Archives for the 'livin' for the city' Category
travelogue: rome, italy
i had never been to italy before, so i was completely stoked for this trip. i even studied italian at university, though apparently i spent more time macking on my prof than i did retaining any actual language skills. much like french, i tend to speak at about a 3 yr old level [...]
big pimpin’ INDy.
despite any apparent airs i may have as a worldly sort of guy, i was born and raised in indianapolis, indiana - the nation’s 12th largest city which “balances cosmopolitan style and small-town charm”. whatever.
it’s honestly not a bad place, but it’s urban/suburban sprawl like a mutha, the weather is shite, there’s a fair [...]
how to celebrate halloween in ireland
yesterday was halloween here in dublin (and pretty much everywhere else, from my understanding of time). the irish seem to have a real penchant for fireworks when it comes to this holiday. walking home from work last night, i could have sworn we were being shelled by the english or that i’d stumbled [...]
my very first breathalyser test
friday night, i had to run up to the airport to pick up our good friend cathy who was going to stay with us for a few days on the tail end of a business trip to cambridge, england for a project she’s been working on. after checking ryanair.com earlier and seeing the flight [...]
¿Cómo se dice decepción
last sunday, we really had a hankering for some mexican food. being in ireland, that’s not the easiest jones to feed. being carless, that’s also not something that helps. luckily a couple places deliver so we tried out The Alamo Restaurant.
how’s the saying go? “remember the alamo”? all [...]
…and we’re back!
wow, that was quite an outage. nearly two months, and only one post at that crappy temporary location. as you can probably tell, i didn’t really have the time or wherewithal to write a second lousy post let alone get things back to normal for self-hosting. but now, after several hours of [...]
SF muni bus catches fire
some days it’s good to be running a little late and miss the badness that happens in the path of your typical day.
what i assume was the 48 ahead of the one that took me to caltrain caught fire right in front of the muni depot located at 22nd and iowa in the dogpatch (adjacent [...]
black keys concert, warfield theatre, sf
wednesday night we saw the black keys at the warfield theatre here in san francisco, as they tour to promote their new album, “attack & release”. a diversion from the previously raw and somewhat formulaic two-man sound they are known for, the new album is produced by danger mouse. you may know him [...]
nature in action
mindi caught these fabulous pictures of the food chain in action - a raptor of some sort devours a small mammal of some sort.
we all end up as poop in the end.
you can buy anything in chinatown.
saw this wonderfully well-written ad for a product i’m not sure i’d really want to buy.
