After a bit of sleep (Mike and Lisa get up way too early), we enjoyed our tasty complementary hotel breakfast, and prepared to head out. We walked up Magazine Street. It was very quiet. Lisa then took us on a tour of the Garden District and we hit a cemetary. There was VooDoo BBQ for [...]

Day 1 is over and it was a great first day. Tracy and I enjoyed a good lunch and a luxurious afternoon adjusting to the hotel and unpacking. Lisa and Mike arrived around 4:30 and after we all changed and primped for no good reason beyond we are on vacation. Then we went to Napolean [...]

Tracy and I are all set up and unpacked in our suite at the Marriott Residence Inn. No travel problems. I even got from CID to ORD 20 minutes early! And I saw a woman traveling with a baby monkey. Seriously. It was so small. The only frightening moment came when we arrived at the [...]

you gotta go see the Mardi Gras. So says the song. I’m off in less than 12 hours. More like 9 hours now. I’m in total freak out packing mode. Watch this space for updates!

Its very Monday today. I’ve managed to concentrate nearly all day on my most pressing project at work. My focus was contibuted to by my temporary computer and the fact that I can’t get this install of Lotus Notes (version 5) to notify me when I have new messages at all. So I have to [...]

I have a new scanner that I got from my Aunt Beverly and last night after scanning a few things I needed to scan, I decided to try out the film scanning feature. I knew it would be handy to have all my negatives filed in binders. Who else out there has this same picture?

A varation on a theme of a previous post, way back somewhere. Via Lisa. I’m sure Jeff will clean up on this one. bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now… Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut [...]

from somewhere in NOLA, courtesy of Lisa:

that properly describe me today would be the use of the word “shattered.” That’s me… SHATTERED. My body is wiped, my brain is tired, my voice is shot, and I have bruises in random places. But on a positive note, man it was fun! GO HAWKS!

Summer officially ended today. Le sigh. It was good to me, so before I completely embrace college football (I did not see/hear the last game, therefore, I do not acknowledge that it happened.) and the decreasing temperatures, let me sum up the last month or so: My mom and I had a wonderful 2,500+ mile [...]