Author Archives: awalden

In and Out of Athens

Bridget and I landed in Athens on Sunday morning. We had booked a hostel prior to our stay, so from the airport, we jumped on the metro. As a precursor to come since a large majority of Athens has both English and Greek,…

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When in Rome… errr Philly

Before we got to Greece, Bridget and I had 28 hours of travel time. We started in San Fran, where I had a few beers, and then jumped on a red-eye to Philly. We got in at 7:30am and had about 8 hours…

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Burning Man 2009 – The Narnia Awakening

The Beginning We met up with Tam at 6:30am to head out to Gerlach. Getting up early was a smart decision considering we didn’t have much traffic on the way out, and we didn’t have a long line ahead of us. We were…

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Narnia starts with the Lamp

Bridget and I have been prepping for Burning Man, especially over the past few weeks. We are doing a Narnia theme camp, which we’ve been prepping for over the past few months. This beauty on the left came to us in March. Bridget…

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The Big One Year Celebration

Friday Night Bridget and I jammed down to Napa after work for our anniversary and stayed at the Hawthorn Hotel. This place was decently priced (for Napa with only a few days prior to booking) and the hotel was clean. We booked two…

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The House Before the After

Last year we had planned to move into our new house for the first time after coming back from our wedding in Costa Rica. We had originally bought the house at the end of March 2008, but we decided to gut the entire…

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The past 18 months with Twelve Horses

Since I’ve been working at Twelve Horses, we’ve been doing some cool stuff with a few of my clients. Here’s a short summary of some of the things that my clients have been up to. Website Redesigns Over the past year, we’ve launched…

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Shoes-Shoes: On my Feet… Shoes-Shoes: I named you Cleats

I remember the first time I saw you, looking so innocent in the clearance rack at Copelands. You looked eagerly at my feet, and I really needed something to replace my baseball spikes for softball. You pointed your toe at the $19.99 price…

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Independence Day in San Francisco

Nothing is more American than celebrating the Fourth of July by eating hot dogs, going to a baseball game, and drinking beer. Well… considering that we were headed up to San Fran for the weekend, this made for the perfect weekend to hang…

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Conquering the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey

Bridget and I finished the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey over the weekend, which may conclude our runs for the year. (Or at least we need a running break.)  And I think both of us felt that this run was a lot harder than the half…

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