40 days in Europe: Days 32-40
This is a continuation of 40 days in Europe: Days 23-31, a blog post about the adventures of Heidi and me on our travels through Europe from October 1 to November 9, 2012. (Want to start from the beginning?) Thursday, November 1: Rome/Lucera – Day 32 In the morning, we ate some food at our […]
40 days in Europe: Days 23-31
This is a continuation of 40 days in Europe: Days 12-22, a blog post about the adventures of Heidi and me on our travels through Europe from October 1 to November 9, 2012. (Want to start from the beginning?) Tuesday, October 23: Lausanne/La Gruyère – Day 23 Took SBB trains from Lausanne to Palézieux to […]
40 days in Europe: Days 12-22
This is a continuation of 40 days in Europe: Days 1-11, a blog post about the adventures of Heidi and me on our travels through Europe from October 1 to November 9, 2012. (Want to start from the beginning?) Friday, October 12: Strasbourg/Baden-Baden/Stuttgart – Day 12 In the morning, we checked out of our hotel […]
40 days in Europe: Days 1-11
This is a continuation of 40 days in Europe, a blog post about the adventures of Heidi and me on our travels through Europe from October 1 to November 9, 2012. Monday, October 1: Oregon/Seattle/Stratosphere – Day 1 Departed Portland, Oregon (PDX) at 2 PM on Alaska Airlines AS2026 to Seattle (SEA). Departed SEA at […]
40 days in Europe
This is a running blog post about the adventures of Heidi and me on our travels through Europe from October 1 to November 9, 2012. And it’s encouragement for us to record an ongoing outline of our experiences for posterity. I have dreamt of backpacking across Europe with a Eurail Pass since I was a […]
33 days in Peru
Last week I returned home after spending over a month in Peru. My girlfriend and I flew from Portland, Oregon to Lima, Peru on December 4, 2011. We returned on January 6, 2012 (one day later than intended due to rain in the desert town of Arequipa). We had an amazing trip to South America, […]
Magical books I read in October 2011
If I look back and think about the most memorable, inspiring pieces of literature I consumed last month, four books clearly come to mind. Each one explores parallel realities (or supernatural realms) and the magical creatures and animals that inhabit these universes. Naturally, three of the books were written for children. The first two are […]
Corvallis restaurant reviews at Yelp
I recently/finally created a Yelp account and started posting reviews of restaurants in the Corvallis/Albany, Oregon area. In the past week, I have written nine reviews. You can read them at iancavalier.yelp.com. Will I be motivated enough to continue contributing? Will I join Urbanspoon as well? Who knows.
Graphic design, photography and Krampus
There are some good ideas here (whether you’re into “resolutions” or not): “51 New Year resolutions for graphic and web designers.” More ideas and inspiration to be creative: “Design Something Every Day!” Interesting: “Eight cool social media infographics.” These sites are fascinating: FFFFOUND! (image bookmarking), grain edit (modern graphic design inspiration blog) and Black and […]
Chiquita bananas, Star Wars on Facebook, graphic design
I must admit that my normal weekend grocery shopping routine was particularly influenced by a marketing campaign recently. Chiquita bananas Every weekend I buy a bunch of bananas. I usually choose organic, and normally select them based on ripeness level and the presence of bruises. But sometimes these criteria can (apparently) be expanded to include […]