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Hotel Whitcomb: A Ramshackle Review
Note: I always take the cheapest room available to me in a hotel. There are often tiers of nicer rooms available, so my experience may not be representative if your tastes run on the expensive side. Then again, if you're willing to spring for the nice rooms at the places I frequent, it's more likely that you get rooms at hotels I don't dare to step ( Read more... ) -
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Cars should not bounce. It takes only a moderately seasoned driver to pick out a bouncing car and steer clear. This playful movement belies a situation in which disaster is either imminent or only narrowly avoided ( Read more... ) -
Coop got me to thinking...
I was looking over the movies of 2009 and was realizing that I haven't seen all that many new movies. Of those I saw, I'd probably rate the following as my top 10-ish (out of about.. 20), using the process of elimination. These aren't in a particular order.
The Reader - It came out in January! I bet you forgot about it. I consider this movie to ( Read more... ) -
365 2009 (includes December)
I'm proud to say that my 2009 365 is complete.I wasn't sure I could do this; I've never stuck with a project like this for a whole year before. But I did it! I'm proud to say that I kept it up largely without feedback or an audience. Here's the entire list and my initial explanation of the project ( Read more... ) -
November 365
1. Beatles Rock Band
2. Buying 2 Tacos and Getting 3!
3. Modern Family
4. VADER
5. Google Wave
6. Skirts
7. Cat Adoptions
8. Knife Demonstration DVDs
9. Crab
10. The Colbert Report
11. Broccolini
12. Oatmeal
13. Pumpkin Pie on the Rocks
14. Ambrosia Salad
15. Bottling
16. 2012
17. Music
18. Being Good at Something
19. Joining Clubs
20. The Men Who ( Read more... ) -
October 365
1. Bicycles
2. Community
3. Muscat
4. CSI
5. Audio Books
6. This American Life
7. Making Cider
8. Pie
9. McDonalds Monopoly
10. Fall Sales
11. Where the Wild Things Are
12. Wicked
13. Specialty's Cookies
14. Winning Contests
15. Brandi Carlile
16. Aqua Forest Aquarium
17. Sugar!
18. My Parents at Halloween
19. Halloween Costumes
20. DJs
21. Ratcha ( Read more... ) -
The Grant Plaza Hotel
Location:465 Grant Ave
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 800.472.6899
Website: http://grantplaza.com/
I paid: $75 a night for a twin bed
This hotel is right at the gate to Chinatown, right in the thick of the kitchiest of Chinatown's souvenir offerings. Easy walking into Union Square and ( Read more... ) -
September 365
1. Opportunities
2. Double Dash!!
3. Short Work Weeks
4. Getting a Ride
5. Throwing Rocks at Rocks
6. Hiking
7. Sequoias
8. Extra Vacation Days
9.Wii Boxing
10. Restaurant City
11. Dinner parties
12. Platanos Maduros
13. Fruzel
14. Duchesse de Bourgogne
15. The Daily Show
16. Wordscraper
17. Carrot Cake
18. The Tamale Man
19. Tahoe
20. Reno
21. A ( Read more... ) -
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I'm listening to On the Road in my car, and I'm surprised how much I don't like it. I don't know if it is the narrator, the writing, or just where I'm at in life right now. I don't relate to the characters, or only marginally so. They run across the country spouting pseudointellectual crap while begging, borrowing, and stealing their way from one ( Read more... )
