Posted from Vernon, Conn.

Karen's brilliant recipies:

Recipe for GAMMON: Buy a deboned salted gammon joint (pork) from a trusted butcher. Simmer it in water 20 mins, which takes the salt out. Drain gammon & remove casing. Coat casserole dish with set-honey, place gammon in & coat with honey (the boiled pork will warm the set honey so it can be spread) & sprinkle with ground cloves. Bake at 200 until honey is brown almost burnt. The crusted honey will keep the pork moist, ham will brown, some suger & clove will seep in. Peel off honey after, & discard. The meat should be loose & tender kinda like bbq pulled-pork. Serve with chicken & salad.

Recipe for CHAMP: Mashed potato, cream, scallions, bacon bits. Serve with beef-sausage & steamed cabbage. Steam cabbage then add balsamic vinagrette & some red onion.

Recipe for BREAD PUDDING: Use blue-molded or stale sliced bread. Butter both sides. Layer in casserole, sprinkle suger & sultanas (like raisins but softer & less sweet). A few layers then sultanas on top. Mix eggs & double-cream, pour over top. Nutmeg optional. Bake till crusty brown then serve with custard over it.

Say Grace.

Cafe menu near Giant's Causeway on Sept 20 (pounds sterling):

£4.50 quiche
4.95 cottage pie
2.20 stuffed sausage
3.95 veggie chili pasta bake
1.50 sausage roll
1.50 wedges
Internet £1/15 mins. STEEP!

Gas in Ireland was about €1.16 /liter = $6.15/gal
Gas in N. Ireland about £0.95 /liter = $7.20/gal
Today €1 = $1.4
£1= $2




My route through Ireland Sep. 11-21, 2007....loopy like I had a few pints!! Instead of the planned 2 nights in Northern Ireland & 2 again in Galway, I ended up 5 nights in the north............... $350 to move my flight an extra day well worth it! Same $$$$$ for an extra day whether I departed Dublin or Shannon. 2 1/2 hours to Dublin Airport on the M1. Toll takers are on the RIGHT-hand side and there to take my .75 euro was a smiling lass.






Road signs are bilingual in Ireland. During the 1700s or so, the English anglicized the place-names. In Northern Ireland, signs are English only. Look for the Gaelic "Uisce" it means Water & where we get Whiskey. Sharon said anyone can be an Irish citizen if you have Irish grandparents and learn Gaelic.



















This hotel was the most bombed in Belfast during the Troubles: 26 of about 40 planted went off....

















Seisun, Longford Arms Hotel. Tenor banjo is on the left, then Uilleann Pipes, then two right the Bodhran which is a handheld drum.

















Belfast murals


















Armagh





Glenariff, one of the Nine Glens of Antrim. My drive took me down Glenariff to a Strand (that's what they call beaches), along the coast a few miles northwest, then up Glendoe. The road from where this picture was taken will take you along the northern (left) slope of Glenariff.











Antrim coast near Cushendun. The sea is very FAR below try to even hear it! You hear Sheep all over ireland, even in the middle of nowhere they blend in with the rocks you hear one. Check out Scotland on the horizon, bout 11 mi. away (closest point between)















Clonmacnoise, south of Athlone & near the Blackwater Bog where they harvest the peat. The most visited Catholic site featuring celtic high crosses, round towers, & temple ruins. Clonmacnoise is a monastic site founded in 545 by St. Kieran along the river Shannon, about 160 miles the longest in Ireland. The Pope preached from that modern pulpit in around 1989.

Posted from the public library, Ballymena

Once more I don't have the connections to upload pictures to this blog!

Giant's Causeway is a series of cliffs along the Antrim coast, with 300-foot-high (at least) basalt columns going straight down, and overlooking the hungry ocean. The spanish armada vessel La Gitana crashed there in 1588 and all but five were lost. I took the best 4-hour walk ever along the top of the cliffs & I pretty much had the whole massive area to myself! I went barefoot cuz the trails were mainly grass! I then contemplated that the earth is a zillion years old. The cliffs looked like this, except I was looking from above:

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After the causeway I went for the quiche for £4.98. Irish keyboards have £ where your @ is in the US. I headed in the direction of Giant's Causeway on Wed.(bout 45 mins from B'mena) but ended up on the wrong road, which Karen said is nearly impossible! Yet I managed. I drove up a scenic bypass up Glendoe, one of the Nine Glens of Antrim which was just as rewarding!

