I was doing a little research on Anne Waldman, the woman who is hosting/teaching the retreat I’m attending, and I had no idea what I’ve gotten myself into! She was a huge part of the beat poetry scene in NYC back in the 60’s and was close with people like Allen Ginsberg and William S. … [Read more…]
Well, it’s official, the reservations are made and paid for. I’m finally taking the retreat I’ve been blathering on about for months now. I haven’t booked my plane tickets yet, but I’ll get that taken care of next week. And so the traveling and vacation-taking begins! Even better, this means I get to see my … [Read more…]
I’ve been reviewing my travel plans for the next year or so, and I think my three planned trips might get trimmed down to two. First of all, it’s quite the new thing for me to even be planning any travel at all. I’ve just never traveled much, not a big vacation person. Not for … [Read more…]
Well, I'm back in Cleveland. Wish I could say it's good to be home, or that I'm happy I'm back, but it would be a lie. I'm gutted. It first hit me in the hotel room this morning as I was starting to pack my stuff. This was it, my last day in California. I … [Read more…]
Another great day in San Jose. Work was a grind, but it was awesome other than that. Went to dinner at a restaurant called Tapestry in Los Gatos (Southwest of San Jose.) They made the Zagat Survey, so, yeah, they're good. Had curried duck served over a scallion pancake. Mmmm. Apple crisp for desert. Mmmm. … [Read more…]
I've been up since 5:30am this morning, of course my internal clock thought it was 8:30am. It was still a good night's sleep as I went to bed at around 7:30pm last night, but now I've got a couple hours to kill before it's time for work.
I’m typing this from my hotel room in wonderful San Jose, California. I’m here for work, though I haven’t done any actual work yet (not complaining.) I had a layover in Denver on the way from Cleveland to San Jose, where I (coincidentally) ended up on the same flight from Denver to San Jose as … [Read more…]
It looks like I'll be spending three days in San Jose the first week of November, flying out October 31st and returning on November 2nd. It's work related, so it's likely to be fairly boring and I probably won't get to see much of the city, but at least I'll finally be able to say … [Read more…]