Category: Summer 2007

Well, I arrived in Seattle on Friday evening. I stayed with Bob and his wonderful fiancee Etsuko. Saturday Bob had to work (ah, the joys of owning your own business), and I slept the morning away. When I finally got up I hung out in a local cafe, Java Jazz, and caught up on emails and some ShopInBerkeley new pages...

Today I drove a bit over 500 miles, and made it to Spokane Valley (just east of Spokane), WA. Winnett, MT was fun, I’ll write more and post some photos tomorrow (or, I guess it’s “later today” now).

Sunday included a drive across the last little bit of Pennsylvania, then Ohio, then a bit of Michigan. The Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes were fairly uneventful, and I made it to Toledo in time to have dinner with cousin David DiManna, his son Danny, and his new gal (who I’m embarrassed to say I forgot her name–but I usually do...

Click here for larger photos. Thursday I made it up to Flint Hill, VA to the Alexander homestead. Cousin Karen and Steve were home, as Cory was spending a relaxing summer with them (ha! she and Steve had spent the day working on one of their properties). The shock for me was the new workshop/studio out back (see photo). It...

I finished the Modeling Physics workshop in Charlotte, and am now sitting in the Tate Street Coffee shop outside UNC Greensboro. I checked into the dorm late this afternoon, and am happily preparing for more physics tomorrow. We finished the workshop on Friday with lunch at a nice Greek restaurant across the street from UNC Charlotte, then I started driving...

Friday afternoon I took Gabriela to the bus station so she could go visit friends for the weekend, then I took off driving up to Asheville to meet Karen. We’re having a great time roaming around Asheville. We’ve had some great food (Tapas, breakfast buffet at the Grove Park Inn (see photo to right), Indian buffet — if there’s one...