Belfast is where they built the Titanic you know. Our bus tour guide on our red tour-bus thru Belfast pointed out some marketing genius, which was a Thai restaraunt called THAI tanic. What is not brialliant about that?! THAI tanic! Nigel (friend of Karen's) & I were on that bus tour & which included the area of the Troubles (the Unionist and Nationalist neighborhoods). Other grand sites on the tour: the Parliament building, Queens College, & comsmopolitan Victoria Street. Belfast now has a ton of construction going on, since the peace was signed several years ago, and there has been investment going into the city.

The bus really FLEW and I barely had time to photograph the fantastic political murals. But I did so look for them on a future post. The bus goes fast (stopping only for lights etc) but you can hop off & get on the next tour-bus any time. But Noboby seemed to do that.

After Belfast, Nigel and I then took the hour-drive up to Bushmills whiskey distillery. It's about a half-hour tour & with a shot of whiskey at the end. We went for the 12-year single malt, available only at the distillery. Over ice & with water. Part of the Bushmills secret is they use water from the local rill which flows through or over basalt. The distilling-room and oak-barrel rooms there smelt fantastic! Irish whiskey is distilled 3 times, scotch 2 times, & bourbon 1 times.

This post must be brief because Karen will soon be serving up sausages & champ (mashed potatoes & scallions). In England they call it bangers & mash. I had champ & meatballs w/gravy for lunch yesterday at Balloo's Cafe so Karen is now up for showing me how champ is really made.

JOHNNY KEENAN BANJO FESTIVAL

Irish seisuns ("sessions") are an informal gathering of musicians playing Irish tunes like jigs and reels. They're most commonly seen in corner booth-tables at pubs. There were tons of seisuns going at the banjo festival hotel (Longford Arms) & other pubs, like a huge one with 20 musicians at Tally Ho!

******* The bluegrass equivalent of an Irish seison is a Jam session. I did not see or play in any jam sessions, except I heard there were jam sessions after midnight but I preferred sleep. It turned out that Aleesh, lovely girl I was chatting with at the hotel bar, turned out she's a civil engineer working on Galway road projects, & plays flute in seisuns. Brothers in arms. I thought I'd see her again Saturday, see if she could meet in Galway but did not see her again. :( Fenton, a guy in the bluegrass banjo workshop, lent me his Irish tenor banjo, so I learned the basics on that instrument in an Irish banjo workshop. Tons of nice folk mostly from England that I met anyway.

BYE BYE LONGFORD

The drive from Longford to Ballymena was from 10:30AM-7PM Sunday, with stops in Armagh, City of Cathedrals for sightseeing, & a modern mall outside Portadown. Gorgeous early fall-like day Sunday, sunny but there were a couple five-minute long downpours. If ya don't believe me, just ask Annie Lennox who said so over the mall loudspeakers that it was falling on her head like a memory. The whole ride thru Co. Monaghan was scary SLIPPERY because someone's fuel tank apparently leaked all down the road!

I arrived at my friend's an hour late because I mapquested WAY instead of AVE but got there in time for chicken n pork dinner and lots to catch up on after 6 years! We'll head over to a freind of theirs tonite for more catching up & drinks.

Today sightseeing & museums in Carrickfergus Castle & museum just up the coast from Belfast. By myself since the gang is at work & school. Karen suggested I see some fantastic murals in Belfast, since I would appreciate the artwork. The murals are a product of the political situation. I am not to drive my rental-car in that area because it has a southern registration. They have what are called black-taxis that can take you thru the troubled sections.

The food in Ireland is fantastic. Irish breakfasts have an egg, sausages, rashers (lightly fried ham slices), pudding (patties of pork and pork-blood), hash browns, tomatoes, mushrooms, soda bread. The At the Centra's (like a Mobil Mart), quiche & fancy wraps. Nice hearty food at supermarkets like tons of soda bread.

Posted from Longford!

Connemara, from Shanapheasteen Road (say it shanafeshtheen)



looks very much like my Greece painting







Clonony castle, co. Offaly or Westmeath. One of tons of roadside castles.


























Me at Stables after horse trek




View of mountains from horse. Probably Carrantoohil Mtn. in the distance.











