New Places, 2013
So, these are the countries that I visited for the first time in 2013: Turkey Lithuania Bringing me up to: ?? countries. Not that I&#...Read More
Zoo Lights at the National Zoo
During Christmas time at the National Zoo , the whole place is lit up with all sorts of lights. And it's free! I had wondered if the noc...Read More
A United States Botanical Gardens Christmas
I'm expecting to see more than Christmas trees during our tour of the United States Botanical Gardens. But to start things off right, w...Read More
Mount Vernon Night Tour
As a seasonal event, George Washington's Mount Vernon does a "Mount Vernon by Candlelight" program. Of course, candlelight is ...Read More
Touring DC - White House & Pentagon
We got up really early to drive into downtown DC. Which most people don't do unless they live there because there's almost no parkin...Read More
48 Hours in NYC - The Second Day
The primary reason we came to NYC this weekend was for our 4-yr-old to see the Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderel...Read More
48 Hours in NYC - The First Day
We Drove up from DC on friday. Traffic wasn't bad, but there were a lot of tolls. In some cases, it seemed like you paid a toll after cr...Read More
Another long flight home
Woke ~6am for breakfast, ran into my host (who I said goodbye to last night at the KFC dinner), had breakfast with him. Said goodbye, again....Read More
Dusting things up in Turkey
Walked around site, perhaps my first while people were actively doing "real" construction as opposed to finish work. watched them ...Read More
Denmark to Turkey
Boarded the Turkish airlines flight to Istanbul. The flight attendants were handing out Turkish delights before take off. Sweet. Literally. ...Read More
Copenhagen in December
It started with a traditional Danish breakfast - strawberry yogurt/bacon/sausage/egg/danishes and lots of coffee. I spent the morning in an ...Read More
More time at LHR
So, like much of America, I took some time off for Thanksgiving with family. Unfortunately, the demands of my job had me flying out of DC on...Read More
One of those days...
I took advantage of the "comp time for travel" policy that exists for folks like me who have to lose a weekend to be in place for ...Read More
Marine Corps Marathon - 10K
Ok, so today's plan was to ride my bike to the metro so that I can run the Marine Corps 10k that finishes near my office, where I'll...Read More
London Layover
I arrived in London around 1 pm and got the discount day ticket £8.90 for the Underground. Sooo much cheaper than a cab, and provides flexi...Read More
Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival
When you hear the phrase "Mullet Festival", what image comes to mind? I went Saturday night, because "Sunday is Family Day (...Read More
Reliving Vienna
Oh, hey, would you look at that...The federal government is open. So my meeting in Vienna is on! However, due to funding constraints, the me...Read More
Dining in DC: Zengo
While it's rare that Kacey and I get to go out to nice places to eat (because two over-tired children kinda ruins the atmosphere), last...Read More
How Apropos...priated.
So, Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) looks to be getting off to a rocky start. It's particularly poignant for me, as Oct 1, 2013 marks the o...Read More
A New Commute
Today was my first day of my new commute route. Well, sort of. We recently bought a place about two miles from the place we'd been renti...Read More
Steppin' Up!
So, as it turns out, the automated HR system works. I just received this email: "A personnel action has been processed for Pay Rate ...Read More
DC is unpleasant w/o A/C
Ok, so our townhouse has two air conditioning units and one of them up and died last week. Sadly, even though I'm technically a licensed...Read More
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