This past weekend I went to Hakone Gardens. It was my first time and I thoroughly enjoyed the visit. I can see how it could be a really nice retreat or spot to relax and have some tea. I brought along my macro lens for the first time in ages and was pleased with how [...]
Was spent in Los Angeles. Focus was primarily on food, of which there was plenty. The highlight was easily the Alibi Room, which served some amazing kalbi tacos, fries, and quesadillas: From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010 From Los Angeles 4th of July 2010 We also visited the Getty Villa. Roman art/sculptures aren’t really [...]
Last weekend I went to Nysa, a city about 1.5 hours away by train from Wroclaw. I was up at 7am to catch a train out with three colleagues. Nysa itself is a pretty quiet town, with a quiet city center and neighborhoods that are a cross between their communist concrete, barren structure, and some [...]
First off, I’m writing this post sitting in SFO awaiting my flight to Frankfurt (and then on Wroclaw). I’m also tethering from my Nexus One running Froyo to have access to the internet. It’s not WiFi fast, but the fact that I can do this is awesome. For Memorial Day weekend, Vignesh, Sophia, Mark, Kolina [...]
This post is long overdue, but I went to Banff and Jasper with Kolina and her parents 7 days this month. This was my second time going to Canada – the first was going to Niagra Falls when I was a kid. Back then, you didn’t need a US Passport to cross the border. How [...]