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Living in San Francisco. I can explore and explore and explore and never run out of places to see or grub to eat or coffee to drink or people to meet or things to do. Still though, from time to time I really miss the road. Driving 8 hours through bumfuck nowhere, blasting mix-CDs with [...]

Stories + photos from my most recent trip to San Francisco. Kate and I head out bright and early to catch out 6 a.m. flight to Houston, TX. I have no recollection of it, as I passed out immediately once I was seated on the plane. Apparently free breakfast was offered to me. I had [...]

On the way back into town to finish up the last of our San Fran projects before plane boarding time. Project #1: go to Land’s End. It’s a strange process getting out here. You go to the golf course behind the Legion of Honor, wander until you find a dirt road blocked off by a [...]

We head northward to find Calistoga, a tiny town nestled within the Sonoma Valley. Out mapquest directions don’t seem to suffice, so we decide to rely on the navigation service on my phone. We end up on Petrified Forest Road, winding at about five mph to keep from driving off the side of the mountain. [...]

[March 2009] Day four: drive everywhere we possibly can. Vista point jump. Stop 2: Some amazing beach. Can’t remember the name, but I remember that it bore some sort of phonetic resemblance to pinot grigio. So we started hiking. Random Pacific Ocean cliffside jump. Even higher more dangerous Pacific Ocean cliffside jump. I was examining [...]

5/29/2007 – From Austin. Hey people. At this point I would usually have a new batch of stories for you but I’m a bit behind on my writing. I have since been to Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, and now Austin. All have been absolutely great. This morning, both BJ’s dad AND my dad had [...]

Hello! This is the last bit of writing from the west coast. I rececntly just got back from rummaging around the bars and pubs in downtown Vancouver. Our trip to Canadia almost did not happen, since Julian left his birth certificate on his microwave last week, lost it, and forgot to search for it until [...]