522293061842007-07-15T20:26:00.001-04:002007-07-15T21:16:36.489-04:00

Especially if you are me. Because I am cold all the time. Why am I going on all these vacations to places colder than where I live?So it's occurred to me that if I don't get to blogging about San Francisco, I may never get around to it, with trip #2 (family cruise) approaching rapidly. So here are the highlights that come to mind.We kicked off (after a trip to Whole Foods for wine and Smartwater)

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-54154022023209293822007-07-08T19:53:00.000-04:002007-07-08T20:01:56.848-04:00

In today's installment of the San Francisco catch-up, I give you...pictures! I'll explain what's actually in the pictures later. Maybe.And haikus written in Cafe Vesuvio amidst shots of Fernet by various members of our troop:You want a haiku?Here's your fucking haiku, bitchSorry, that was meanFernet shot hits my noseWow that really packs a punchLet's have one more roundArnold's in the '

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-56665983080591473992007-07-07T20:19:00.000-04:002007-07-07T21:08:19.534-04:00

I am back from San Francisco, and it was outstanding. There will be photos and haikus and all sorts of other awesomeness shortly, but I decided to begin with the end. It is freshest in my mind. Also, photos are going to be uploading to Flickr for like an hour because there are A LOT. I'm sure that comes as a surprise to you all.So the first four hours of my flight back were pretty uneventful.

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-88902371988027668802007-06-28T19:04:00.000-04:002007-06-28T19:47:43.186-04:00

So it has been a very long time since have blogged, and that is primarily because June was crazy. I suppose it is time for an update.1. Eileen and Jeff came out to visit over Memorial Day weekend, and much fun was had. I finally got to meet Melissa in person, which was v. cool, and Melvin joined us for our Baltimore adventure. The Orioles and seafood were involved. That's all of us there in the

Carrie Gnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632022.post-42235372455216700042007-05-04T18:27:00.000-04:002007-05-04T18:38:12.101-04:00

Some little items instead of the usual long-winded blog post from me.Firstly, my sister, who's also graduating next Saturday, is engaged! So many, many congratulations to Jessica and Mike!And happy belated birthday to Kelly and Kari!This weekend is the first weekend in awhile where I'm not totally jam-packed. So I get to think of something fun and DC to do. And maybe also spend time planning my

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So today was the first really nice day that I also didn't have anything scheduled and didn't have to work. Since it was also Earth Day I decided I should bum around DC in the sun and not take my car anywhere. It was a pretty good plan, until I got back exhausted, hit Google Maps Pedometer and realized I'd walked about 7 miles, combined. Needless to say I am skipping the exercise bike today.First

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