2023 Africa: Day 1, May 23 – Pretoria
We both slept well into Tuesday morning, getting up around 7:30am. That was a good 9 hours for me which is very unusual and a [...]
2023 Africa: Sacramento to Johannesburg via NYC
I left my house in Sacramento at 6:30pm Pacific time on Saturday and made it to Johannesburg at 6:30pm in that time zone on Monday [...]
Africa: Botswana & Zimbabwe Safari – Pre-Departure
2023 marks my 11th year of travel blogging, with 25 trips that have made it to the blog (not counting the miscellaneous ones under the [...]
2023 PVR: Day 3 (2/15) – still sick but made it to our best meal yet at Cafe des Artistes
I woke up feeling a little better but not great; and Ash got sick during the night. But we have different symptoms. Mine seems to [...]
2023 PVR: Day 2 (2/14) – a bit of a sick day; back to Trio for V-Day dinner
I went to bed on Monday not feeling great and woke up on Tuesday feeling worse, although I managed to sleep about 8 hours. My [...]
2023 PVR: Day 1 (2/13) – Hanging with friends, and fun show in the evening
On Monday, I got up a little before 5am, clocking over 7 hours of sleep which is a lot for me. Ash got up not [...]
2023 PVR: 2/12 – Departure
I've been looking forward to this trip for a while. Although it's my 5th time to Puerto Vallarta, it will be Ash's first and I'm [...]
2023 NYC: Day 3 – “The Collaboration”, a great meal with family
I slept a bit over 7 hours, which was both nice and unusual for me, getting up just before 7am. Mind you that's like sleeping [...]
2023 NYC: Day 2 – “Take Me Out” was the surprise hit of the day; also “Leopoldstadt”
I woke up around 6am on Saturday and Ash was up not too long after me. We took Zeus out to do his thing quickly [...]
2023 NYC: Day 1, Friends, Family, and Audra McDonald
We had such a good time in New York City last year at this time we decided to do it again. We typically plan our [...]
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