November 14 trip -> Nov 20 Trip to San FransciscoFriday: flight to Oakland, CA with a stop in Phoenix airport, where I had a pretty decent carnitas burrito ( Read more... )

I've just booked a plane ticket out to the San Francisco Bay area! I'm planning to swing by Oakland, San Francisco, and Mountain View. Anyone out there want to meet up?

A couple of weekends ago, I did a whirlwind visit of DC. Stayed with friend K and got to see numerous other friends while I was in town.

Some highlights of my trip:
-Jetpack demonstration-Science talks (ex: talk on De-extinction (wooly mammoth ( Read more... )

BOSTON:

FRIDAY -
-Took the Amtrak regional train to Boston for a weekend trip because it was on a great sale. It's not as fast or as nice as the Acela Express, but it was still pretty decent.
-Met up with jewelianna for a fun dinner at Fire & Ice, a Mongolian grill style restaurant, and then had a delicious salted honey caramel molten chocolate cake at ( Read more... )

Have begun packing for my weekend trips to Boston (May 9-11) and DC (16-18).

Anyone in the area want to meet up?

In the vein of upcoming travel, I will be in Washington DC for a weekend in May as well as Boston for a weekend.

Anyone interested in meeting up who will be around?

Thursday: Goodbye Scotland, Hello Ireland
-Z and I go to the Willow Tea Room in Glasgow, which was designed by Rennie Macintosh, and have afternoon tea. It's a cute room and the food is decent. Also, I get to try the Cloutie Dumpling (a sort of cake wrapped in a starchy wrapper of some kind ( Read more... )

Fri, March 28: Flight to Scotland-Terminal 8 at JFK American Airlines is decent. Very clean. Not too many food or shopping options, so good thing I ate prior to coming ( Read more... )

Here are some notes from my 2 most recent trips to Pittsburgh, PA:
Trip 1 to Pittsburgh-Flight from Pittsburgh from Newark United terminal. It's actuall pretty decent. Decent tenderloin sliders at Le Comptoir restaurant ( Read more... )

I have booked a trip to Dublin, Ireland, and Scotland at the end of March/early April.

Anyone been and have any recommendations? Anyone there who would like to meet up?