Year In Cities, 2009

Time for my third Year In Cities post. Not much traveling this year and spent most of my time on the East Coast. In rough chronological order, with star signifying multiple visits. :
Williamsburg, VA
Jacksonville, FL
Orlando, FL*
Ithaca, NY
Madison, NJ
Allentown, PA
Tallahassee, FL
Lake Tahoe, CA
Ann Arbor, MI
New York, NY
Previously: 2007, 2008

My year in cities, 2008

Alright, just like I did last year, here’s a list of places I spent at least one night in during 2008, not including my home(s) in Chevy Chase and D.C. Places with “*” I stayed in multiple times.
Jacksonville, FL
Lake Tahoe, CA
Ontario, CA*
New York, NY*
Phillipsburg, NJ
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Miami, FL
Orlando, FL
Merytle Beach, SC
Foxwoods, CT
Here’s last year’s [...]

Seeger, the video

You’ve seen a picture of Seeger, our family’s new dog, now enjoy a short video of her in action.
Seeger the Cockapoo from Jake on Vimeo.
The video was actually taken a month ago, she’s about twice the size now.

Seeger

The newest member of the family is Seeger the Cockapoo. Seeger was named by my mom after Pete Seeger. Pretty much the whole family wanted my mom to get another beagle but its hard to complain about that after seeing little Seeger.

Dominican Republic here I come!

If all goes according to plan, this post will publish itself right as my plane to the Dominican Republic is taking off, sending me on my way to a sweet, sweet vacation. Mel and I are going to this place, near Punta Cana, which hopefully is pretty nice (I picked it out). I’ve never been [...]

An awful way to start the morning

This morning I biked to work for the first time. For the past few months, ever since I sold my car, I’ve usually taken the Metro to work, hoping on at Judiciary Square and getting off at Farragut North. But with Mel out of town for the week I’m sleeping up in Chevy Chase. I [...]

Happy birthday Becca!

Today is my sister Becca’s birthday. She is 22 years old. That’s her in the photo above, bungee jumping over the Victoria River in Zimbabwe last August. I took the picture. And added the words part.

Happy birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom’s 60th (minus 1) birthday. Happy birthday Mom, love you! I sent her this special someecard to celebrate:

Classy is his middle name

The Cooler, in gchat conversation yesterday:

i think im getting a tuxedo t-shirt before the real thing
tuxedo t-shirt says, hey i like to look good and have a good time
its the whole package

But I already spent it?

Son of a…my glorious tax rebate check was supposed to arrive today in the mail. Sadly for me, it didn’t. So being a curious sort, I investigated on the internets and found that the IRS has a website where you can check the status of your check. And, despite the fact that I was told [...]

About

This is my blog. It's not much but it's my home. The blog's been around since May 2006 (Archives).