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Carousel in Segovia

This amazing antique carousel was one of two set up in plazas in Segovia the day we visited....

Posted Friday May 25, 2007 at 9:10 PM | Full Post

Turtle in Atocha Station, Madrid

Still getting caught up with email and work stuff. Posting will resume soon....

Posted Friday May 18, 2007 at 1:22 PM | Full Post

Upside down angel, Madrid

I will add more as I have time to flickr....

Posted Friday May 4, 2007 at 5:25 AM | Full Post

Headed to Spain

We'll be back on the 16th, and don't plan to blog much. It's a vacation! Here are some recommended events...

Posted Tuesday May 1, 2007 at 6:10 PM | Full Post

Madrid / Barcelona

Olive tree in Juan Carlos I Park, in Madrid, photo by R. Duran found on flickr James and I...

Posted Monday April 9, 2007 at 8:38 PM | Full Post

Hudson Valley Road Trip

Stone building on grounds of Locust Lawn Ground Hog coffee house and motorcyle company in Wappinger Falls James, Mom,...

Posted Sunday May 28, 2006 at 7:29 PM | Full Post

Unknown building on the Landwehrkanal (Berlin)

We only have one computer on the trip, and James is a slow blogger, so I'm not posting much...

Posted Tuesday October 25, 2005 at 5:16 PM | Full Post

Now that's a conference room

View from the roof of the Bundestag / Reichstag of a conference room at the top of the Jakob...

Posted Thursday October 20, 2005 at 4:48 AM | Full Post

Berliner Dom reflected on the Palast der Republik

Posted Monday October 17, 2005 at 5:36 AM | Full Post

Hamburgers at Peek's

We had lunch here yesterday, on the old Route 66. It was the last day for these owners (after...

Posted Tuesday August 3, 2004 at 2:41 PM | Full Post

Angelini Osteria

Wow! This was one of my favorite creative Italian dining experiences ever, including our trips to Italy. It was recommended...

Posted Saturday July 31, 2004 at 3:19 AM | Full Post

Sauvie Island

Sauvie Island is pretty....

Posted Friday July 30, 2004 at 4:13 AM | Full Post

One of my best meals ever

clarklewis is at the left end of the building We had dinner tonight at a pretty new restaurant here...

Posted Friday July 30, 2004 at 3:49 AM | Full Post

Portland, Oregon

On vacation (barely). The conference is a lot of time and mental work. The food here is excellent. Favorite restaurants...

Posted Thursday July 29, 2004 at 12:03 AM | Full Post

Bloggy takes Los Angeles

James and I are headed to the west coast! I'm going to the Open Source Conference in Portland, OR at...

Posted Monday June 7, 2004 at 7:04 PM | Full Post

Mexico City updates

I have made some minor edits to my Mexico City posts, to add names of places and artists that I...

Posted Saturday February 7, 2004 at 6:35 PM | Full Post

Last day in Mexico City

On our last day we explored more of the downtown area. We went to the Palacio Nacional (National Palace), on...

Posted Tuesday February 3, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Chiles en nogada

My post on Coyoacán was rather short, as I was exhausted at the time. I forgot to mention one of...

Posted Tuesday February 3, 2004 at 11:42 AM | Full Post

Colonia Roma, Tecla, galleries

I saw a hummingbird on our room balcony this morning. My cough is better, but now James has it. We...

Posted Monday February 2, 2004 at 8:52 PM | Full Post

Zócalo, etc.

Today we started at the Franz Meyer Museum, which is dedicated to decorative arts, mainly from the 17th-19th centuries. It...

Posted Sunday February 1, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Coyoacán, etc.

We spent most of today in Coyoacán, walking around with David. We visited the Mercado Sabado (Saturday Market) with food...

Posted Saturday January 31, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Photos

Check out the photos by James from our trip so far. We will add photos (and captions if you're lucky)...

Posted Saturday January 31, 2004 at 3:01 AM | Full Post

Anthropological Museum, etc.

We spent almost five hours at the Anthropological Museum today. It truly is one of the greatest museums I have...

Posted Friday January 30, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

Our first full day in Mexico City

General observations: The air here is tough - because of altitude and pollution. I had the "I'm a New Yorker!"...

Posted Thursday January 29, 2004 at 11:59 PM | Full Post

MP Bistro

We had our first meal in Mexico City -- dinner around 9:30, which is not late at all. There were...

Posted Thursday January 29, 2004 at 11:18 AM | Full Post

Mexico City

My passport renewal has happened, and tickets have been purchased. We're going to Mexico City for a week late January/early...

Posted Sunday January 11, 2004 at 8:03 PM | Full Post

Trip photos

I think I'm done (or mostly done) with my trip photos. It's pretty impressionistic. You're as likely to see pictures...

Posted Thursday October 10, 2002 at 10:37 PM | Full Post

Notes at the Vienna airport and in the air

This should be the last one. These are some notes I took on the flight to New York. Looking around...

