That’s the beauty of Southern California: every kind of outdoor activity is just a short drive away. This photo was taken in Griffith Park, where we hiked with plenty of water and in short sleeves. With it being officially Winter, no shorts (but that is just us – other hikers just went by temperatures and [...]
The last day of the year – the last day of the decade even… So much happened. In 2000 I had no idea that 10 years later I would celebrate this day today in Southern California, under a blue sky, enjoying the sun, feeling calmly confident that all will be well. Here’s to the next [...]
Two weeks ago there was a complete and utter failure at 1&1 Web Hosting. We don’t know what happened, and we don’t know how many sites were destroyed. We can’t even get anyone at 1&1 to admit that “mistakes were made.” Here’s how I imagine that they fixed the problem: At any rate…we are back [...]
20 years ago today, Günter Schabowski, then a member of the SED Politbüro of the German Democratic Republic, gave his now famous press conference about the lifted visiting rules for travels from East to West Germany. When asked by a journalist when the new rules would apply, he said: “Immediately.” This was not quite correct, [...]
…said the tiger, “and thanks for the pumpkin.”
It only took about a year of gentle coaxing by a dear former colleague until we finally stepped through this door to find out that behind it there hides a real honest-to-God supper club with an amazing offer in Jazz music. Our introduction to Jax was made all the more pleasurable by Mike Gurley and [...]
That’s the lovely sound I heard this morning at 10 minutes past 11 – tires swishing on wet street surfaces. The rains have started. Finally. On and off, all day long, gentle showers came and went. Time for the happy dance again!
Since yesterday all signs point towards the most important event of the season – the first day of rain. Temperatures dropped a bit, the (nearly) eternally blue sky has taken on a grayish hue and we are waiting… waiting… Not to be caught unawares by this change we decided to accustom ourselves to the sound [...]
The plan was – go out, have some Mexican food and then go for a hike in the park. As it sometimes happens with plans, this came to naught because we passed a banner saying “Lithuanian Fair.” How could we resist? We parked the car, paid our entry fee and wandered in. First some food, [...]
That was fun. But maybe I’ll hang on to the food processor for a little while longer.
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