Category: Blogroll
-
Cleveland Park Library
I seem to write about libraries so much, maybe I should just make this a library blog, where I travel around the city, region, country, world, and work out of different libraries. The work would then be writing about the libraries. This type of meta-work is how many income-independent folks like me are hustling to…
-
Oslo Summary
OK, I need to wrap up my Oslo visit. I never know what I truly think about a place until I’ve been back home for a few weeks to let the experience sink in, and to see how I describe things when people ask me about it. Here’s what I keep hearing myself say about…
-
Baltimore Day
Had a great, fun, long day yesterday. It started with Pups in the Pool as my apartment building ends its pool season. Then Amtrak up to Baltimore: For a Stevie Nicks + Billie Joel concert: Where I found my favorite urinal ever — privacy in the crowd! Stevie was great: And so was Billy, so…
-
West End Library
I know I’ve written about it before, but the West End library in DC really is a great place to work out of. It’s in a nice part of the city, so is also a little bit calmer than other outlets. Bonus: It has a juicy history involving Ralph Nader. And VP Harris once lived…
-
LLC Mail
Well look at that — eyeintim LLC received its first official mail!
-
Hot Pots
For some reason I’m pretty proud that I never went to the world famous Blue Lagoon the first time I visited Iceland. I instead just like going to the local pools & hot springs, if for nothing else than they’re much, much cheaper. So my goal is to avoid going there this time as well.…
-
Meridian Hill Park
Meridian Hill Park is just the best. White, brown, black, whatever; straight, queer, trans, whatever; young; old; bros; hippies; nerds; soccer; corn hole; frisbee; readers; musicians; smokers; blankets; chairs; hammocks – we’re all here, especially on an early-summer holiday weekend. ♥️ DC.
-
Iceland Bathing
There’s a big bathing culture in Iceland. Public pools are everywhere, and they’re geothermally-heated complexes with lots of hot tubs, saunas, steam rooms, slides, etc. The locals go to them all the time to meetup with friends, exercise the kids, and relax, weather-be-damned. There are also lots of private ones that are a little bit…
-
Hello Iceland
Once I was done with the Camino, it was time to start heading back towards DC via another country. So I squinted my eyes a whole bunch and decided that Iceland, a place I’ve always wanted to go, was between Spain & the US. But Iceland could not be more different than Spain! • From…
-
Rengejoin Monastery
Long post alert! I stayed for three days & nights at the Rengejoin buddhist monastery in the town of Kyosan, perched in the mountains outside of Osaka. Kyosan is a buddhist monastery town (and where I did my temple walk), so most of the places have a similar look – they’re compounds built right into…
-
Best Japan Day
I had my best day in Japan yesterday. Why? • After three days of no coffee whilst at the buddhist monastery, I had some mind-resetting Starbucks in Nagano (The Starbucks in Japan are fantastic – huge, with tons of seats made for computer use) • I was able to find the correct train (to Yudanaka)…
-
Super Bowl
I think I’ve found the best toilet ever, in the same room where I had my Super Bowl party. It’s so feature-rich & perfect, this could be my last post about Japanese toilets.* Let’s have it introduce itself to you: —————– *hahaha – nope
-
Everything You’ve Heard About Japan is True (a continuing series) Example #4: Ramen is everywhere Ramen places are in every town, in every neighborhood, on every block. And turns out there’s actually tons of different types of ramen, with different broth bases, different noodles, different toppings, and different preparations. It’s mind boggling, really, as they…
-
Japanese Toilets
Everything You’ve Heard About Japan is True (a series) Example #2: Their toilets are amazing From department stores, to tiny restaurants, to even the cheaper hostels/hotels (pictured), most toilets have bidets. I’ve had one for years, so am already a true believer, but the ones here are a step above – heated seats, heated water,…
-
Seven Things I’m Going to Do in 2023
The end of 2022 was also a wrap on my time at LiveSafe. What an amazing journey, and I’m proud of the destination – LiveSafe has a bright future ahead of it in the hands of my fantastic (now former) colleagues. So what’s next for me? #walkabout – Heading to Japan later this month &…
eyeintim 