Posted Wednesday October 2, 2002 at 11:09 PM | Full Post

Random final notes on trip

One of the rooms we visited in the Schoenbrunn in Vienna was the room used by Franz Josef II for...

Posted Wednesday October 2, 2002 at 10:37 PM | Full Post

Jet lag

I'm trying to stay up until 10pm so that my sleep schedule will be somewhat back to normal. We got...

Posted Monday September 30, 2002 at 9:54 PM | Full Post

Billy Budd + some Museums in Vienna

Last night we went to see Britten's "Billy Budd" at the Vienna Staatsoper. The cast and music were great, but...

Posted Saturday September 28, 2002 at 6:25 PM | Full Post

Judenplatz, etc. in Vienna

We went to Judenplatz (Jew Square) to see the Rachel Whiteread-created Holocaust Memorial. Then we went to the Judenplatz Museum,...

Posted Friday September 27, 2002 at 6:20 PM | Full Post

Melk/Nazis, then on to Vienna

In the morning we went to a big (and very good) exhibit, sponsored by the town, on Melk and Nazism,...

Posted Thursday September 26, 2002 at 11:18 PM | Full Post

On to Melk

We drove along the Donau (Danube) today. At one point we had to stop on a country road to allow...

Posted Wednesday September 25, 2002 at 11:14 PM | Full Post

Last night in Bad Ischl

We just got back to the room from Sud, the "modern" restaurant near our hotel. After we asked, our big...

Posted Tuesday September 24, 2002 at 5:17 PM | Full Post

"doing" Bad Ischl

We spent the day walking around Bad Ischl itself, on a rather cold and rainy day. I can hear the...

Posted Tuesday September 24, 2002 at 12:35 PM | Full Post

More wandering in Austria - Styria

We drove through pretty countryside in Styria today, having lunch at a tasteful, attractive restaurant called Pilz Stub'n at the...

Posted Monday September 23, 2002 at 1:18 PM | Full Post

James and Barry -- Excellent Bruckner adventure

We went driving around to some of the beautiful towns in this area of Austria, the Salzkammergut -- including St....

Posted Sunday September 22, 2002 at 11:46 PM | Full Post

From Munich to Bad Ischl

We found a hotel, The Goldenes Schiff (The Golden Ship) -- in Bad Ischl. It was the summer capital of...

Posted Saturday September 21, 2002 at 11:56 PM | Full Post

Munich -- corporate art

An office building near our hotel has a cool neon sculpture on the ground floor. Photo courtesy of James....

Posted Friday September 20, 2002 at 9:43 AM | Full Post

Munich - geekitude

I was harsher than I had to be, and some would say shallow, in my previous post about the appearance...

Posted Friday September 20, 2002 at 8:33 AM | Full Post

Munich, Geeks, Alte Pinakothek

I'm trying to write a little bit before I fall asleep. My geek conference started yesterday. Except for a few...

Posted Thursday September 19, 2002 at 6:32 PM | Full Post

at YAPC

Universities are much more cool these days. There is an open wireless network here at the site of the conference,...

Posted Wednesday September 18, 2002 at 3:40 AM | Full Post

Munich - a couple of pictures

The Wittelsbachs weren't prudes when it came to art. This is a picture of a satyr in one of the...

Posted Tuesday September 17, 2002 at 6:22 PM | Full Post

Munich - Pinakothek der Moderne

I got the high-speed wireless networking at my hotel here in Munich working. Yeah! No more ghastly earthlink international dialup...

Posted Tuesday September 17, 2002 at 5:18 PM | Full Post

Munich

On a happier note, we walked around the Englischer Garten and had lunch at the outside tables near the Chinese...

Posted Monday September 16, 2002 at 4:06 PM | Full Post

Munich - Geschwister Scholl

We visited the Geschwister Scholl Platz today. There were a brother and sister who were killed by the Nazis for...

Posted Monday September 16, 2002 at 12:51 PM | Full Post

Munich

We arrived this afternoon after visiting the memorial chapel for Ludwig II on the Starnbergersee. It was a nightmare getting...

Posted Sunday September 15, 2002 at 5:37 PM | Full Post

Reutte, Austria

The second of the two castles visible from our balcony was lit tonight for the first time. There were fireworks,...

Posted Thursday September 12, 2002 at 11:51 PM | Full Post

Reutte, Austria

We spent the day driving along several high-altitude routes in the Alps. We had lunch in Bielerhoehe (2000 meters above...

Posted Thursday September 12, 2002 at 1:30 PM | Full Post

Reutte, Austria

At breakfast, writing some notes. The people in this area (Reutte/Tirol) are very friendly. I've never been anywhere in the...

Posted Thursday September 12, 2002 at 9:15 AM | Full Post

Germany/Austria

Yesterday was basically a blur. Yes, I got to fly business class, and sit in a barca-lounger seat, but we...

Posted Wednesday September 11, 2002 at 11:34 AM | Full Post

at JFK

I'm writing notes in the business class lounge at JFK while we're waiting for our flight to board. Business class...

Posted Monday September 9, 2002 at 5:00 PM | Full Post