On Thursday MJ and I went to Old San Juan. I planned our route the previous day (with recommendations from vs8 on twitter, thanks again!) so as soon as the taxi dropped us off in the city we were ready to go. From the information center, where we picked up a map, we hopped on […]
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Puerto Rico: El Yunque Rainforest
April 18th, 2011 by pleia2
I have to admit when we arrived in Puerto Rico I didn’t know much about the island, so it was quite a pleasant surprise when I learned that there was a rainforest on the east end of the island. It’s the only rainforest [EDIT: that belongs to the U.S. Forest Service] and for about $50 […]
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Heading to Puerto Rico
April 8th, 2011 by pleia2
Tonight at 10:15PM MJ and I are hopping on a red-eye to Charlotte and then on to San Juan, Puerto Rico! I intend to take a proper vacation to clear my head and catch up on my reading. I’ll only be doing limited email checking. A friend of ours is dropping by to check on […]
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SCaLE9x
March 9th, 2011 by pleia2
On the evening of Thursday February 24th, suitcases in hand, MJ and I headed down to the San Francisco airport for a quick flight down to Los Angeles for the Southern California Linux Expo. We arrived at LAX just after midnight and were checked into our hotel room by 1AM. I went right to sleep […]
Ubucon at SCaLE9x in Los Angeles
February 20th, 2011 by pleia2
Can an Ubucon be put together in 2 weeks? The intrepid Nathan Haines thought so and has succeeded in bringing together 6 speakers from across the Ubuntu community, plus himself for a Q&A session, to participate. Ubucon at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) will be taking place this Friday, February 25th. I’ll be doing […]
Thanksgiving in New England
December 7th, 2010 by pleia2
On the evening of Tuesday November 23rd I took a redeye flight out of San Francisco to a connection in Newark, New Jersey and then up to Manchester, New Hampshire. I didn’t encounter any security issues (just had the typical metal detector in the lane I was in) and the slight delay out of SFO […]
Vegas Jaunt
November 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
The Friday before last I was able to take off from work a couple hours early so I could run down to the airport and catch a 5PM flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas to meet MJ. The first hurdle was the notorious body scanners, which SFO has and I avoided. Half the lanes […]
Oh the neons are a gleamin’ and the gamblers are a dreamin’
November 12th, 2010 by pleia2
Leaving in a few minutes for my flight to join MJ in Las Vegas! I’ll be back late Sunday night.
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My last day in Dublin: Seals, Malahide Castle and drinks!
October 22nd, 2010 by pleia2
Finally, my last post about Dublin. I’m happy to report that as I write this post about my last day in Dublin, MJ’s last day has wrapped up and he’s coming home to me tomorrow! Saturday morning we slept in. We had a leisurely lunch on O’Connell Street and at 2PM hopped on a bus […]
Book of Kells, Dublin Castle, Christ Church and Saint Patrick’s
October 21st, 2010 by pleia2
Friday I decided to spend the day visiting the great Cathedrals of Dublin, as well as crossing off Dublin Castle and the Book of Kells from my to-see list. First was the The Old Library and the Book of Kells Exhibition. The Book of Kells portion of the exhibition featured a couple of big rooms […]
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