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I was working on this mega post the week after I got back from Maui but stuff just got in the way. Anyhoo I was in Hawaii with my family for a week almost a month ago, got tanned and ate a ton. Mad ch...
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Tue,
Sep 2,
2008
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2:33:10 PM in 2008 / family / photo / travel
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I need to travel more. Here are some fun pics with the year's destinations (Home: San Francisco)
Hanging out atop Angel's Rest - Portland (366 photos)
Drinkin it up Hawaiian style (pitchers) - Haw...
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Fri,
Mar 7,
2008
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1:39:49 PM in 2007 / photo / travel
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A nice weekend trip with the boys for Sina's bachelor party. Didn't see too much of Seattle though
The Saturday Night Book Club: Mayor Cary, Judge BPC, Daniel Bonaparte, Big Al, D-Locke, Not-gay-n...
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Wed,
Mar 5,
2008
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10:06:53 AM in 2008 / food / photo / travel
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Ultra chill stay in TPE with Lil Gee. Thx a bunch homie. Here are some photos (all of em)
Business class, that's rollin true (thx Dad)
1st stop: Mitsui
More Mitsui
2nd meal: 牛肉&#...
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Wed,
Jan 16,
2008
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2:19:44 PM in 2008 / friend / photo / travel
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Went home in December for a couple of weeks, very chill, at least in theory. Here are some photos (see all of em)
Flew thru ORD (Chicago O'Hare)
Cool colors, sucky airport. Also United = delays :-(...
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Tue,
Jan 15,
2008
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2:41:13 PM in 2007 / graffiti / photo / travel
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Had a grand time in DC (first visit), big ups to the homie jmc
We rode the new Virgin America, $280 roundtrip non-stop SFO-IAD, beat that
The planes (A320) are real new, got power outlets and huge ...
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Thu,
Nov 15,
2007
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3:10:46 PM in 2007 / food / friend / photo / travel / video
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Wows, September already. August just flew
The weather continues to be amazing out here in the bay so that was nice for Labor Day weekend. Checked out J's and Rodney Strong up Healdsburg on the wham's...
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Tue,
Sep 4,
2007
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11:33:40 AM in food / photo / travel
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This may be our last friends trip before everyone gets married and stuff. Fun times and the chillax
Some vids
Video mode
Fresh seafood
Hike
Lookout
Sand castle
Lanikai
Trip soundtrack
- Pinback
- Ki...
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Tue,
Aug 21,
2007
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1:53:52 PM in 2007 / photo / travel
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Was mad nice to visit Benzo last month (end of June), a trip like 8 years in the making or something. Here are some pics, entire set (mapness, eats only)
Ben picked us up proper
His lives it up in ...
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Sun,
Jul 22,
2007
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11:18:17 AM in friend / photo / travel
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Yes I finally got my tickets for Hawaii, as jfc would say, Hawaii 2007 FTW (as opposed to this). The email thread is like 111 msg strong, you guys crazy
James recently discovered the joys of panoram...
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Fri,
Jul 20,
2007
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10:37:46 AM in travel
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My brother! Awesome born photographer haha. I want a vacation
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Tue,
May 1,
2007
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1:57:53 PM in family / photo / travel
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Visit a city on a nice run, sounds fun to me, where do they come up with some of the pricing though
Chicago - fleetfeetchicago.com, free? could be
NYC - nycrun.com, $50 for first 6 miles
SF, LV - am...
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Wed,
Jan 10,
2007
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2:58:38 PM in running / travel
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Launchpad: San Francisco
Sacramento (for a concert, I ain't doin that again)
Paris
Malaysia (Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur)
Cambodia (Angkor, Phnom Penh)
Paris
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
LA
Canada (Vancouver, E...
Posted
Tue,
Jan 9,
2007
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1:31:57 AM in 2006 / travel
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I'm leaving tonight for home (via Munich, 14 hours.. ehhh). Ha
j7own takes off next week (sushi in Tokyo gonna be off the hook) and jbc+juan/ganners the week after. See you all in Hong Kong, we *ar...
