I’m doing the last of my exploring around Savannah before the conference begins this afternoon, and spent some time at the Telfair Museum and the new-ish Jepson Center across the street. Nice exhibitions, especially the blown glass, but the building itself was the real attraction. Sort of like the Getty meets the British Museum’s glass-ceilinged […]

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Before heading to the airport, where I’m now awaiting my flight to Savannah for the AMIA Conference, Aimee and I had a tasty dinner at BLD on Beverly. Or, as the sign on the street where we parked would have us believe, “Beverley.” How does that mistake get made in the first place, I wonder, […]

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Looking back four years to election night 2004, I noted that the only bright spot in the political world was the election of Senator Obama. Could we have believed then what four years would bring? Just incredible. Aimee and I spent the night with some folks from the Obamawood crew at the Hyatt, ten floors […]

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Or “Melt Tuna,” as we are in the picture. We did it two years ago, took a year off for injuries last year, and came back stronger than ever this time around. The whole thing felt better, since we were aware of how hilly the course was this time, and we were better matched, with […]

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We returned from a quick trip east last night, happy to have gone but exhausted from sleepless flights and a late night in between. We had some quality time with the kids and enjoyed the 25th anniversary party for the family company that was the occasion for the trip. The weather was beautiful, nice and […]

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Off to do more volunteering for Obama this afternoon. It feels like time has slowed down to a crawl…. We’re almost there.

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We celebrated the godfather of modern-day California exploration by having breakfast at his favorite eatery, Philippe’s the Original, birthplace of the French Dip. I didn’t have the dip, but had eggs and potatoes instead, but we got to soak in the ambience – sawdust on the floors, a “railroad museum” in the back room, people […]

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I’m sure that’s not really going to be borne out, but so far, it’s been a scorcher, which is really disorienting, even as familiar as we’ve become with the fact that the seasons have little meaning here. We’ve been pretty domestic lately, since I returned from Alaska two weeks ago. We went for a hike […]

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My fourth and final trip to Alaska this year was another brief one, from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, to help my dad celebrate an award he received from the Alaska Conservation Foundation on Friday night. It was an evening filled with inspiring stories about people going above and beyond to help preserve wild places, […]

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I watched the game and the final day festivities this morning, and it’s sad to see the place go. It was the home of my first major league baseball experience, and the park where I’ve seen the most games. I never saw a playoff game there, but those years I was living in Connecticut – […]

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Just finished a nice five-mile hike through the lush forests around Girdwood. Beautiful trees, nice views of the rushing Winner Creek, and the terrific fall colors.

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It almost felt a little crisp out on Friday morning, though when Aimee and I went hiking today, it was anything but chilly, so I guess calling summer over is a bit premature. We’ve been keeping busy, but happy to have a little more down time these days than during our hectic summer. Aimee had […]

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I stopped by Opening Ceremony tonight before the Jon Brion/Nels Cline show that’s about to start, and checked out their Lego room. I don’t really know what to do with myself in a place like that, with clothes too expensive for me to even look at, and rooms whose gender emphasis I’m surely misinterpreting, leading […]

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Instead of watching another speech, I went to the Obama HQ opening in Culver City. Much more inspiring. On second thought, maybe I would have been inspired by the speech…to get out the door and got to the Obama HQ. Oh well.

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I spent Friday fielding questions about Gov. Palin at work; my office mate is from Delaware, so our room is VP Central. What a bizarre turn of events, seemingly getting more bizarre by the hour. We had a quiet Friday night, catching up on some more episodes of Mad Men, which gets better with each […]

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