Peat harvesting by machinery to feed West Offaly Power Station which provides 4% of Ireland's electricity:

I've been much on the go, driving so many miles. I skipped the first banjo concert last nite & continued reading The Bogman by Walter Macken. It's about a guy that lets his gramps push him around and into an arranged marriage, which doesn't seem like it's going to work out!!! In Ireland, bog peat is dug up and used for fireplace fuel, and commercially to produce electricity like in my picture. This afternoon I went on a bog tour and learned how to dig bog pieces by hand like in Macken's book. How bout that, being able to experience the book you're reading about?

I am pretty sure my horse-trek guide's name was Giselle, so I'll change Wednesday's post. I hit a pub in Galway later Wed. nite where the game was on & Ireland lost to Czech Rep. and is no longer qualified for 2008 world cup. There was quite a bit of cussin' for a country full of cathedrals & convents!!! Thinking back I should've flirted with the barmaid more. It's not unheardof for bartenders to just up n come to America, I thought afterward what do the readers think?? Big match of Gaelic Football (same as soccer 'cept you can use your hands) this Sunday, Cork vs. Kerry.

Posted from Galway. From an internet creperie called Buon Appetito. How cool is that, except what makes sense about the name??? The feta & sundrieds crepe was ok but I'd go for the strawberries next time.

On my flight Mon/Tues I did not sleep. I discovered on this my second day here, that Ireland is even better when you sleep the night before :)


KILLARNEY RIDING STABLES

According to my horse-trekking guide Giselle, it is a university requirement in France, to work a year (any kind of job) in an English-speaking country, to help learn English. So Giselle is a French college student working abroad in Ireland this year. I chatted with her the most during the trek. The other guide was Finnish & the trekkers were an Irish guy, English woman, German girl (Maria) and American (me). I chatted some with Maria some, but major language barrier. Just the same, I got Maria in trouble because when she held my bag while I took a picture from my horse, I dropped my whip(not a mean whip, but a short flexible stick called a Crop in the States)............So Maria hopped down from her horse to get it from the ground for me. Right away then Giselle was all, no
no
NO you're not supposed to get off the horse! Ask for help next time! Safety rules, which she admitted she did not tell us. Sorries all around. Maria is from Germany and owns four horses including a Hannover Reiner, am I spelling that right?

************ We rode Irish Draft Horses which I noticed all over Ireland and mine was named Indiana. I explained to Giselle that I was taking riding lessons and she was all, are you up for cantering? Which I have never cantered. I was all, yeah, sure! Cantering is going pretty FAST. So a few times, she took me ahead of the group and we cantered, then galloped, which is scary-fast. It was a fairytale magical experience hard to describe, riding thru narrow trails in ancient woods then coming out to a field with a glimpse of a stone cathedral over the trees. There were mossy woods, cow fields, a castle across Lough Leane (Lough means lake. Pronounce it Luck in the south but might be said Loof in the North) & the highest mountains in Ireland surrounding. Supreme, the best 50 euro I ever spent.

Bunratty Castle was right on my way up to Galway. Apparently big on the tour-bus circuit if you check out the parking lot. In the four towers of the castle, narrow spiral stone staircases. With people going up & down the stairs, it's all about having to go back, up, or step aside when otherw are coming up & down. Good workout. It had an awesome medieval great-room: tapestries, carved wood thrones, 30 foot ceiling at least. The original McMansion.

********************* My b&b (Rockfield House) a farmhouse in Moycullen is cosy and the hostess (Kathleen) gave me tea & biscuit & somegood tourist info. I'll go on a short loop of Connemara that Kathleen recommended - from Moycullen, north to Oughterard & thru Connemara on Shanapheasteen Road & back round the coast to Galway - before heading to Longford (2 hr drive) and banjo. Say it SHANAFESHTHEEN. I caught up with my friend Karen (finally) & will be off to Ballymena on Sunday - Tues! She's been lecturing at a local college.

No pics again this post... it's not my camera - the internet cafe's haven't had the right socket for the picture cards.

KILLARNEY, Co. KERRY

I made it safely to Killarney (2 hr drive from Shannon Airport) on this day and checked out Ross Castle, Dunloe Gap, Killarney Center, and Ring of Kelly - a scenic coastal loop in County Kerry! There were large moundy hills and farms along the coast. The remoteness and desolation of the scenery was dramatic. And I am doing well on the wrong side of the road. However, the coastal roads are so narrow and windy, with rocks and plants straight up along the sides, that I managed to put a nice scrape along my poor Nissan Tino! Good thing I got the maximum optional insurance.

