Author Archives: awalden

A Very Chico New Years

We got into Chico a little before 9pm on New Years Eve.There were six of us (Anya, Erin, Nagisa, Dustin, Bridget, and me). We headed out to downtown Chico, and it was relatively low key. Everyone from the college must have been home,…

Read more

5 great things from 2009

Here it is at the end of 2009. And while remembering all the cool stuff I want to do next year, I have to take a step back and look at the top five things that happened this year. Here’s my list: 1.…

Read more

Book Review: Steve Gurney – Lucky Legs

One day I was sitting over at the Weaver household, and Ron comes in and throws this book at me. “You want to read this? I don’t want to. My friends in New Zealand say it’s good.” I looked at it and wasn’t…

Read more

Santa Crawl Pajama Ball

Ahh the joys of Christmas – family, friends, alcohol, and why not add a charity event. Our friend, Lisa Jansen helps out with the Santa Crawl each year, and this year they wanted to have a “starter” event where proceeds would go to…

Read more

5 Must-Have Ingredients for your Email Campaign

This little tidbit was something I wrote before we merged into One to One interactive. One thing I noticed while readings this is that mobile phones are getting more savvy in interpreting HTML email (e.g. Iphone), but this is still not standard. Catering…

Read more

We’re Marathoners!

26.2. It takes a car almost 30 minutes on the freeway to drive the amount we just ran. And to be quite honest, it was the hardest thing athletically I’ve done to date. The trip started off with the Weaver family and us…

Read more

It all adds up to this

I can still remember the day  Bridget came home with a bag in her hand. She escorted me to the bedroom, and I excitedly followed. She reached her hand in the bag, and pulled out my present…  I was hoping for something else,…

Read more

Volunteer Work – Andy Style

The other day while at work I received an urgent request for volunteers. I glanced at the email, and realized that I definitely had the skills to be of assistance. And so did a few of my friends. So the next day, a…

Read more

Who wants to be a mermaid?

I used to go to the lake when I was a kid. I’ve also enjoyed snorkeling a few times, and was able to scuba dive once in Hawaii. Not too shabby for a guy who can’t swim. Bridget always made fun of me…

Read more

Travel Reading in Greece: Book Reviews

As with any traveling, there’s a lot of down time. Whether riding on a train or waiting for a ferry, this gives a lot of opportunity to catch up on some books. For our Greece trip, I brought two. The Art of War…

Read more

Adventures

A blog that's dedicated towards online marketing, sustainability, and, well, life as we know it.