Entries from August 2008

Showing off L.A.

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We don’t get a lot of visitors, so when someone comes down just to see us, we try to make it worth their while. Brent flew down from Seattle on Thursday night to spend a weekend built around seeing Radiohead on Monday, so I knew we didn’t have to do much to make the trip […]

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Tags: Los Angeles · Music · Photos · Running

Annual August in Anchorage

August 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Annual August in Anchorage

We had a really great weekend in Anchorage, with lots of good family time, fun with Scott cleaning out the basement (sounds fun, I know), a 5k race, and most importantly, a surprise dinner for my parents’ 40th anniversary that went off without a hitch. Aimee and I arrived late Thursday night, after a delightful […]

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Tags: Alaska · Nostalgia · Photos · Running · Travel

UK in five days

August 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on UK in five days

2008 is going down as the craziest travel year in history for us, and this week is no exception: we left for London last Wednesday night, spent a day there before driving to the Cotswolds, where we spent three days, and then drove back to London. We left for L.A. the next morning and got […]

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Tags: Film · Photos · Travel · U.K.

Flat tyre

August 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Flat tyre

It’s been a great day and a half in England, with a fun day in London, a nice drive to the Cotswolds, and then the capper, a flat tire (tyre) as we drove down the driveway of the house where we’ll be staying for the weekend. We got the car towed to a garage (emphasis […]

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Tags: Travel · U.K.

Already August

August 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Already August

…and August will be over in a flash. We got back from a nice trip to Anchorage on Sunday night, which ended with a twenty-minute conversation with Wilco’s guitarist, Nels Cline, as we waited for our delayed flight at the (soon to be renamed?) Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. He was really nice and friendly, […]

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