Blogs from Portola Valley, California, United States, North America
A Return to the Land of the Giants
Published: August 8th 2007North America » United States » California » Portola Valley
June 6th 2007
Last Minute Japan On my very last afternoon in Japan I was talking with one of the women that worked at the hostel. It was pleasant, and I said that I was going out with Tohko to Karaoke. She asked rather pointedly, "is she your girlfriend?" I told her that she wasn't, "She's just a friend." At that point she said, "Oh good, then you should come to a party with me tomorrow night." The bittersweet irony took no time to settle in: I traveled the globe for a year, and I received the most obvious sort of invite for an evening with an very attractive woman precisely 2 hours after I was to leave Japan. It's this sort of thing that makes me believe there's a God, and that he has a sick sense of ... read more
Go Away Cory - The Party
Published: June 4th 2006North America » United States » California » Portola Valley
June 2nd 2006
Oh Man I Love The Cake! Enter a place without sight or sound and you'll hear and see no evil. Jangly, Jangly But the party was definitely not that place. Held in the picturesque town of Portola Valley at the home of my adopted auntie Colleen's and uncle Geoff's, the party was a smashing good time. I won't speak for anyone else, of course, but I had a lot of fun. What was not to like: most of my favorite people, good food (albeit something, I suspect a dish I made, gave me some serious gas today - prolific, yes; loud, yes; threating sharded pants, yes; violent, fortunately - nay!), and and good beer. Oh and cake and other goodies....mmm cake. I just love a bit of cake. CAaake! Cake!!! Well then... Anyhoo, My "Go Away" ... read more
