China, Part 2: Chengdu21 April 2025
As far as we went!

Continuing where I left off with our two weeks in China... Day 6: Train to Chengdu, Tianfu Square & Kuanzhai Alley On Thursday morning, we had a very early start and made our way to Beij...

China, Part 1: Beijing20 April 2025
Looking down at the breathtaking views

Just in time for Easter eggs... we're back! We've spent the last two weeks enjoying an amazing time in China. As you might expect, I took copious notes for this blog, starting with our first s...

Getting ready for some adventures in China03 April 2025
Celebrating the sunny weekends again

We're going to China! This has been at the top of our travel list for a long time, but we finally booked flights in January after iterating through upteen potential itineraries. At one point w...

Running about05 March 2025
A valley on a sunny day

Some things I have seen recently, with increasing levels of Randi participation: 12 MonkeysRandi Participation Level: 0/12 monkeysTerry Gilliam's 1995 sci-fi film, starring Bruce Willis as Col...

On Shylock08 February 2025
Our meal was very good that night

I'd never seen or read Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice before, but I did know about its central character: Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. And I had some notion in my head that the play was ...

Vegas, Yorba Linda and the Windy City12 January 2025
Starting a fresh new year from Chicago

Randi in the desert Happy 2025! We had always planned to spend Christmas with Randi's family this year, so it was both good and bad timing for us to land in Vegas barely a day after her uncl...

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