(photo gallery of the philippine trip here)
(yes, it’s long, but the picture at the bottom is worth the whole post)
december 10th, 2008
don’t complain about going to the airport in america. we had to get up at 5am to make a car to the airport at 6:30 for a flight at 10:30. they say [...]
(photo gallery of the philippine trip here)
december 8th
owen and i started the day searching for donuts. he’s not eating much at all here – he’s always been finiky, but this is taking it to new levels. he’ll eat a bit of orange, and then he’ll ask you to make toast and then he’ll [...]
(photo gallery of the philippine trip here)
…happy new year!
december 6 - manilla
the phillippines is like a giant super-mega-mall. commerce isn’t a concept here, it’s a religion. (the malls even have churches…) there are malls all around us. if the movie industry wants to stop piracy, they could start here. owen and i [...]
(photo gallery of the philippine trip here)
12/5/08 – sfo to narita
we started by renting a car service to get to the airport – skip cabs, this is totally the way to go. for one, they show up on time, for two, they’re conscious of having equipment for kid-travel. they keep all sorts of [...]
so, i know what you’re thinking. john, the guy who loves beer will be in munich. you know, germany. you know, the place where beer follows what is called the purity law. and, well, he can’t possibly be there for oktoberfest — the celebration of beer. not a chance.
berlin is this mix of staggering history juxtaposed with an incredible art culture and scene. it seems like a young city — skaters are everywhere, graffiti murals dot the sides of the buildings and bands are always coming through town. it is a city that i definitely want to come back to — with kara [...]
…i’ve been to three countries in two weeks. i am certainly tired of airplanes, heavy food, living out of luggage and the only contact with my family being the phone calls i could make in between countries or late at night after the work festiviities. it seemed that nine times out of ten when i’d [...]
…so… i’m back in town now. in the past 7 days, i’ve been to prague, brno, london and baltimore. it’s been a lot of airline flights over the past two weeks. i’ve never been afraid of flying before, but after owen came around, every time the plane jiggles a little bit, i have this fear [...]
so, not terribly long ago we had a little bump on the mazda when kara was driving it in san francisco. it totally wasn’t her fault mind you — it’s just that someone in front of her decided to start backing up on one of the busier streets in the city. then that [...]
parents are weird. i don’t know why. they just are. when we were out in austin, owen discovered the joy (and then the terror) of the public playground there.
owen has been relatively timid on the slide. at first it scared him, but the more and more he used it, the more [...]
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