I was off to the capital last weekend to cheer on my brother and friends in the Ottawa Race Weekend half marathon. I'm more of the short and fast type and had hoped to tear it up in the 5km race, but alas, I didn't register in time and the event sold out. [...] Read More…
So I took a trip to Seattle last week as a reward for finishing my coursework. After a somewhat desolate winter in Toronto's concrete jungle, all the greenery and mountains around Seattle were very, very welcoming. Thankfully it looks like Toronto turned a little more green while I was away. Rob and I went [...] Read More…
I took my reading week break in BC last week with the goal to close out my '07-'08 ski season with a big bang. Four days of beautiful weather, bluebird skies, and phenomenal skiing made for a perfect end to my season. I came back to Toronto feeling a little sad to be [...] Read More…
I set out for Seattle, WA on New Year's Eve looking to catch up with my Seattle posse, ski the Cascades, and check in on my favorite American. I didn't have to go too far at the airport to find what I was looking for: Rrrrraaaaaabbbb! Oh my gawwwd! Thanks for the [...] Read More…
I just got back from a sweet two weeks of vacation: 3 days of traveling, 6 days on skis, and lots of great times with my family and friends. Like all great vacations, I was sad to have it end. I'm a west coast boy now and I'll definitely be missing the mountains [...] Read More…
After staying up unnecessarily late this past weekend, I had to be at the le palais des congrès bright and early at 7am on Sunday for an OOPSLA volunteer meeting. I was super exhausted and I found a spot to curl up in for a quick nap before I had to go work the [...] Read More…
Well, I've actually been here since Friday night. But ya know. Lots of unpacking going on and no blogging. The last two days of the road trip took us from Fairmont, Minnesota to Benton Harbor, Michigan and then from there on to Toronto. It was pretty uneventful and there were really no interesting [...] Read More…
We hit up Mount Rushmore in the morning outside Rapid City, South Dakota: Along the flat, monotonous drive through South Dakota we ran into a town called Wall that consisted of nothing but a giant drugstore that wasn't really a drugstore. They had western wear (I was really tempted to get a cowboy hat), buffalo [...] Read More…
After a teary goodbye in Seattle on Monday morning, my brother and I set out for Toronto on our cross-continent road trip. It was hard to get excited about leaving Seattle, but so far we've had a lot of fun on our road trip. So far we've covered almost 1200 miles from Seattle [...] Read More…
I just got back from an amazing trip out to the Olympic Peninsula. Incredible. I could have spent at least another week out there. It's kind of like an immense oasis across Puget Sound -- parts of the peninsula felt so isolated that it seemed like I was on a different planet. We [...] Read More…