Marlene and I went to Dayton for the annual visit to the Dayton Air Show yesterday. We didn’t spend much time looking at the static displays this year, but I did get some of the best photos I’ve ever of the airborne performances. (They’re not great photography, but the best I’ve done anyway.)
…this four-leaf clover that I found in the Columbus Park of Roses yesterday. I don’t know how rare these things really are, but I don’t see them all that often, so I’m all worked up. Of course, I probably killed all the good luck when I picked it from the rose garden.
Back in the spring, when I was still attending classes every day, I discovered a radio program that I found to be very interesting. The show is called On Point and is rebroadcast on XM Channel 133 during my drive home after class. The show is part news magazine and part talk show, and explores [...]
Last night, Marlene and I met some friends for dinner at El Vaquero. Margaritas and some kind of food thingy. Then we went to the lawn of Chemical Abstracts for an evening of music with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. For some reason, possibly owing to the margaritas, the camera [...]
So we got the girls this pin art toy. Well who can resist? I mean I have to test it for quality and safety anyway, right? So I couldn’t help trying it out. I also took some snaps from around the ‘hood today.
I’ve been slowly sifting through the photos I took in China, trying to find halfway decent ones to post online. Once I pick out the good shots, then I have to consult my notes to find out what the heck I’m looking at. Then I have to give the photos titles and captions and [...]
I’m back in the states for a week now, and things are getting back to normal. I’ve been going to work every day. This whole work thing is a drag! Students don’t know how good they’ve got it. (Of course they’re all broke and I can afford to buy food that doesn’t involve bricks [...]
Much has been written on the Internet about what to take and what not to take to China when you travel. We read all that stuff, and there were still a few things that we wish we had known. Naturally, everyone’s experience is going to be different, and our first trip to China was all [...]
Here are a few things you can do before you travel to China that will help make your trip more comfortable and memorable.
The Crowne Plaza is a very nice hotel, right on the edge of the trendy and upscale Wangfujing Street shopping district. Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City are also within walking distance. Overall, we were very pleased with this hotel and we recommend it.
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