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Thu,
Dec 7,
2006
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4:57:56 PM in travel
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Late post, Thanksgiving was chill, ate a lot. John's mom moved to Pomona from Pasadena, it's a bit far
We had a new strategy this year, AM driving (~6 Thursday and Sunday), made for a traffic-free ...
Posted
Tue,
Dec 5,
2006
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2:09:59 PM in travel
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I hear the drive will be killer. Hopefully stop by DTF, anything else goes. Happy Thanksgiving
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Thu,
Nov 23,
2006
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5:45:06 AM in travel
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Tried fishing for the first time ever at the San Pablo Reservoir on Monday. Froze my ass off (we were there at 5:30am)
James got the only fish for the day. Casting was kinda fun (next to catc...
Posted
Fri,
Jul 7,
2006
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11:11:14 PM in travel
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Last weekend's LA trip seems like an eternity ago. Great seeing Juan, always in good form (well one night only so make your pick). This woulda been useful. Had a ton of fun anyway, big ups to Larry an...
Posted
Tue,
Jul 4,
2006
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9:40:44 AM in flickr / travel
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Posted
Fri,
Jun 23,
2006
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9:22:07 AM in travel
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Camping in Grand Canyon + one night in Vegas, ~ 1700 miles driven, that's crazy. No way, this is available. The picture count on this trip is gonna be good
Mine (whole set)
Cary (whole set...
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Tue,
May 30,
2006
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11:24:07 AM in friend / travel
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This last trip was really good, always too short. Way too many pics, two sets: Paris 2006 (slideshow) and Retour à Paris (slideshow)
And here are some pics of me (being a doofus)
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Fri,
May 12,
2006
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12:21:45 AM in flickr / travel
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Entire Phnom Penh set
Posted
Wed,
May 3,
2006
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7:07:11 AM in flickr / travel
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Idyllic. Entire Langkawi set
Posted
Wed,
May 3,
2006
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8:18:11 PM in flickr / travel
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Entire Angkor set
Posted
Wed,
May 3,
2006
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8:41:09 PM in flickr / travel
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Malaysia is chill, set in progress
Posted
Fri,
Apr 14,
2006
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11:17:35 AM in travel
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Vacations are awesome, last days
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Fri,
Mar 31,
2006
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6:35:20 PM in travel
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.. or this Monday sucks (more than usual)
I'll be home in 17 days, I really can't wait (reference)
More photos by Rod Graves
Posted
Mon,
Mar 13,
2006
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11:31:42 AM in flickr / france / personal / travel
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music (ipod)
sunglasses
sunscreen
sandals
swim trunks/board shorts
cash
swim goggles
scuba gear
aqua socks
Posted
Mon,
Feb 20,
2006
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5:30:11 PM in travel
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books
real food (fruits, crackers, clif bars)
home key
camera + charger + cable
ipod + charger + headphones (update address book, add guide in notes)
passport + h1b visa paperwork
toothbrush +...
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Tue,
Feb 14,
2006
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3:51:18 PM in travel
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Ideally spend a 2-3 days in one of these cities while I'm home in Paris in April. I'm leaning toward Barcelona at the moment but what I need is a longer vacation
London (Wikipedia)
English, been the...
Posted
Mon,
Feb 13,
2006
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4:08:03 PM in travel
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Forget Hawaii, let's go to China
Update
this may be the original source site
Posted
Thu,
Feb 9,
2006
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11:18:50 AM in travel
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Home (Paris, France), Vegas (twice), LA, Japan (Tokyo), New York (twice), Boston, Canada (Toronto, Niagara Falls)
A good year of travelling, I wanna do it better in 2006. Hawaii would be ...
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Fri,
Jan 6,
2006
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5:04:59 PM in 2005 / travel
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Eh Cary is an idiot. Anyway, he went to Hawaii and posted some great pics on Flickr but then deleted em. It was an awesome set
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Thu,
Dec 22,
2005
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3:17:22 PM in friend / travel
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Some cool links when visiting the Big Apple
Go out
Broadway.com
Gothamist
Upcoming.org
Eats
A Full Belly
Amateur Gourmet
C&Z's Readers Guide
Chowhound Manhattan
Eater
Slice
Maps
Google Maps
MTA Tr...
