Two weeks ago, I went on my second heli-boarding trip, this time in Mazama, Washington with the North Cascades Heliskiing. (The virgin adventure was in Panorama, BC two years ago).
It would be an understatement to state that the trip did not disappoint. Fantastic snow (the 18″ earlier in the week + cold temperatures helped), perfect [...]
A high school teacher emailed a bunch of alumni (in his weekly “survey”) and this week’s question was “What is your New Years’ Resolution?” I thought this would make a cheap blog post.
My answer: I don’t really have one per se – I am more “continuous improvement”
than “new years resolution” focused. That said, a few [...]
(This was originally going to be a Tweet about the veggie torta, but since I couldn’t fit it easily into a 14o character post, it turned into a much longer blog post.)
Happy New Year!
Meagan is off to Casper, Wyoming for six weeks for her surgery clerkship, making me home alone with the dog. My friends [...]
I believe our office is upgrading the printer/copier machines. There have been a handful of them sitting in the hallways for close to a month now, with big “DO NOT MOVE OR RELOCATE” signs affixed to them.
Apparently a few people were wondering if these things would ever be installed, leading to a bevy of additional [...]
I recently upgraded to Thunderbird 3, and so far I like the switch.
One of the plugins that I relied on, GmailUI, isn’t compatible with Thunderbird 3 and doesn’t seem to be actively maintained.
I was able to find a way to replicate the main feature I use – using “y” to Archive emails to a specified [...]
Most who know me would say that I am a pretty good cook. When they inevitably ask how I learned, my stock answer is “from my mom…indirectly.”
You see, I didn’t really cook much growing up. About the only thing I can remember making was the occasional bacon double cheeseburger on the grill in the summer [...]
Winter is bearing down upon the mountains, with a foot or two of snow falling in the Cascades over the last few days. It’s not quite enough for the ski resorts to open yet, but it was more than enough to have a some fun up at Stevens Pass.
Meagan, JJ, the dogs, and I headed [...]
I’ve driven the Sea to Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler many times and often wished I had my camera with me. The few times I did, I was generally in too much of a hurry to get to Whistler or to head back home.
So, on a recent bike trip to Whistler, I decided to [...]
I was up in Whistler this past weekend for some downhill biking action with Ming, Matt, and Shawn. As always, a fun trip to the Canadian mecca of good times.
A few pictures from the last day highlight the changing of seasons – these were from just below Roundhouse Lodge on a snow-bordered trail. It hopefully [...]
On the way to Whistler, I stopped by Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. I was in a bit of a hurry and did a bit of a “hit and run” visit, quickly hiking to the coast to take some pictures of the Vancouver skyline and the lighthouse. There were lots of other trails to explore, [...]