Year in cities
My former college classmate started this last year, and I’m just keeping up with tradition. Last year, I was more adventurous because I had more time to travel, but this year has been more like staying in place. Next year will be different, I hope. Here’s the list:
Atlanta, GA*
Augusta, GA
Roanoke, VA
Williamsburg, VA
Durham, NC
Greensboro, NC
Winston-Salem, NC
Raleigh, NC
*cities visited multiple times on non-consecutive days.
permalink | Comment [1] | travel | 12/27/2006
Inventory
After seeing Zach, Kotte and Megan’s list, I figured that I should do my own list of cities in order of appearance:
Charlotte, NC*
Augusta, GA
Thomson, GA
Winston-Salem, NC
Durham, NC*
Norfolk, VA
Sussex, VA*
Charlottesville, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Arlington, VA
Washington, DC
Chapel Hill, NC
Raleigh, NC
Boston, MA
Cambridge, MA
New Haven, CT
McDonough, GA
Barnesville, GA
*cities visited multiple times on non-consecutive days.
permalink | Comment | travel | 01/14/2006
Sonic
I took a vacation day Thursday to travel to North Carolina. According to old math or new math, I have either spent most of my life there or in Georgia. On paper, it’s Georgia; in person, it’s N.C. Yet, I still hold onto my NYC native card for dear life.
Nevertheless, it was a great overall trip. The highlights involved music, lots of music. As I have previously mentioned, I hate the radio selection I have in my current dwelling. At my chosen destination, the Triangle, I heard all my favorite radio stations and listened to obscure 10-minute Rick James songs and heard Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet” in the morning! There was much dancing in the car done by yours truly for several miles.
There were two moments that I will never forget. While dining on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, I heard someone blasting out of their car “The Time Warp” from Rocky Horror Picture Show. The other was finding Euramix by Yuka Honda. It sounds so great and I had been trying to find it for seven months. You just can’t get these things where I live.
permalink | Comment [1] | travel | 10/14/2005
Trek
I have finally gotten around to posting a travel page on the college reunion trip. Just click on the ‘TRAVEL’ header and find photos from some of Washington’s monuments and the plants at the Botanical Gardens. More photos are on Flickr.
I have two trips left for the year. Sometime in October, I’m traveling back to North Carolina in the Triangle to see my grandmother and do other things. The last one is big because I’m going to New England. I haven’t been north of Baltimore in over 14 years. Despite being a native New Yorker, I haven’t been to the Empire State since the summer of 1991. I almost went two years ago to my paternal grandfather’s funeral, but things fell apart.
Details will come later.
permalink | Comment | travel | 08/30/2005
Livelihood
O.K. I feel a bit better now that I have had 24 hours form recovering to having a great time for once. This weekend was the third annual reunion of the college friends/roommates. Since graduating in 2002, the six of us try to make an effort to set aside a few days in the summer at someone’s city and paint it red. So, if you’ve seen D.C. lately, that shade of crimson was all us.
And speaking of red, that’s the color of the lower half of my body. As a person that practices an unhealthy lifestyle (low on exercise, high on junk food), the 20+ miles of walking throughout the city was a bit of a shock. My feet are not very happy with me. I’m just amazed that Shannon was able to walk everywhere in flip-flops. My Sketchers were killing me.
Besides stops at the Botancial Gardens, the Eastern Market and The Hotel Helix (thanks, Allison), the highlight was seeing how much we’ve grown up in three years. Now, there’s a lawyer, a copy editor, a mother, a paralegal, an artist and a Ph.d. candidate in one room.
Throughout the week, I will upload some photos and a travel page with shots from the reunion. Thanks Shannon and Erin for hosting this.
permalink | Comment | travel | 08/23/2005
Ouch
Just a quick note for now. My feet and legs are sore from walking Friday through Sunday through D.C. and from the great time I had at my college roommates reunion. I have uploaded a set on flickr and will add more in the coming days.
permalink | Comment | travel | 08/22/2005
Aquamarine
I started my vacation by traveling to Virginia Beach for the day. It marked the return of many things. For example, I hadn’t been to the beach in nine years. That’s right. I’ve lived within at most two hours of a beach every year, but I just don’t make the trip.
I also wore flip-flops for the first time since kindergarten. I purchased pink ones with orange polka dots from Target for 25 cents last week. I managed to lose them twice in the water, but I still have them now. They also accidently matched my beach bag.
The beach was fun and hot. It was the hottest day of the summer, and I stayed out there for two hours. Right now, I’m feeling the pain of that. I spent most of the time taking photos and stalking a boogie boarder. Yeah, I did a truckload of people-watching and amused myself.
Next was a trip to the aquarium. I was worn out from the beach and from walking on the boardwalk that I only went through one part of the aquarium. What I loved the most about the aquarium was that there were many interactive exhibits. The sea turtles were the highlight of the tour. One of them liked to follow people around in the tank while the others just circled around.
The Travel page has a description and link to photos from the day trip, and I plan to upload more to flickr this week.
Now that I have learned that I no longer have jury duty this week, I can really have a good vacation. I might go somewhere else this week.
permalink | Comment [2] | travel | 07/19/2005
Excursion
I took advantage of my extended weekend today by traveling to Charlottesville to take photos of more store windows. I have found that I have exhausted my local spots and needed to expand upon my selection. Charlottesville is only a two-hour drive and I never had the time to go out there.
So, after waking up two hours later than I wanted to, getting a Charlie horse, and making a detour to Circuit City for its killer CD sale, I arrived in Charlottesville. I only gave myself less than four hours to find the perfect place to take photographs. Of course, I ate up 40 mintues to find it. I settled for the Corner District near the UVA campus and was a bit disappointed with the window selection and the general snobby attitudes of Charlottesvillians. There were some highlights: sliders at Jabberwocky (brought back memories of White Castle hamburgers), Dixie Divas (fantastic mannequins and outfits), and a weird shop that I don’t remember the name of but it’s closing its doors.
I regret that I didn’t have enough time to really explore Charlottesville, like seeing Monticello and going through Historic Downtown. That will require waking up earlier. There are some photos from the trip here and I will develop the film of the windows pretty soon.
And speaking of windows, I have updated the art section with art taken in February, April and May. And the Flickr account has new photos, too.
permalink | Comment | travel | 05/29/2005
Up
In my attempt to shake off the negativity and bad feelings I’ve been having, I’m taking a day trip out-of-town this Friday to see a friend’s art show. It’s been two months since I have had the time to attend a show. The last two Art Fridays I have missed have been due to family emergencies and friend events. So now I am really excited to be in the art world once again.
The trip also involves taking more photos and meeting up with people I haven’t seen in months. This is exactlly what I needed.
permalink | Comment | travel | 04/20/2005