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Mon,
Dec 5,
2005
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11:37:44 AM in travel
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What I love about NYC
It being a city. Non-mall shopping, subways and cabs, Starbucks and ATMs at every other block. If they can do something about that weather I'd move there
Financial District
...
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Thu,
Dec 1,
2005
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3:09:31 PM in art / food / show / travel
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"I feel like one of those people who's so freaking miserable, they can't be around normal people. Like I'll infect the happy people. Like I'm some miserable disease[...]"
This is from Grey's Anatomy...
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Mon,
Nov 28,
2005
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3:13:28 AM in personal / travel
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Will be in NYC Thursday to Wednesday
Checked out so many websites (flysong.com, united.com, expedia.com, travel.yahoo.com, sidestep.com) but ended up changing the return date to get a good deal ($2...
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Thu,
Nov 24,
2005
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7:06:57 PM in travel
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My parents have some friends visiting from Philly, we had an excellent dinner at Koi Palace last night (food still great, service still sucky). I wrote down some things for them to do while they are h...
Posted
Fri,
Aug 12,
2005
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10:58:30 AM in sanfrancisco / travel
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Needed to get away bad, Paul's bachelor party in Vegas was a nice reprieve from the intense closeness of family stay this summer
Travel - Team 2 (with Gee and James) was in full effect, I'd say our f...
Posted
Wed,
Aug 10,
2005
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9:42:29 AM in friend / travel
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I spent a couple of hours lookin up places in Toronto for food but all we did was have Chinese food which was really good actually. Here's the list for posterity
Not to miss...
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Mon,
Jul 4,
2005
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1:30:36 AM in food / travel
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Was in Canada for a few days where I met up with my parents and lil bro Denis. We were in Ontario, Toronto and the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) for a bit then drove down t...
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Mon,
Jul 4,
2005
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12:56:47 AM in travel
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Best meal Oliva (Spanish Tapas)Best snack Beard Papa's (cream puffs)Best of New York Pizza, they know what they're doinPlace where I ate too much Cafe Con Leche (Cuban)Tourist TrapDumpling Man (don't ...
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Thu,
Jun 23,
2005
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6:37:59 PM in food / travel
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Roundup for my east coast trip (Jun 2005)
Best mealVictoria (Chinese, Seafood)So BostonBoston Chowda Co. (lobster roll)Local treatFried doughReturn visitsQuincy Market ...
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Thu,
Jun 23,
2005
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6:32:08 PM in food / travel
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This wouldn't be a bad annual thing to do, we got better weather this time though we went in August last year. This year's party crew was John, Cary and I. Big up ...
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Wed,
Jun 22,
2005
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11:43:29 PM in travel
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What I do after getting home from a (long) trip1 get/check (snail) mail 2 water dying plant(s)3 change into comfortable clothes4 log on stupid computer (blog, transfer pics, etc)5 take care o...
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Sun,
Jun 19,
2005
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12:07:11 PM in travel
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because we got mad sick of the first cd i made (this time in order)keane - somewhere only we knowbravery - fearlessjimmy eat world - 23killers - midnight shownin - hand that feedsciara - ohlifehous...
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Wed,
Jun 15,
2005
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1:16:10 AM in music / travel
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not really in order
i haven't made a cd forevers but i grabbed a few songs off the shuffle for our ride from new york city to boston.. 80min, so little hehe
keane - cant stop now
snoop - signs
simpl...
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Sun,
Jun 12,
2005
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10:16:16 PM in music / travel
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I was all oohs and aahs when I heard about Trippin', the reality/travel show with actress/fun chick Cameron Diaz and friends (whoa, who knew girl hung out with rappers Redman or Ta...
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Fri,
May 27,
2005
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10:34:51 PM in travel / tv
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Had a blast in Japan, felt like I did so much and yet there are a lot of things I'll have to go back for, namely: Ueno, Ginza, Akasaka, Roppongi, museums, hardcore drinking/clubbing, fugu (blow/...
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Mon,
May 2,
2005
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12:41:19 AM in travel
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Let's see, I got the basics: clothes, etc. Runner's World, Esquire and some French novels to kill time on the plane (along w/ the iPod mini, thank you Citibank). For food (though I am hoping they hook...
