What are you Chicken?
It takes a while to get used to a new coffee maker. Especially an old drip basket style. Ther’s a lot of variables in amount of coffee, grind, etc. I … Continue reading What are you Chicken?
Category: Travel
Dropping Mangoes
We are always messed up after a flight, and this was no exception. We were way too hot to sleep, and it took a lot of midnight balancing of fans … Continue reading Dropping Mangoes
Come with me and Escape
Holy Crap. I was sent home to work back in February 2020 since Microsoft took an early jump on isolating for Covid. Only recently we started having the option of … Continue reading Come with me and Escape
Pre-travel Panic
We are days away from leaving. This is the time when we are trying to make sure that we don’t have to rush at the last minute getting getting something. … Continue reading Pre-travel Panic
Travel Prep: Time out
So I’m actually talking about a watch. Yeah. This is what I’m using. I shouldn’t worry about all this before a trip – but I love getting my kit together. … Continue reading Travel Prep: Time out
Plaguecation
Well, we got fucked on our Hawaiian trip this year. The lockdown over Covid-19 meant that we couldn’t travel to the islands. Hawaiian air gave us credit for the flight, … Continue reading Plaguecation
Swan Song
We had no specific plan for our last day in London, so I checked out what Google Maps had to say. It pointed me to the Notting Hill Carnival. Apparently … Continue reading Swan Song
Circle gets a Square
Yulia’s cousin Dasha was coming to visit us from Riga while we were in London. She and her husband Vadim were going to fly in from Riga and stay until … Continue reading Circle gets a Square
Commons Sense
We had a nice breakfast on our patio overlooking the neighboring apartments and chimneys. We had taken a quick walk earlier, and found a nice coffee shop that did smoothies, … Continue reading Commons Sense
Infinite Jest
We got up a bit early as we had lunch at Fat Duck today. This was a major event on this trip (shit, everything is a major event on this … Continue reading Infinite Jest
The Great Race
We are all leaving the castle today, with everyone heading to London. We hadn’t actually coordinated our transport, so some were taking the train, some were flying, and we were … Continue reading The Great Race
