Blogs from Fort Collins, Colorado, United States, North America
May 16th 2012
16th May Not too eventful. I went to the gym, swam, read, watched a movie. 17th May Went into ALAC again. I made 200 phone calls to past participants of the Country Club Classic event they held last year (blind beer tasting while dressed in golfing clobber) and tried to encourage them to sign up again this year. The English accent softened some of them into signing up. I dont like hassling people over the phone but after doing it and getting people's feedback. I can see the merit in it. I dont think it would work in the UK though. People are too bloody rude. I was also helopoing Joe prepare for a cocktail event for the charities high value donors. They were showing a documentary 'Revenge of the Electric Car' and then hosting a ... read more
Ode to "Fat Tire"!!! and Rocky Mountain National Park
Published: September 29th 2011North America » United States » Colorado » Fort Collins
September 7th 2011
After all of the hiking,biking,camping in the national forests........we were thirsty. So off to Fort Collins, Co. to visit an AT friend of Stacys and to get re-acquainted with one of my favorite breweries!!! We hung out at Dave's house for a few days to get caught up on showers and laundry(many thanx Dave!!) and to hit the local brewpubs. Many a beer was sampled.......and i mean sampled......for free!!!! Let there be pix!!!! Once the tasting Olympics were done we visited Rocky Mountain National Park the following day. Again the vistas were stunning. Next stop Moab Utah.... read more
July 19th 2011
There's a reason that people who live abroad, live abroad. Instead of living in whatever country it is, you are really living in a place more aptly named Never-Neverland. There is a sense while abroad in which you do not age, you do not suffer consequences and until you return to the aptly named “real world,” you can be whoever you want to be, because no one is around to know the difference. I never really took advantage of the latter in either of my living abroad experiences. I always found it harder to be someone other than me. As Mark Twain once said, “If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything,” I guess I have a bad memory. I did however reap the other benefits of Never-Neverland. Though I'm not sure reap ... read more
June 27th 2011
Today is our final day before the flight back to Denver tomorrow. We started out at our hotel in the thriving metropolis of La Push, WA. We had breakfast at the same restaurant as we had dinner last night. But this morning, cloudy as it was, we could count 24 bald eagles from where we sat looking out the window of the restaurant. A few of them were very close and we went crazy with the cameras. After a nice breakfast, we started driving. We drove across Highway 101 to Port Townsend, one of three U.S. cities that is on the National Historic Registry. We parked and walked about four or five blocks up and back in the historic area, full of the oldest buildings, very interesting shopping, nice restaurants, and scenes of the water. We ... read more
May 26th 2011
Well... Less than 24 hours to go until I am leaving on this crazy expedition. My flight leaves at 9:40 A.M. from DIA, and because it is an International flight, I have to be there at 7:40 A.M.- or I will not be going. That would be a bummer. And my blog would probably end, because it would be extremely lame writing about the things I would hypothetically be doing when I am there. I don't know if it has really hit me that I am going to be away from home for a whole month... in a place I've never been... getting there alone... not knowing the language... and where I might be presented with a situation like the movie "Taken". But let's hope it doesn't get to that level. If it does, my dad ... read more
May 13th 2011
NOV. 4, 2009-May 13, 2011 What if she could? What if she had to? She would run away. That’s what she’d do and she knew it, from the first day. If they broke up she would run away. She’d run back to the life she was leading before he came along. Back to the life which was hers, a life before love was found. It was as if that life was on hold. Like the pause button had been hit and was waiting to resume, right where she left off. She was too scared, or perhaps to aware, to give it up fully. To let it go completely. So she held on to fragments of a life she once thought would be forever. A seashell from the beach in Puerto Viejo, a faded photo of a ... read more
May 6th 2011
when i was 20, i took my first overseas trip ever. to Vietnam. trial by fire. i had just finished a hellish semester with 4 brutal finals, working at the university loading dock, and was now in the market for a backpack and traveling clothes. i gave myself all of a night to pack. as in, an overnight, when i should have been sleeping. perhaps you can relate to this, fellow travelers and students of life. i'm making a very conscious decision here not to tell you what i packed on that maiden voyage. it's embarrassing, and involved lots of cotton and pretty much every bad packing decision ever made. 4 weeks later, my pack was emptied and searched at LAX, my scruffy smelly bewildered self standing by helplessly as new immigrants, hippie couples with newly ... read more
April 23rd 2011
Just started this. Does it work? Can anyone who is interested see it, read it and comment on it?... read more
Greyhound - a comedic gold mine
Published: July 11th 2010North America » United States » Colorado » Fort Collins
July 8th 2010
Boarding my first Greyhound bus at 1 pm was an eye opening experience for me. I should have, but didn't, expect that it would be full of all kinds of weirdos and well... losers. I hate to be so judgmental, but it really was a thorough collection of the US's trashiest kinds of people. During my bus ride I observed a lot of oddities and just plain gross behavior, and I started to compile some rough estimates of the people of the bus as a whole. The more I observed and heard, the more I realized that riding a Greyhound bus is a comedic gold mine for stand up comedians. There's just a ton of funny things about the typical Greyhound ride! For instance: There will be anywhere from 1 to 3 normal people on the ... read more
My time in Ft. Collins
Published: July 11th 2010North America » United States » Colorado » Fort CollinsJuly 4th 2010
Ok, quick recap of my time with C.Lowe, Nate Dog! and Lora from the 4th of July to the 7th. Watched a lot of TV on their huuuuge 47" flat screen, played with Nate Dog!, had some great one-on-one time with both C.Lowe and Lora, took short bike rides through out the neighborhood, found some nice trails, and snacked my face off. We went to Kat and Dave's house for a 4th of July cookout. Dave cooked up some AWESOME food on the grill, including 2 chicken breasts that Lora and I had marinated over night in the fridge. I was so impressed with how well they were cooked -- absolutely perfect! Tender, juicy, great flavor, no charred parts, and over all delicious. I simply cannot cook chicken that well. The rest of the meal was ... read more