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Sat,
Apr 23,
2005
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7:11:34 AM in travel
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Tahoe was fun, I still majorly suck and I've gone like, 6 times? My minimal progress really inspires me to go more though, yeah getting some gear that fits would help, freakin boots are definitely too...
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Mon,
Apr 4,
2005
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12:06:22 AM in friend / news / travel
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I was home in Feb for Chinese New Year and my mom was talking about setting goals and I was like that's whack. But then little brother Denis was studying for his Spanish class and it was kinda fun, wh...
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Wed,
Mar 23,
2005
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8:38:57 AM in travel
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Yeah it took me all of 2 sec to come up with this post title. This last LA trip was as memorable as ever, the drive down and up were surprisingly traffic free. Listened to more trance than I've had in...
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Tue,
Mar 22,
2005
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3:28:51 PM in clubs / food / travel
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France was great, Paris to be exact.
Did some sights and stuff but the whole trip was planned around meals (among other things), visiting family and friends. I never really recovered from my jetlag ...
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Tue,
Feb 15,
2005
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3:50:44 AM in france / travel
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Going home to Paris this Friday (2/4) for around 10 days, not plannin on doin anythin special except eating hahah, I got about all the meals lined up, gettin fat for reals. Mostly catchin up with some...
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Wed,
Feb 2,
2005
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11:03:30 PM in shopping / travel
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My cousin Felix from Canada is in town for the Fancy Food show in San Francisco (talk about work, he said on the last day, all the "exhibitors" give out free food cuz they don't really wanna bring it ...
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Sat,
Jan 22,
2005
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9:11:24 PM in art / personal / travel
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About that time of the year. I got some other categories in their own posts
Purchases
Best thing I bought all year was my Canon SD10 digital camera, it's a shame I lost it. Next is probably my Tivo ...
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Sun,
Jan 2,
2005
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2:48:37 PM in 2004 / personal / shopping / sports / travel / web
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Had a fun trip, spent it with the Chens in Southern California. Not a lotta pictures but it was pretty good, ate entirely too much, the weather was a bit uneven (rained hard Saturday) and some sun, ki...
Posted
Mon,
Nov 29,
2004
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4:01:47 PM in clubs / food / shopping / travel
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loungin
it was all about the clubs for us cali peeps. some of em rival them la clubs for real. aight, the lounges in new york are cool, u dont pay to get in but once the party get started, it's so sma...
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Fri,
Sep 24,
2004
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2:29:36 PM in travel / clubs
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Things kinda cost a lotta money in nyc, and food is no different. Hopefully for us, there were a few exceptions. I really liked those New York hot dogs, especially the ones i got at Gray's Papaya. Jam...
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Sun,
Sep 19,
2004
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12:29:16 PM in food / travel
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this is the 1st of a few write ups i'm doin about our latest trip to new york, couple more to come people always talk about how beautiful the city is with its tall buildings and striking skyline and...
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Fri,
Sep 10,
2004
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2:49:09 PM in travel
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Gotta say the vacation in New York and Boston was mad fun. Longest vacation ever but it was really nice, partying in nyc is really where it's at. Shanghai next?
Write up some more later though I sus...
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Mon,
Sep 6,
2004
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11:44:18 PM in travel
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James, John and I are headin out east for a few days, comin back after labor day
we'll do nyc, boston, maybe some other ish, should be fun, ya heard!
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Wed,
Aug 25,
2004
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5:27:22 PM in travel
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Here I go, 2004 world tour update, first stop Taipei. I must have been 13 or 14 the last time I was there, I have a vague recollection of night markets, the hot weather and the xiao ren guo theme park...
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Sat,
Aug 21,
2004
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12:02:17 PM in travel
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17 Days, 3 countries (Taiwan, Hong Kong and France, not counting a connection in Thailand) and almost 20,000 miles, I should have signed up for some mileage program. Big Larry says I can get the miles...
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Wed,
Aug 18,
2004
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9:24:16 AM in travel
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I coulda used a mellow week-end but LA was calling out and we had planned on going for a while. It was a lotta fun, mostly.