The locals have thick accents, so it's been hard getting information. My b&b hosts have been keeping to themselves, running the farm.

Nice flight and great beef with noodles on the plane (bland, in a perfect British way!) Killarney is touristy, not much cultural going on. Tomorrow I have a 2-hr horse ride (with a guide and other tourists), then a 3 or 4 hr drive up to Galway to sightsee. More of an arts scene in Galway. No photos this post because they don't have the right hookup for my camera, here at this cafe in downtown Killarney. Mild weather, probably in the 70s even now almost 9PM.

View from San Leandro a few miles south of Oakland. The Bay and S.F. are on the horizon.

I took a drive Fri. after work to see what the hills east of the Bay were all about. A small earthquake Fri. morning occurred in these hills except a litte more north. San Leandro seems pricey and many many homes have quite elaborate topiaries. The Bay is surrounded by hills. From them you see much of the Bay and its cities!

The 4.2-magnitude shake happened along the north-south Hayward fault at a pretty shallow depth, 3.6 miles deep compared to the more common 6 miles deep. Because of the small depth, it supposedly felt stronger.

The earthquake did not cause much damage. The worst was broken wine bottles. I mean who stacked boxes of wine in the middle of the store in an earthquake zone?? Besides the wine store, the morning news crews spent much of the time covering a cracked donut-shop window.

According to the news, they had to go to reserve power in Central. Whatever that means!!! According to standard procedure, the BART (bay area rapid transit) trains went to half-speed for a half hour to check for damage. Other than that, business as usual in the Bay Area!!

The Earthquake was 4:42AM. It woke me and most of Oakland up(I was annoyed more than freaked out!). It was a sharp jitter for maybe 15 seconds that is hard to describe. The earthquake wasn't felt much outside Oakland and nearby. Does that mean they everyone else has to go to school?? The news radio aired call-ins, and callers were saying it felt more violent than a 4.2, and another guy said he felt a before-shock (as apposed to aftershock).

After a normal day at the Oakland office, caught the red-eye home to Boston.

Topiary

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My previous post dated Friday was actually all about Thursday (posted late west coast time!!!)
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The Bay Area weather the last couple days has been cloudless and fog-free. And who would not take a day off to see Napa Valley and Golden Gate when there is no fog?? So I took off from work at noon for a little excursion....

On a recom-mendation from Dan’s friend who works at Merryvale Vineyard, I went to that very establishment and did some tasting in their fine cellar. Merryvale is in St. Helena, which has tons of wineries. It's about 1.5 hours from Oakland. The main road up the Napa valley (Rte 29) is just winery after winery!!! Dan’s friend had recommended a few besides Merryvale (Chateau Potelle and Duckhorn, to name a few) but alas I only had time for one winery. Dan is a guy from the Oakland office.

For the recommendation, I am grateful.

Somewhere between Napa and Sonoma

The Napa River and Sonoma rivers both empty into San Pablo Bay. I drove a loop north up the Napa valley, over vineyard-covered hills that divide the valleys, then down the Sonoma river. Then you come to San Rafael, a small city nestled in the hills north of San Francisco.

The Mission San Rafael Archangelo.

Jamba Juice, serving fresh fruit with blended with ice, with optional vitamins or energy supplements! Some with yogurt or sherbet.

Golden Gate, no less than fantastical.

Big ship off to China for another load of the best pet food ever?

At the Marin Headlands, you park literally at the edge of HUGE cliffs overlooking the bridge. You know the feeling when the car next to you backs up, it feels like you’re going forward? The story is, I had just pulled in to a stop log facing the cliff and the guy next to me started to back up. I FROZE and was all, how can I be going OVER the CLIFF!! After a very long second I figured it out. I did not need that worry because it is bad enough thinking that the Big One will hit San Francisco when I am stuck on the elevated freeway!!!



