Tag: Travel

  • Flying into SFO

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  • Outside Chicago office – it’s snowing here

    Outside Chicago office – it’s snowing here Originally uploaded by jamiey

  • Carnivale restaurant in Chicago

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  • Travel Cities 2007

    Needless to say, 2007 was a year of travel for me. Ryan suggested I list it out, so here goes, though the format is different than kottke. WINTER January 4-7 Eden Prairie, MN January 15-16 San Francisco, CA January 23-27 Philadelphia, PA February 5-7 Ft. Lauderdale, FL February 8-9 Atlanta, GA SPRING March 13-15 Washington…

  • Holiday Weekend in San Jose

    The weekend after Thanksgiving I was in San Jose on business and decided to stay for the weekend. Ryan joined me and we spent two nights checking out San Jose and took a day trip Saturday to the coast, namely to Monterey and brief visit to Santa Cruz. Day 1 – San Jose San Jose’s…

  • Flyback Weekend in Vegas @ Red Rock

    Two weeks ago I went with Ryan and the rest of the Avanade gang to Las Vegas for their regional flyback weekend. It was a pretty awesome trip and it was the first time I stayed off the Strip. I was skeptical at first, but soon found Red Rock to be one of my new…

  • Going to Texas

    Currently packing for a business trip to Texas tomorrow. The sudden shift from summer to autumn here has been pretty marked. Today was particularly rainy and cold, in the miserable sort of way. It’s time to bust out warmer wear, I suppose. But not just yet. 😉

  • Jamie and Val in Frankfurt

    Currently stranded in SFO waiting on a delayed flight. Since I haven’t gotten around to post this entry from when I was in Frankfurt, now’s as good time as any time. Here goes! My last two days in Germany, Val and I stayed in Frankfurt. We arrived by train early Sunday afternoon and very luckily…

  • Friedrichsbad Baths

    Baden-Baden – Day 2 The following day we had breakfast in our cute little hotel above a pastry shop (The Hotel Beeg) and walked around town some more. Most notably, Val brought me to the Freidbrichsbad Baths! At the Friedrichsbad you lose track of time within 10 minutes and track of the world within 20…

  • Casino Baden-Baden

    Baden-Baden – Day 1 On Thursday, Val and I took the train (actually 3) to Baden-Baden, the famous casino and spa town. We arrived in the afternoon and walked around before having dinner. We ultimately ended up in this bizarre little restaurant filled with smoke and chicken dolls hanging from the walls. This oddity aside,…