I have been exceptionally busy lately. I have a lot going on with work, some exciting but loosely scheduled plans for travel are upcoming in October, today I learned that I’ll be going to the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Copenhagen October 29th – Nov 1st, and we have personal things like wedding planning and some […]
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Tourist in the other Portland (Oregon)
July 23rd, 2012 by pleia2
After OSCON wrapped up on Friday I took the opportunity of a free afternoon to play the tourist in Portland. It occurred to me as I booked this trip that I managed to visit both Portlands this month, this one had less lobster though. And I will take this opportunity to say that I was […]
The rest of our Maine trip
July 10th, 2012 by pleia2
Our trip to Maine continued on Friday with a trip back to my hometown of Cape Elizabeth to give MJ the grand tour of where I grew up. We drove past the first house I grew up in in Cape Elizabeth, past the schools and the town center and then down to the Two Lights […]
Travel to Maine and meeting Xavier
July 6th, 2012 by pleia2
On Tuesday night I managed to get a few hours of sleep before MJ woke me up at 3AM to get ready to leave at 4AM for our 6AM flight out of San Francisco to Manchester, NH via Philadelphia. The flights were uneventful, we picked up our rental car in Manchester and made the drive […]
The Grand Canyon and Phoenix trip
May 30th, 2012 by pleia2
Over the past couple of years I’ve made a habit of doing quick trips on 3 day weekends. Last year over Memorial Day weekend I went up to Edmonton to see one of my sisters for the first time in 5 years. This time I realized that I needed a relaxing break and selected Phoenix […]
Philadelphia Wedding Venue Trip
March 29th, 2012 by pleia2
Our trip to Philadelphia went by far too quickly. We had 6 wedding venue visits scheduled, ended up with 8 by the time we had finished collecting and reviewing recommendations from friends and family. I am really happy with what we ended up seeing, and upon browsing through a local weddings magazine we were given […]
SCALE 10x
January 29th, 2012 by pleia2
I spent last weekend at the the Southern California Linux Expo. I flew down to Los Angeles Thursday evening. Friday morning I gave my Ubucon talk on Getting Involved with Ubuntu. To accompany this talk I had handouts that gave a bunch of URLs to resources within the project that I covered in the talk. […]
Thanksgiving weekend in Monterey
December 3rd, 2011 by pleia2
Last weekend MJ and I spent a beautiful weekend down in Monterey. It was a much-needed break, I pretty much ignored all obligations for the weekend (including over 24 hours without looking at IRC!) and soaked in the beautiful scenery. We drove down on Friday, had lunch in downtown Santa Cruz at Hoffman’s Bistro and […]
Cetacean Institute Earrings
November 28th, 2011 by pleia2
I discovered back in May that the scenes with the Cetacean Institute in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home were filmed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Since we were in Monterey this past weekend I was finally able to see for myself! Monterey Bay Aquarium entrance from real life, 2011 Cetacean Institute entrance from Star […]
We went to Disney World!
November 10th, 2011 by pleia2
Our visit to Disney World was wonderful. After waiting 17 years I was somewhat concerned that I had built myself up for something that would just be another amusement park so I was happy to learn that my fears were unfounded. Disney World really focuses on attractions and stories rather than thrill rides, every employee […]