Posts from ‘August, 2009’

I am currently on the California Zephyr, a train that seems concerned with staying connected to the track only 30% of the time. The rest of the time we go careening through the air — to hell with the that carefully laid track! — which also sends me careening through the air as I make [...]

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”  –St. Augustine
I’m a fan of traveling, whether it’s to Europe, to the Pacific, across your home state, or to the Exotic Foods Mart downtown.   Biking, driving, flying, walking — these are all acceptable forms of traveling, in my opinion. [...]

I got up at the bright and early hour of 5:15 this morning! I don’t think I’ve been up before the sun in a long while (I’m okay with that). The train left Grand Rapids at 6am and I bid my friend farewell and hopped (er, staggered) on, fuzzy-haired and laden with luggage. Despite the [...]

Apparently Grand Rapids is the birthplace of all furniture and without it we’d never have any place to put our pretty little heads at night! Or at least, furniture is kind of a big deal here and GR produces a lot.
Speaking of the stuff, my friend’s apartment (furniture and all!) is great! It’s newer, which [...]