npr or u2?

It takes me 3 minutes to get to work, which as it turns out, is basically my attention span anyway. As I drove to work yesterday I was listening to NPR discussing the state of the Iraqi government. So I’m hearing Iraqi’s talk about what’s actually happening in their country, about the state of “benchmarks”…

phantom limb!

My blog was down for ~a week. I was away in NJ last week and when I returned, it took me a bit to notice. I never realized how weird it felt for this blog to not be there. The emails from the contact form stopped coming in, there were no comments for me to look at, and when I had a thought for a post —…

san francisco.

Got back from San Francisco last night. I had a ton of fun: great weather (if but a tad bit chilly), great food, and great people.

nostalgia.

It feels like just yesterday that I eagerly awaited the envelope. It held within the promise of all that was to come after. The envelope contained the name and phone number of my future roommate. It represented the next step of growing up, of moving on, of growing up.

europe: help me out.

The Facts:
In 2 weeks I’ll have 9 free days in Europe . I’ve never been. I want to have fun. I start in Berlin and depart from Paris.

The Questions:
Where should I go? What should I see? Flights? Eurail? Hostels? Hotels?

the new yorker.

I want to have little babies with The New Yorker. The New Yorker is fantastic.

Long thoughtful articles. What’s missing from like practically everything today, is depth. We skim the surface and boil stories down to simple truths and neat little tales. Without nuance, the…

europe!

i´m alive and well in europe! thanks to everyone who provided me with such amazing tips and advice. here ended up being the
itinerary:

berlin 4 days
barcelona 2 days
rome 4 days
france 3 days