Browse 2023
January 2023
River World-readable
2023-01-21 17:21:25
A series of atmospheric rivers bring water and flooding to Santa Cruz
Tags: flood santa-cruz
February 2023
Lunar New Year World-readable
2023-02-04
Celebrating the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit
Tags: san-francisco
High School World-readable
2023-02-18 14:19:31
Considering Calvin's options for high school
Tags: calvin
Railroad Museum World-readable
2023-02-19
Visiting California's greatest train museum then taking the train home
Tags: sacramento
March 2023
As good as it gets World-readable
2023-03-06 20:05:58
For better or worse, this is it
Tags: covid-19
April 2023
Museum Queues World-readable
2023-04-02
Visiting Leicester Square, the London Transport Museum, the British Museum, and riding the brand-new Elizabeth Line
Tags: london
Ice house World-readable
2023-04-04
Breakfast at a legendary restaurant, a canal museum, a bank museum, and a bunker museum
Tags: london
Metropolitan Maze World-readable
2023-04-05
Parliament and Monument and Moorgate and Dishoom
Tags: london
Bath Spa World-readable
2023-04-06
Taking the Great Western Main Line to Bath to see the Roman hot springs
Tags: london
Battersea World-readable
2023-04-07
A tube station and power station with the same historic name; a cruise down the Thames; a rooftop garden; and a museum at the Docklands
Tags: london
Tower of London World-readable
2023-04-08
Four distinct eras: The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, and a Shakespeare play as he originally intended it
Tags: london
The future of retail and transit payments World-readable
2023-04-26 20:34:45
The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed yet
Tags: london
May 2023
Big Basin World-readable
2023-05-06
Visiting California's oldest state park after the CZU Lighting Complex fire
Eurovision / Hot Chip World-readable
2023-05-15
How watching Eurovision led me to see an English synth-pop band in Santa Cruz
Tags: music
Roaring Camp World-readable
2023-05-28
Riding the Roaring Camp Railroads through the redwood forest
Tags: santa-cruz
Positive World-readable
2023-05-28 20:46:28
COVID-19 finally comes to my household, three-plus years into the global pandemic
Tags: covid-19
June 2023
Quarantine World-readable
2023-06-04 15:03:56
Raise the flags of quarantine while we recover from the plague
Tags: covid-19
Gear World-readable
2023-06-08
Preparing to go backpacking, for the first time in (mumble) years
Tags: point-reyes backpacking
The long way to Alamere Falls World-readable
2023-06-10
Hiking to Wildcat Beach and Alamere Falls at Point Reyes
Pride 2023 World-readable
2023-06-25
A somewhat belated recap of the San Francisco Pride parade
Tags: san-francisco
July 2023
Hearst Castle World-readable
2023-07-01
Visiting the opulant hilltop resort of one of the last century's billionaires
Discovery Meadow World-readable
2023-07-04
Watching fireworks in San Jose
Tags: fourth-of-july san-jose
Lake Isabelle World-readable
2023-07-09
Visiting one of my favorite places in the mountains above Boulder
Louisville recovers World-readable
2023-07-11
Visiting Louisville eighteen months after the Marshall Fire
Tags: wildfire
Chuck Tingle World-readable
2023-07-24
Seeing the world's greatest author, name of Chuck Tingle
Tags: books san-francisco
Schooner Bay World-readable
2023-07-31
Kayaking on Drakes Estero, where I saw leopard sharks and so many seals
Tags: point-reyes kayak
August 2023
Richmond (and the ferry) World-readable
2023-08-05
Taking the bus across the mountain; visiting Richmond (the city in the East Bay); riding a ferry across the bay; visiting my old neighborhood Ingleside
Legion of Honor World-readable
2023-08-06
Visiting the Legion of Honor on my way home
Tags: san-francisco
September 2023
Angel Island World-readable
2023-09-02
Taking the ferry to Angel Island; seeing the immigration station; contemplating the racism of the American immigration system; and riding BART's retro-futurist legacy fleet in regular service one last time
Tags: san-francisco-bay bart
Berkeley City Club World-readable
2023-09-10
Touring the Berkeley City Club, and a concert in Berkeley
Tags: music
Dog Man: The Musical World-readable
2023-09-16
Watching a children's series converted to the stage
Tags: theater
Be a cat, do crimes World-readable
2023-09-20
Seeing John Scalzi on tour promoting Starter Villain
Tags: books san-francisco
October 2023
Fleet Week 2023 World-readable
2023-10-07
Watching impressive feats of aerial acrobatics over San Francisco Bay
Tags: san-francisco
This fall's hot new seasonal vaccines World-readable
2023-10-11 22:16:10
Another fall, another new COVID-19 shot
Tags: covid-19
Solar event World-readable
2023-10-14
Watching the 2023 annular solar eclipse from my deck
Tags: eclipse
November 2023
Hoover Dam World-readable
2023-11-03
Visiting one of the wonders of the modern world
Tags: las-vegas
Leaving Las Vegas World-readable
2023-11-04
I suppose I ought to try gambling while in Las Vegas; then hiking, and an atomic testing museum, and a first flight on a new (cursed) aircraft type
Bridge Creek World-readable
2023-11-19
A thanksgiving tradition: Hiking in The Forest of Nisene Marks
Tags: hiking santa-cruz
Thanksgiving World-readable
2023-11-23
Thanksgiving in Washington with the Stone family, plus a trip to Seattle to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
December 2023
Holiday Lights Train World-readable
2023-12-02
A train covered in lights to celebrate the holiday season that is now upon us
Tags: christmas santa-cruz
Holiday Sweater World-readable
2023-12-10
The 2023 BART holiday sweater, and the festival celebrating it
Christmas in Walla Walla World-readable
2023-12-25
Visiting my parents for Christmas
Tags: christmas
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