Entries from July 2008

Wilco in Anchorage

July 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I never thought I’d see Jeff Tweedy standing on a temporary stage in a parking lot, singing “Misunderstood” while looking wistfully off toward the Sears Mall and the BP tower, but there he was, last night, playing the band’s second ever show in Alaska. It has been raining almost continuously the whole weekend, and last […]

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Tags: Alaska · Music · Travel

July goes by

July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on July goes by

In between our trips hither and yon, we’ve been trying to make the most of our weekends, so instead of a screening on Friday night, we headed to the new-ish Father’s Office in Culver City, completely packed as usual, for dinner and drinks. We lucked out despite the free-for-all seating policy and managed to nab […]

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Tags: Film · Los Angeles · Photos ·

Back in the saddle

July 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Back in the saddle

After a whole bunch of time out of town (did we really spend four weekends in a row in airports? Yes we did), we got back in the L.A. swing of things this weekend, with a couple of days filled with only-in-L.A. stuff. We started off the weekend with a screening of Wall*E, finally, at […]

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Tags: Blog · Film · Los Angeles · Photos · Running

Hawaiian holiday

July 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I posted a few tidbits from Hawaii over the past week, so this will be a brief catalog of our week, with photos. It was a terrific trip, a once-in-a-lifetime week of comfort zone-expanding activities (surfing, parasailing, snorkeling, ziplining), relaxation (in the pool or the ocean every day), lots of great food and quality time […]

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Tags: Photos · Running · Travel

And there you have it

July 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on And there you have it

Now that I’ve knocked off Hawaii, here are the photos and stories from my visits to every state in the Union. It only took thirty-three and a half years… Alaska Colorado Arizona Washington Virginia ? // ? * Washington, D.C. Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maine New York Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina […]

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Unimogs, Hawaii-style

July 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Unimogs, Hawaii-style

These are the bio-diesel beasts that took us up to the top of the mountain for our ziplining yesterday. Very nice.

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Tags: Noted · Travel

In other words, please do not buy USA Today

July 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on In other words, please do not buy USA Today

As seen in Star Markets in Lahaina (not to be confused with the real Stah Mahket), during our requisite daily grocery store stop on the way back from dinner tonight.

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Tags: Noted · Travel