Random Past Posts
Chicago Double Feature September 12, 2012 update: I made another trip through Chicago last weekend, so I added the wide shot now at the bottom of this post, and the mafia hit picture now in the 'rotating' gallery. Even if you’ve never heard of Chicago’s Second City comedy institute, More...
Superheroes for Kids VII — Child Advocates Houston This was Year 7 for the Child Advocates Superheroes Run, and it was the best ever! We had at least 1200 runners, parents and volunteers out at CityCentre, and raised over $150,000 to support Child Advocates' work helping abused and More...
A Hawaiian Connection: Mahalo, United Airlines On my way home from Australia, my connecting flight was cancelled, leaving me stranded in the middle of the Pacific and halfway home. Happily, that was Honolulu. My 2-hour layover became a 26-hour layover, leaving me time for dinner More...
Milford Sound: Fjordlands, New Zealand One of New Zealand’s top destinations is a town with a population of just about 150. There’s one cafe and one ‘lodge’ with mostly dorm-style rooms and a few bathroomless ‘cabins’. But there’s a whole fleet of boats and ships ready More...
Seattle (and Puyallup) We had a fun little reunion in Seattle. Greg Cook (a friend since second grade or so) was my college roomate all three years. My last year of college, another good friend, Dondi Cupp, lived with us in More...