On our first morning in Phuket our driver picked us up and we drove about half an hour to a Rassada Harbor. We had purchased the 3 in 1 Phi Phi Islands tour. We boarded the boat quickly but then had to wait another hour for some other tour members who showed up late. The […]
Thailand Day 4
Day 4 started off like day 3, with pastries from the nearby Japanese market. After that Sam and I walked over to the nearby large public park. Below are two shots of the new condos/hotels that are going up all over Bangkok. The architecture is an interesting mix of modern contemporary and traditional Thai. Like I said […]
Thailand Day 3
On Monday we ate more of the pastries we purchased the day before for breakfast. Sam’s sister and brother-in-law then picked us up for lunch at their favorite family restaurant. I drank a pineapple drink. We shared a lot of food. The above crab nuggets were probably the best dish served. The restaurant is famous […]
Thailand Vacation first 2 days
On Thursday the 25th I woke up at 6am and went to work. After work I took a quick shower and packed a few last items before Victor picked me up to take me to Sam’s apartment. That week was a particularly hot week in Los Angeles. That means that in the SFV it is even hotter. […]
Griffith Park + LLL
On Saturday afternoon Sam and I filled our stomachs with food from Whole Foods’ salad bar and headed to Griffith Park to burn it off before watching the Independent Shakespeare Company’s performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost. I thought we’d just wander up and down a few familiar trails and then pick our place on the lawn for […]
Art Walk August
One of my coworkers has been bragging all week about how he is going to get everyone at the office sick, because he is sick. By Thursday night I was starting to feel his prediction come true. My throat was starting to feel funny – and by midnight I would have a beginner’s grade sore […]
one fishy corny dry weekend
One of the more difficult parts of preparing for going to Thailand later this month was figuring out how to get rid of my goldfish. I didn’t want to ask anyone to feed it because I’d really been meaning to get rid of it anyway; I just don’t have the time to take care of […]
One Hell of a Month
Anyone who calculates buying vs. renting knows that it is necessary to include maintenance costs into the expense of buying. What one can’t account for is the “gotcha!” nature of the pratfalls of ownership. You never know what might be hidden in the walls of your home. If you’re a renter, you don’t care; that’s […]
Copro Nason and the USS Abraham Lincoln
After having a lengthy conversation of commiseration about our HOA with my next-door neighbor I found out that they had been the ones that turned off my cold water (by accident) the night before. I found the valve (no thanks to the HOA, which refuses to divulge this information to owners even though we’re expected […]