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Florida, Day 4 (Redux): An Evening In the Park and Dinner at Mythos

Tuesday afternoon was quite cloudy, and by the time we returned to the Islands of Adventure the air was quite a bit cooler. Bearable. Not cool, mind you, but not scorching. We parked and made the long trek to the Port of Entry, where we showed our tickets once again. It’s an easy process [...]

Florida, Day 4: Harry Potter, Archaeology Gone Bad and Seuss Madness

All I wanted to do was sleep, just a wee bit more. Another forty winks; is that too much to ask? But for the first time in our decades of marriage PJ was up Very Early and bouncing off the walls to get going. Harry Potter beckoned, and she couldn’t wait a moment longer. [...]

Florida, Day 1: Flying, Three Birds Tavern, and Apple Pork Chops

Saturday morning, way too early, we oozed out of bed, grabbed our bags and headed to Bergstrom Airport for our trip to Tampa. Checking in went smoothly enough, given that we were sleepwalking through the whole process. As dawn did its dawning thing I managed to find a nice cuppa Joe at one of [...]

Sunny Floriday In 3, 2, …

As you can see from the photo, PJ and I are packed and dressed in our incognito traveling clothes. We’re off to visit the sunny (and hopefully rain-showery) state of Florida come Saturday early. We can hardly wait to get away…

The plan is to fly in to Tampa and visit friends (and maybe even [...]

Scattering to the Winds: California Pizza Kitchen, then Home

By early this morning, the Symposium gang had scattered to their respective bases. Some had to get up in the middle of the night, as they had early flights from LAX. I can sympathize with wanting to get home, but most of them were complaining the night before that they were going back into [...]

Fraternizing with the Enemy at Morton's Steakhouse

Monday started out smoothly enough. We got to sleep in, due to the two time zone change westward. We met up in the lobby, the three Mousketeers (Dr. C, the other Dr. C, and me) and chose not to leave the hotel for grub. Molly’s Kitchen is the hotel’s breakfast and lunch joint, and [...]

Fast Taxis, Roma's for Ribs, and the Trouble with Disneyland

We made it. All the way to Anaheim. No thanks to our cab driver…

The flight from Austin to LAX was uneventful. The food was unremarkable too, a bit unusual for American Airlines first-cabin fare. Oh well; I didn’t get on that high-speed pressurized metal tube for the meal! It was a bittersweet ride for [...]

Road Trip! Los Angeles, Here We Come

The American Chemical Society is holding their annual Spring meeting in Anaheim, and I’m running the show there…

Well, in a way I am. I’ll be the MC for one of the Symposia. The most important one, of course. On Industrial Problem Solving. And no, we won’t need smelling salts to keep the audience awake. [...]