Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Let's Go Through My Stuff! What I Packed for a 10 Day Carry On Only/Semi Working Trip

 


One night when I was in San Francisco, the thought for a packing post popped up into my head, and I took pictures of my all my stuff.  Afterwards, a voice in my head said "No one cares.  You're not the first human to do a carry on only trip.  There is better advice on the subject to be had elsewhere."

That's true, but a conversion with Julie changed my mind.  At one point we talked about why we read blogs, and the consensus is that we both like hearing the really mundane details of other people's lives.  I'm always looking for tips and tricks, which you may not get out of this post, but sometimes you have to write the kind of content that you want to see.

Let's go through my stuff!!!

Monday, June 9, 2025

Let's Go Places (And Meet People!): San Francisco part 3 of 3

 

Friends, the California trip has been such a great time, but we can't stay here for ever.  Pretty soon we're going to have to wrap it up and go home.  But not quite yet!

We still have two full days left on our trip, so there are a lot more adventures to be had.  We left off our story on Sunday night, and now it's Monday morning.  We're going to have a some epic werk drama, we're going to get all up in Golden Gate Park's business, and then we're going to spend another day hanging out with Julie.  Let's get back to our adventures!

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Let's Go Places: San Francisco part 2 of 3

 


Let's pick it up from where we put it down last time.  It's the weekend, smack in the middle of my California trip, and we're going on a deep dive of San Francisco.  Our weekend journeys will take us to the wharf, prison (calm down, that just means we're doing a tour of Alcatraz), and then we'll find an unexpectedly apt way to tour the city.  We're also going to see if I can figure out how to take a bus.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Let's Go Places (And Meet People!): San Francisco, part 1 of 3

 

When we last talked, it was Thursday and I was on a train heading from Sacramento to San Francisco. 

This is the story of what happened next.  Lunch with a friend, a tour of the town, settling in to my new digs, some FLW, Muir Woods, technology drama, and a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.  And that was just my first two days in SF!

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Let's Go Places (And Meet People!): Sacramento, California

 

Friends, it's time for me to tell you the story of my 10 day trip to California in May.  We've got a lot to talk about!

Let's start with Sacramento.  I went there to tour the Capitol and meet a friend, and came away with so much more.   Let me take you to the Land of the Yellow Bridge.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Weekly Round Up: Blogging Debt

 


A weekly round up: life happenings, workouts, watches, and reads, plus everything else.

Friends, I am in serious blogging debt.  There is a lot going on right now, and it's hard to find the time let alone the quiet headspace to start writing it down.  Let's take a shot at it!  Since we last talked...

Monday, May 5, 2025

Weekly Round Up: Trader Joe's & Books


A weekly round up: eats, workouts, watches, and reads.  In this week's edition I stocked up at Trader Joe's and read a lot of books.

Content warning: this post contains a picture and a positive review of an oatmeal raisin cookie