I regret not being one of those people that takes photos of every meal and posts it to Instagram. It was all the rage in 2013, and I guess I was "too cool," but honestly there was a giant plate of fish-and-chips that we got at a little…
Or the same day – it's hard to tell with jet lag. It does not matter how many times Immigration tells you to look right then left when crossing the street, there's not a chance that your sleep-deprived brain is going to hold onto that information. To…
It's an interesting challenge writing a travel blog years after the fact, but in the interest of trying to jot down what I can before I forget it all I'm going to try. Travel was certainly not something I grew up fantasizing about. In every sense…
A bit of a disclaimer: I'm writing in 2025 about a trip I took in the summer of 2012. My perspective on this trip has changed a lot in the last thirteen years. For one, I wish I had taken more pictures. To be fair, my little Samsung…
A small photo collage for an equally small trip. I'm writing this entry in 2025, so many of the details of this trip are a bit fuzzy these days, but notable highlights are lunch at the Space Needle, coffee at the world's first Starbucks, a visit…
The start of a long journey towards hearing loss. Probably. The Flaming Lips The first time I saw The Flaming Lips perform was probably the first time I understood why concerts existed and probably the closest I'll ever come to having a psychedelic experience. The Sounds Note from…
Honestly, I don't know. I'm great at jotting down notes, scribbling a half-formed notion into a journal, and then immediately misplacing it. I also have a terrible memory. Specifically – and this is going to sound like a bad movie plot – I have a hard time with…