http://www.akangarooo.com/blog Reflection on every day things Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 9 days/8 nights 4 flights, 3 hotels and 4 cities 3 cameras and 3600+ photos later I had a great time in Spain with my family but it was definitely a trip not a vacation. I now need a vacation from my trip. If you don't know what the difference is, think Spain ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/10/spain-the-trip/ Mom and I decided to surprise Dad with a trip for his birthday. So after some research we decided to make it Spain since none of us had been yet. Open jaw into Barcelona for 3 days, puddle hopper flight to Granada to see the Alhambra for 1 day, and ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/10/spain-the-reveal/ Jeff and Jayne's nuptials got Connie and I back on the west coast for a trip to Yosemite. Already having put 930 miles on the car in one week, I was about to add another 700 before the trip was over but here are some of my favorite shots from ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/10/west-coast-trip-part-2-jeff-and-jaynes-wedding/ So to make my west coast trip part vacation, I decided to take surfing lessons. Somewhere in my head, west coast=surfing. Little did I know when I started this idea that the water in the Pacific (59°F) doesn't warm up like the Atlantic (71°F) I went with Santa Cruz Surf School ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/10/surfingand-my-thoughts-on-snowboarding/ So after my bike ride, I thought I'd take some pictures of the bmx park. Since it was warm I went to throw my sweater in the trunk and promptly closed the trunk with the keys in my sweater. Thank goodness for the blackberry and google maps. I searched ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/09/intelligent-carsmaybe-too-intelligent/ It's been a year since I stopped traveling to the west coast for work and now I have a great excuse to make it out there and roll a work trip into a mini vacation tied into a wedding at Yosemite. My friend Dave and I like to do themed ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/09/west-coast-trip-part-1/ So the long awaited Highline opened in NYC and while I have to admit it's sad that there's so much hype about an overly expensive park, it does fit NYC quite well. It utilized previously abandoned elevated railways, one can see water and flora, and just enjoy being outdoors. One ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/09/summer-retrospective-part-2/ As August is almost coming to a close, I look back at the summer and wonder where it all went and envy my nieces and nephews who have 3 months off! Here's some of my favorite shots this summer. Kick started the summer with a weekend jaunt to Mystic, CT to ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/09/summer-retrospective-part-1/ [caption id="attachment_171" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Pidgin Icon"][/caption] An IM conversation today... Me: sorry pidgin freaked out and crashed Friend: as in a bird ran into your window? Me: oh no hahahaha pidgin is another trillian Friend: ah. cause i was having a good time imagining a pidgeon crashing into your window (as long as ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/04/context-is-everything/ Apparently the correct pronunciation is N'awlins but everytime I say that here in NY I have to say New Orleans before anyone understands me. I was speaking at an Admonsters conference but took an extra day to be a tourist in NOLA since it was my first time. A couple ... http://www.akangarooo.com/blog/2009/03/a-trip-to-nawlins-part-1/