One year ago I was getting excited for my trip to Mount Vernon, Maine, to spend the 4th with old friends who I had not seen in ages. I spent the long weekend swimming in Lake Minnehonk, canoeing down marshy waterways, identifying loons and barbecuing shirtless only setting down my beer to swat away the [...]
Archive for June 2010
Outside of My Element, For America
June 30, 2010June 28, 2010
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” -President Obama
GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 23, 2010Feels GOOD to be back in the U.S. Just watched this super super dramatic moment for US soccer at Lucas Tap Room, in Oakland. It was fun to chill there and see people at the bar eating granola and yogurt and opening up miniature boxes of Wheaties. A few, still, were slurping on mimosas and [...]
Camping in the Bush
June 13, 2010Need to sit down and properly do justice to all the sights, sounds and scents I have experienced in the last few days in South Africa. In short, the time we spent in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi game park was nothing short of phenomenal, in a spiritual, outdoorsy, South African sort of way. We spent 3 nights in [...]
Reflections. Last Few Days Before South Africa Trip.
June 4, 2010What I learned (in some cases re-learned) In the Past Few Days 1. Los Angeles is a gazillion times sexier than the Bay Area 2. There is a math major at ASU who works at a titty bar unbeknownst to her parents 3. David Sedaris is not nearly as funny as he thinks he is. [...]
