Month: July 2007
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Kevin’s Birthday at diVino
Since today’s officially his birthday–Happy Birthday, Kevin! View Kevin’s Flickr Photoset from last night. Oh diVino, our new favorite wine bar in Seattle. <3 Interestingly, we also checked out the new Fusion Ultra Lounge on 45th which was pretty empty, but eh–private party?
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Friedrichsbad Baths
Baden-Baden – Day 2 The following day we had breakfast in our cute little hotel above a pastry shop (The Hotel Beeg) and walked around town some more. Most notably, Val brought me to the Freidbrichsbad Baths! At the Friedrichsbad you lose track of time within 10 minutes and track of the world within 20…
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Casino Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden – Day 1 On Thursday, Val and I took the train (actually 3) to Baden-Baden, the famous casino and spa town. We arrived in the afternoon and walked around before having dinner. We ultimately ended up in this bizarre little restaurant filled with smoke and chicken dolls hanging from the walls. This oddity aside,…
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Tübingen, Germany
While in Germany, I stayed about 3 days in Tübingen, the university town that Val is studying at this semester. Besides teeming with college students, I soon learned that the streets there are filled with chubby-cheeked, blond, blue-eyed babies, and a disproportionate amount of people carrying ice cream cones. No, really. It’s rather bizarre. It…
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London Sightseeing
My parents arrived to London Saturday morning where we met at their hotel in South Kensington. It was a pretty eventful next 3 days where we went sightseeing and I had the chance to show them around (namely via Tube). During their stay we went to the Natural History Museum, Westminster Cathedral for Sunday mass,…
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Covent Garden Street Performers
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Working from London (Days 1-4)
Six months ago this city was pretty foreign to me, so it was comforting to arrive and actually know my way around, more or less. I spent my first 3 days in London working from our office here and really enjoyed it. Not to mention, my jet lag wasn’t nearly as bad as it was…
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Mom Viewing the Crown Jewels
And I quote, “Now that’s a lot of bling!”
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London Photo Blog
Hello! It’s Day 6 in London and I haven’t had much chance to sit down and post. In the meantime will post photos and will fill in the words later. 🙂 Day 1: Arrival to London. Walking through Oxford Street to the office after a 20-hr commute from Seattle.