My compulsory exercise (biking until I fix my car) has yielded some interesting photo ops. The bike path I take to work goes along the train tracks and at dusk, there’s usually a good view of the Bishop and Madonna peaks. Also, there’s a big red pedestrian overpass that crosses the tracks. Check out these [...]
Makoto and I walked out of the noisy pachinko parlor into the quiet street. I only had a few hours left in Japan and my mission to find Guinness foreign extra stout had been unfruitful. So we decided to check some of the nearby grocery stores to see if they had it. Unfortunately this didn’t [...]
As I was leaving work today I did the unthinkable: I looked up from my iPhone screen to survey my surroundings. Admittedly, I was in the middle of crossing the street when I did this (I should probably dislodge myself from that tiny screen more often) and luckily I wasn’t about to be hit-and-run. To [...]
I’ve lived in San Luis Obispo for five years now and just today went on my first wine tasting adventure. My friend Evan mapped out the voyage and his girlfriend Karina provided the giggles. I was surprised to see how down-to-earth everyone was. At one of our stops, the Castoro Cellars, there was a man [...]