March 30th, 2008 | Escapes
Boston is a city that is big on their history. They have something called the “Freedom Trail,” which they proudly proclaim is free, but conveniently it marches you along through all of the tourist and consumer traps Boston has to offer. Seriously though, it was a good experience and made me really appreciate [...]
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March 27th, 2008 | Escapes
Immediately after getting to Boston and getting into our hotel, the Itch came and we wanted adult beverages. Thankfully, Boston is one of the brewing capitals of the world, so we left the car, hopped on the T and set off to the Sam Adams Brewery!
This place isn’t too big. The tour took us [...]
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March 25th, 2008 | Escapes
This past weekend Audrey and I got the hell out of New York and went to check out Boston. We laid down too much money to rent a small, but economical SATURN ION and hit the road. Saturn owners, represent!
I was looking forward to seeing the city, but the drive was what I was really [...]
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March 20th, 2008 | Culture
Tuesday night something very awesome happened on the streets of New York City. They were overtaken by a bunch of stampeding elephants and horses being ridden by glitter-covered men! The circus is in town and it has long been a tradition for the big animals to be paraded into the city around midnight before [...]
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I went to Chinatown to buy some produce and other things. I didn’t wind up getting anything because it felt more like a zoo than supermarket. Aside from being the most crowded place in Manhattan, Chinatown’s markets are a bit different than I’m used to. One place we went into had three 5 gallon buckets [...]
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March 12th, 2008 | General
The GM at my office loves technology. When the sales guys got new Blackberrys, he got himself one too. When the designers started getting Macbook Pros, he had to get one. And when he went to the corporate office and noticed their Keurig B200, he had to have one too.
The machine arrived on Monday and [...]
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March 11th, 2008 | General
Sorry baldies… been sick and busy the past week. I’ve got lots of satirical NYC posts lined up, so check back tomorrow!
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March 3rd, 2008 | General
Around here, Optimum is a big Triple Threat (TV, Web, Phone) company. They play this commercial on TV religiously. I might complain more, but I like the song. Especially the eight part. I think you will too!
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