As this post shows up, Anna and I will be sitting on a train, headed to LAX. After we arrive and get settled, we will spend 18 hours smashed together in a plane, plus some downtime between flights (LAX->Taipei->Bangkok->Siem Reap). I can’t say I’m looking forward to that part of this vacation. Here is our …
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Amtrak to LAX
Anna and I are leaving out of LAX this Friday (actually 1am Saturday) for SE Asia. We usually take Amtrak up the coast (3 hours) to Union Station in downtown LA. From there we had to take three different metro trains to get to the shuttle that takes us to LAX. This is time consuming, …
The pitfalls of a new camera
(Must. Stop. Buying) Hand grip I guess I’m not the neck strap type. I found the strap was always in the way with my holding style, and I didn’t like the way the camera hung on the strap anyway. That left me needing a new way to secure the camera. I’m pretty sure if I …
Desert View Tower
A bit late, oh well. A few weeks back Anna and I took my parents to see Desert View Tower in Jacumba. Having never been myself, we didn’t really know what to expect. I loved it. The tower and the springs have some amazing views of Imperial Valley and the curious boulder-pile mountains that surround …
HR 4437
Billed as The March for Dignity, Respect and Hope, Sunday’s march was huge. It depends on who you ask, but the range seems to be 50-100k people. As expected, there were a lot of separate agendas on display – pinche bush, no borders, legalize everyone, random religious messages, etc. But everyone seemed to agree that …