Tag: Writing
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Ash Wednesday
Remember you are dust and from dust you will return. Just got back from a beautiful Ash Wednesday mass with Jeff and Danielle tonight. It was nice to kick-off Lent with so many people; it was standing room only, you’d think it was Christmas. To those who observe, may you have a most blessed Lenten…
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The Mayonnaise Jar
I usually don’t forward along these stories, but figured this one was post-worthy. 🙂 The Mayonnaise Jar When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar… and the coffee… A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items…
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To Myk
…the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Michael Patrick Gonzales June 17, 1983 – October 3, 2007 To my dearest friend… I wish thee not eternal rest, but eternal life. <3 Pride can stand a thousand trials the strong will never fall, But watching stars without you, My…
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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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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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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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Leave a Comment
So Nielsen says 95% of blog readers don’t comment. I’d agree with that, especially when thinking of my own blogroll. But what if you gave your blog readers another option to share their thoughts in another way than filling out a form? To give the concept a shot, I installed the ClickComments plugin, where instead…
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April in Seattle
For the first time since November, I don’t have a trip lined up. Traveling has a been a lot of fun but it’s also good to be home to and see friends, enjoy life in Seattle, and get back into the swing of things. That and it’s nice having my suitcase off the floor and…
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Again, really?
I find it really uncanny that I often find myself engaging in the exact same conversation with cab drivers. It goes as follows: Inquiry of what country my family is from, followed by questions about said country. I then profess to having never been to said country, adding that I am not fluent in the…