Okay, well, we are not really lost … it just seemed like a good title. It’s been a long ass day in the car, all rainy, drizzly, and dark. We’re about 4 hours from our Xmas Eve destination, but the dog was all cooped up, I was bored, and the Coach … well [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Lost in PA
Posted in Adirondacks, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Hannakuh, Holidays, Lake Placid, New York, Shopping, Travel on December 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
All to ourselves
Posted in Adirondacks, It's My Life, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Family, Lake Placid, New York, Travel on December 22, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Am writing this blog entry from the bar in our condo/hotel building. We have the whole place to ourselves. The Coach is drinking Makers Mark on the rocks; I’m having a much more sedate glass of wine. See what my family does to us?
Actually, today was okay. The Coach survived his bobsled run, then we [...]
Tasty Travels
Posted in Adirondacks, The Foodie Files, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Family, Foodie Files, Lake Placid, New York on December 22, 2006 | 2 Comments »
We’re having Rachel Ray moments in Lake Placid. We’ve tried the pizza at Nicola’s on Main, we dropped $160-ish in the Brown Dog Cafe and Wine Bar, and we had lunch at Chair 6. Lumiere appears to be closed, however, which kinda’ sucks. And we haven’t had a chance to bring food back to the [...]
Last day in the Adirondacks
Posted in Adirondacks, It's My Life, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Family, Lake Placid, New York, Olympics, Travel on December 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
We leave tomorrow for Ohio. Hopefully the freezing rain/slush/icy crap will either (1) miss us tonight or (2) thaw out enough that we can drive back to Watertown without wrecking the car. Ah, the joys of winter travel.
Right now, I am sitting in the lobby, feeding my internet addiction. The Coach is out at the [...]
Status
Posted in Adirondacks, It's My Life, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Dogs, Family, Foodie Files, Lake Placid, New York, Research, Shopping, Travel on December 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Conference paper is now at 19 pages. I still need to transcribe interviews (ugh) and sort through notes to write my analysis section. That could be annoying.
Holiday is going well. Have bought something like four new t-shirts, plus some awesome wicking, high tech long johns. I am sick of freezing my ta-ta’s off at the [...]
On Driving and Peeing … but not at the same time
Posted in Adirondacks, It's My Life, Travel, rants, tagged Adirondacks, New York, Travel on December 19, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Lesson 1: Never trust Mapquest when estimating arrival times. Our trip took about 2 hours longer than anticipated. Granted, that could be attributed to the fact that we hit the outskirts of the
Adirondacks at night and the road was (a) remote; (b) twisty; and (c) foggy. It took us forever to get from Watertown to
Lake [...]
SNOW!
Posted in Adirondacks, It's My Life, Travel, tagged Adirondacks, Lake Placid, New York, Weather on December 19, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Battery is dying in laptop which means I will have to leave this lovely internet hotspot. The good news is that it is finally snowing here in upstate New York. Woot! I’ll be able to give my new wicking long-johns a trial run today.
Will have fun updates in a little while. Must go [...]
I am leaving …
Posted in Travel, tagged Advising, Christmas, Grading, Service on December 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
… in 44 minutes. Proposal is done. Emails are sent. Grades are submitted. Now, it’s down to two letters of recommendation which may or may not be completed. In any event, I am outta’ here at 1 p.m. and I won’t be back online until after Christmas. So, to all my loyal fans (all 4 [...]
Will we ever leave town?
Posted in Travel, tagged Grading, Work on December 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Fuck! It’s probably going to be late afternoon before we ever get out of here. Sometimes I hate my job.
