Curse you, snow!
Snowpocalypse 2010, part III (or is it IV by now?), has claimed another travel-plan victim. My friend Stephanie was going... (More...)
Snowpocalypse 2010, part III (or is it IV by now?), has claimed another travel-plan victim. My friend Stephanie was going... (More...)
Let's try that again. The past couple weeks have been kind of a blur. Or a daze. Or a dazed... (More...)
Just noticed that it's been over a month since I've posted a life update. Not a whole lot going on,... (More...)
Thank you for calling to let me know when a flight is delayed; that's a really valuable service, especially because... (More...)
Thursday, as noted at the end of part one, we went whale-watching, on a tour run by Bar Harbor Whale... (More...)
(I think Kendra was the one who suggested the pun I'm using as the title of this entry, shortly after... (More...)
On Friday, I flew to Boston. Stayed Friday night at Kendra & Jere7my's place; in the morning, we drove up... (More...)
Kam and I flew up to Washington on Friday. The original plan had been to attend J&S's wedding on Saturday... (More...)
The wedding was lovely. Up until the last minute, there was some uncertainty about whether it would have to be... (More...)
Some more unthemed videos for your delectation and amusement: The South Pasadena Unified Grade "A" Jug Band, consisting of students... (More...)
A few weeks ago, I noted that I was probably going to be out of town for seven out of... (More...)
It's been a couple of weeks since my last life-update post. I don't feel like much has been going on,... (More...)
Just realized I'm going to be out of town for seven out of nine consecutive weekends. July 11-19: NYC for... (More...)
For my birthday, as I noted at the time, a bunch of friends got me a zeppelin ride, and the... (More...)
Made it home safely from my New York/Swarthmore trip. Overall a pretty good trip (despite the technical difficulties), due mostly... (More...)
It occurred to me Saturday morning that I had no idea how to dress for a zeppelin ride. I could... (More...)
Last night at the airport, I removed all the metal from my pockets and walked through the metal detector. It... (More...)
In 2008, I spent about 60 days away from home over the course of the year. (I did end up... (More...)
Wrote most of this entry a week ago, but failed to finish and post it. Headed off to Chicago midday... (More...)
. . . Or at least with no brain. I checked the weather report for Denver last night and saw that there... (More...)
I'm home, thank goodness. After my previous status-update entry, I did go try to get onto the flight to SFO,... (More...)
Flight from Boston to Denver was fine (thanks again for the ride, Michael!). I had a two-hour layover scheduled in... (More...)
I got curious on Friday and counted my travel days this year. (See last month's entry for details of where... (More...)
I don't remember whether I even told y'all I was coming to Boston. I'm here for a wedding, next weekend.... (More...)
Apparently I was in Denver after all, because I caught the scheduled plane and arrived safely in Boston. As some... (More...)
As some of you may recall, about six weeks ago, I lost my waistpack while flying Northwest Airlines on the... (More...)
In any given year, I usually attend a couple of conventions and take a couple of trips to see friends... (More...)
Got to the airport on schedule Sunday afternoon, checked in, got my seat assignment. The first sign of trouble was... (More...)
One thing I hate is when I arrive at my destination, and I sit down to do a quick email... (More...)
Kam and I are sitting in LAX, waiting for the flight to Mazatlán. I think we'll have Net access while... (More...)
Had a good weekend with Mary Anne. We rented about six romantic comedies, but ended up only watching three of... (More...)
Flew home from SoCal tonight; Kam picked me up at the airport. Too tired to say more. Watch this space... (More...)
Flew down to L.A. this morning, on a nearly empty plane; rented a Prius at the airport; spent the afternoon... (More...)
I'm gonna be out of town a lot these next few weeks.
(More...)Naomi B has a relatively new travel blog, featuring descriptions and photos of her current sojourn in the Far East.... (More...)
Flight to Boston was a little odd (details to follow eventually), but fine. (Thanks to Kam for the ride to... (More...)
Got plane tickets the other day. I'll be leaving for Boston on July 2; seeing friends and attending a wedding;... (More...)
Thanks once again to Heather W for the suggestion to travel to Madison via Minneapolis. Today's flight from MSN to... (More...)
I have once again delayed far too long in getting plane tickets for WisCon. It's the usual problem: I always... (More...)
After considering a wide variety of factors, I decided to spend this visit to Chicago in the Comfort Suites O'Hare.... (More...)
I wrote this whole long entry a few days ago about the fact that I was going to be in... (More...)
I never did get around to writing here about the tall ships. I would still like to, but the chances... (More...)
Yesterday evening, Kam drove me to the airport; after an hour sitting on the tarmac waiting for a light to... (More...)
Tomorrow morning I head off for a week in Boston; thence down to Swarthmore for a long weekend for the... (More...)
I had ridiculously good air-travel luck this weekend. Short and easy security experiences, no significant hassles with flights. Two of... (More...)
The US Transportation Security Administration has updated its Prohibited Items list. If you're traveling by air in the US anytime... (More...)
You'd think that if I were traveling across the country to a wedding, I might, for example, find out who... (More...)
Kam took me to the San Francisco airport on Saturday morning, and I arrived safely in Chicago on Saturday evening.... (More...)
I spent most of yesterday playing the traditional post-WisCon game of trying to get home. I would love to have... (More...)
Got next to no sleep Wednesday night--I was up late packing, blogging, and rejecting stories (rejected over 70 stories Wednesday... (More...)
The first rule of Jed driving solo is: Jed can navigate, or he can drive. He can't do both at... (More...)
Safely arrived in Bellevue. You can now skip the rest of this unless you're interested in travel stories. Mostly everything... (More...)
Okay, one more quick thing: Kam has updated her temporary travel journal with some photos. She's currently in Chiang Mai,... (More...)
Heading up to Washington tomorrow evening for my grandmother's 98th birthday. I was going to say Tacoma, but that's not... (More...)
Kam drove me from home to the airport; the flight was uneventful; I picked up my rental car and drove... (More...)
A few quick life updates before I head off to work: Thanksgiving was good; ate with Arthur E's family. Enjoying... (More...)
Most important thing here: if you're traveling to WorldCon from North America and you haven't yet bought tickets, best to... (More...)
I have all sorts of things to write about, but for now I'll just provide an update on recent days:... (More...)
Today's trip to Madison was largely uneventful. My flight out of SFO was an hour late departing (even though it... (More...)
Where to begin? (Begin at the beginning, proceed until you reach the end, then stop.) Thursday morning, the plan was... (More...)