Today I had my first foray into the world of commercial real estate. I was scouting locations for a new laundromat. It wasn’t something I up-and-volunteered for (okay, I guess it was),…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. There was also a gravity hill involved. I’d tell you all the juicy details surrounding today’s day-trip to San Diego…

A carload of hopeful explorers rolled out of the bubble that is Echo Park shortly after noon yesterday. It was Ilya’s birthday, and his goal was to spend the day in the…

Allow me to don the cap of sports fan for one day, if you will. Last night’s Angels/Yankees game was by far the best baseball I think I’ve ever seen. I can’t…

Our five and one half hour drive home from San Francisco today was largely uneventful. Last evening included some downtime in Dolores Park, and then we had the bright idea to drive…

Woke up. Felt slightly chirpy. No, no I didn’t. Not very chirpy at all. More like…sore. Steve and I rearranged and plotted the furniture in his bedroom, and decided it would be…

I’m not even sure how to begin retelling the story of the first day of this trip. Everything started out innocently enough. I awoke yesterday long before my alarm was scheduled to…

And so I departed Friday at 1:00pm for Las Vegas. The drive began identically to one I took with Ilya some time ago when we drove down I-10E to the Ontario/Upland area…

Yesterday afternoon I drove down to San Diego to see the Padres beat the visiting Mets by a score of 5-1. It was not a particularly well-played game for the Mets, who…

What a long, long day. Tonight I am in Tucson, and tomorrow I’ll be in LA. There weren’t many stops to make today, as I wanted to drive as far as I…