I drove inland into the Marin Headlands nature preserve and stumbled on something interesting. I never saw these buildings before today, but I had a dream about them a couple years ago. Same thing as with another stretch of road last year. I am beginning to think I lived in S.F. in a not so past life!! These buildings are in a remote part of the Marin Headlands preserve and probably an old institution or coast guard housing. Of all things, they are now an artists’ hostel! I took a look inside…. The resumes of the resident artists include art PHDs, and people who have exhibited around the world. I picked up grant application instructions anyway….

now that you've spent time
writing your first thoughts

let's divide up into small groups
of around fifty million

- a Sacramento poet

This evening (Tuesday) I returned to the foggy Bay Area after finishing my business in Marysville. In Marysville I talked with Larry, yet another local grower, for about an hour about various worldly topics. Larry grows walnuts of the Ashley, Frankette, and Serv varieties. He gave me some history of Marysville: his ranch is on an Indian burial mound, the area was settled by Swedes, and Marysville is named after a Mary Murphy Covillaud of the ill fated Donner party, and his barn was pushed to its current location by the big flood of '97.

Larry was the first grower I met that mentioned the British Museum. One might ask how many California farmers visit the British Museum?? He and his wife spent two days at the museum. He said he felt a connection to his ancestry which I quite admired. I described to him the darkwood library in Trinity College in Dublin. I described my experience as an awesome connection in a cultural sense, just standing there knowing that Joyce and Yeats and other greats walked those halls!

I explaned my mediterranean ancestry and that I felt this part of California seems mediterranean partly because of the arid climate. However, I see no olive trees round here. Larry then pointed out that there ARE in fact local olive groves, to the north in Chico and in the hills to the east. I told him there might not be a great need for him to go to Greece because as mom and I discovered, so many ancient Greek artifacts were taken to the British Museum! Larry was all haha and went on to mention that olive growers and cheese makers are setting up shop in northern CA these days to complement the wine industry. Soon it was 3PM time for me to move on.

I am staying at the Berkeley Marina Doubletree thru Friday. All sorts of amenities and nice-looking restaurant right on the foggy Bay with a walkway along a marina.

Two academics are conversing here in the lounge and one of them wants to make a germanium nanoparticle. I don't think that is a small flower either!



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La Bamba, in San PABLO just north of S.F. I went for the Guanaco Plate for $10.95. It is Salvadoran. It was a big plate with Tamal (cornmeal, green beans, and chicken served in parchment), pupusa (flatbread patty filled with chicken and cheese), fried plantain, and some sides.



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W Gallery, Sacramento. There is apparently a big art scene in Sacramento, and seems a notably sized poetry scene. From the local listings, there seems to be as much to do culturally, as Boston! (wish I could say the same about Hartford!)




Yoga studio midtown Sac.
Liking the backwards e

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Long line at Crepeville, Saturday morning in midtown Sacramento. The midtown area is full of bistros and cafes in little courtyards. Friday evening, I met with Rob, his fiance Shaina, and his friend Ajay from college for sushi at Dragonfly, then we hit a small bar whos name I forget. .

Saturday evening, I went to the "Second Saturday" art fair. A dozen or more posh galleries in midtown had receptions from 6 to 10PM with free wine & cheese (except a chicano exhibit which had a nice Mexican spread) The small galleries were crowded such that it was easy for me to find the galleries because of the crowds outside the doors. In fact the ten or so galleries I hit were as bustling as the MFA on a Saturday! And I thought the art was very good, mostly contemporary portraits and scenery. Most around $500 - $6500. One gallery had several paintings even in the men's and women's rooms. Another gallery was in a minivan and inside the minivan was a mini-gallery, with mini paintings and framed in mini frames. The minivan interior was very chic with white walls and gray carpet. One person could poke their head in at a time. The Posada gallery, the one with the Mexican food, had a series of very expressive Chicano portraits by two painters of the last name Montoya.



Crepeville, Aioli, boutiques




Flamingos at the Sacramento zoo, Saturday afternoon....


Lemur at Sacramento Zoo. The Eyes.


Entry way to our office in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova. Kind of a Kendall Square feel to it. Sadly I am working here today!!



The signs and freeways have a broken-in, loved feel to them....

Yeah it’s been a few days since my last blog entry. My project is going well but there is much work to go. My days have been filled with downing hotel cereal & bacon, appointments with the growers just south of Marysville, Mexican dinners, Jamba Juice fruit smoothies, and work on my other projects!

A couple hours ago I arrived back in civilization, our Sacramento office. The office moved from Zinfandel Drive, to a funky new building on Gold Center Boulevard. Look for a photograph in a future post. The Zinfandel office was kind of a dark maze of hallways, but this Gold Center one is more open and communal so I much prefer this work environment because I can actually see people and chat with them.