Cabazon and desert shopping was off the hook, Riverside was a lot nicer th...
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Mon,
Jul 26,
2004
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1:17:46 AM in travel / food / car
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Hawaii of course kicked ass, big ups to my partners in crime: James expedia organizer, Cary event planner (sorta) and John drinkin buddy. Special mention to Thomas, fellow SCU alum and Hawaii native (...
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Mon,
Jun 14,
2004
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11:36:45 PM in travel
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Hawaii trip, leavin tomorrow early at 6:30am (flight is in OAK), gonna be soo good. I needed it (who doesn't)
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Tue,
Jun 8,
2004
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4:55:14 PM in travel
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On Sunday, we woke up around 530-6ish to have breakfast (banana and apple for me), fill up the camelbaks and pack some food (mostly protein bars). It takes a while actually to get to Yosemite Valley f...
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Tue,
Jun 1,
2004
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10:07:53 AM in travel
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Camp (sans GG) was a lot of fun. Well except the driving (I was not originally supposed to drive but we ran outta space, well we really bought too much food but that's better than not enough).
We de...
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Mon,
May 31,
2004
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6:53:20 PM in travel
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Yosemite camp trip is comin in a hurry, I suppose this is as good as any other way to spend the long Memorial week-end. Here's the rundown by master organizer/parks and rec. commissioner extraordinair...
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Wed,
May 26,
2004
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2:38:11 PM in travel
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Had a great week-end in LA. We went for the road trip thing, rented a SUV from Alamo and left it on Thursday (took Friday off, ya heard!). Got a Buick Rendez-Vous with the full coverage and everything...
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Sun,
May 9,
2004
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11:07:43 PM in food / travel
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dangs, our hawaii trip in june is on! kudos to james for doin all the work hahha
should be a lotta fun
6pp (tm geester) in full effect!
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Thu,
Feb 12,
2004
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1:23:38 PM in travel
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Things were pretty good considering we drove
8 - fri
picked up the van from budget, we got a windstar as advertised. they first wanted to give us some messed up one but my dad pushed for the newer mo...
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Thu,
Aug 14,
2003
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7:48:58 AM in travel
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Did the sights with my parents, bro and cousins yesterday, very touristy
We started off with dim sum at Harbor Village, Embarcadero Center (got window table, but it was kinda lousy, too small, food w...
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Mon,
Aug 4,
2003
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1:34:25 PM in travel
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Seems like my road trip to Vegas is becoming a reality, easy 10 hours trip from San Jose to Las Vegas... can't get any better than this (sarcasm off). Rented a min-van (Winstar) from Budget (they're 5...
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Mon,
Jul 28,
2003
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11:17:02 AM in travel
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I travelled with Tran's family to New Haven, CT over the Memorial Day week-end to attend Uyen's (Tran's sister) graduation at the prestigious Yale University. The 3-day affair was quite nice
Day 0 - ...
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Took the Eurostar with the family to London to spend 3 days (the Chunnel connects England and France under the Channel (sea), very cool), stayed at the Hilton on Park Ln.. twas overpriced and old, but...
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This trip bites.. woke up in the morning, after a nice evening session with the last Sopranos ep from season 4, grand stuff. Checked out this supposedly good French place called La Foret which was oka...
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Going on vacation for 2 weeks back home in France, be back in 2003
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NYC
Cool and hyped as expected, best spots were Washington Square Park, NYU at Astor Pl, Broadway (saw Into The Woods and Chicago), the Guggenheim (Upper East Side), the subway (although it was hot as...
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Looking forward to my first visit to the Big Apple
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Trip Report 2/15/02 - 2/18/02 (3 nights, 4 days)
Stayed at the Paris Hotel.. was okay.. the lighting (lack of) really bothered me, but not as much as the "Bonjour", "Monsieur" and other "Merci"... ma...
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Going home to France 12/22/01 - 1/5/2002
Bracin' myself for real..
I mean it's always nice to go home after a while, seein friends, family and check out what's changed. Gettin my grub on..
In the e...
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Went to visit Tran on sunday down in L.A., we had a great time together, shopped in Santa Monica and just hung out
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