Sacramento has a monthly arts fair called Second Saturday, which happens to be this Saturday. I am not sure exactly what that is but there are many galleries listed in Sacramento News & Review, which is like the Boston Phoenix. I will probably just stick around here this weekend and see the art. Tonight I meet of with Rob and his fiancé and another friend for an outdoor concert in Mid-town and probably go out after.

The weather here is cool by local standards… it’s been in the 80’s. Last year this time it was like 99. It was cloudy earlier this week which almost never happens.

This California artist has a Daily Painting blog: http://craigstephens.blogspot.com
I don’t have time to look because I need to book a hotel but help yourself to that blog and let me know how it is!

July 10

Mr. Dang, a local landowner and financial advisor, lived up to his name today when he failed to show up for our appointment.

Not to start off negatively but it turns out the California prune crop is not going to be so good this year. That is because according to James, one of the farmers I am dealing with, it was too warm out last March, and March is when the buds form. And the buds have a big affect (compared to other fruits) on the success of the crop. So the prunes might be too small. If the prunes do get big enough, the harvest will be around Aug 10-20.

The peach harvest is just starting. Sarv, another of the farmers I am dealing with, gave me several peaches from his orchard in Sutter County (just over the river) and they were the best ever. There is even a Marysville peach festival in 2 weeks. The walnut harvest is November. Persimmons are harvested in october. What are those anyway, students at Simmons??? Steve, yet another farmer (I am talking to many farmers), is gradually switching from growing walnuts to growing persimmons because, he indicated, persimmon growing is more enjoyable to him.

Today at lunch I looked at some model houses at a new subdivision called Orchard Estates just outside Marysville. The subdivisions are popping up everywhere around here, and who would not want to see what the jillion new homes under construction are all about? They are open concept houses with 9-10 foot high ceilings. There are three types of cookie-cutter houses at Orchard Estates and they are named after fruits grown in the area: fuji, pippin, I forget what else. You can get a Pippin, 1600 SF in the low 3's. So naturally I asked Christine, the sales agent, why did they not name one model the Prune? Since prunes are grown more than anything around here?? Houses for the older folk? Christine was all haha and thought maybe for the over-55 community but such a concept probably wouldn't fly with marketing. Then somehow out of that came a lively discussion of how the meat sauce at the Dancing Tomato has no meat in it. Then back to work, with her farewell sales pitch that I should have a look at some of the other subdivisions like Hunter's Creek.

Garrett and Ron from GEI are here from our various CA offices, working on the engineering field studies for same levee project as I am working on. I saw them but for a brief moment in our temporary field office. Because then I had to see Clark at the county office before he took off for the rest of the week. It was good to see Clark and catch up since last year. But I did not see Gary or Lynndie because Gary was out having a baby and Lynndie moved to the building department.

This coming weekend is kind of a blank canvas.... I am thinking a bout hitting Napa Valley!!

July 9

Hi! I arrived safe. Carole, Alberto, and the Oakland people are well. Good flight.... saw from the air, the Nevada wild fires at night, that have been in the news. One of them looked like a giant bright - orange glowing horseshoe.

The "award winning service" on Jet Blue includes a bag of nut and snack bag of doritos. With no meal however during this 6.5 hr ride. Does Jet Blue really mean that they win awards like the kind I have received (and probably Angela too) whenever we cut someone off on Storrow Drive?!

No matter about the food because the Almighty himself was on my flight! Well at least, a tall skinny guy with long blond hair and long beard that looked like our savior was right there around seat 13B. That did not not hurt for our safe passage.

On to Maaaaarysville for the afternoon to meet with some farmers and with Bob who is a land acquision agent. Nice cloudy cool here in the Bay Area.

OCEAN CITY

Pics from Ocean City NJ, staying here a couple weeks for work.... My hotel's a few blocks from the shore & boardwalk. Lively & FUN!! Now for some reason I don't feel like working now that I am here. I'll be here myself most of the time but will have co-workers to hang out with a few days. Must ask my project manager Brian what I did to him that he sent me down here expecting me to work :)




view from hotel balcony...










FREE ITALIAN LESSONS ON THE JERSEY SHORE ;)
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fun Boardwalk, should be great place to go running then load up on fried dough & frozen custard :)

boardwalk from beach

Ocean City