Battery Street Tunnel

In early March 2017 there was an event where the public could walk through the Battery Street Tunnel, which is a 960m 4 lane cut and cover tunnel that carries State Route 99 traffic. Slated to be decommissioned and filled in once the new tunnel is complete, it was a rare opportunity to explore this […]

Reykjavík

Series so Far Jet lag recovery: Bordeaux, France Basque Country Tour: Bayonne, France; Pamplona, Spain; San Sebastián, Spain; Bilbao, Spain Scotland, pt. 1: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness. Scotland, pt. 2: Isle of Skye, Oban, Stirling, and Glasgow. Reykjavík. You’re reading this right now! October 13th, 2016 – October 15th, 2016 The last post is finally […]

Scotland: Skye, Oban, and Stirling

Series so Far Jet lag recovery: Bordeaux, France Basque Country Tour: Bayonne, France; Pamplona, Spain; San Sebastián, Spain; Bilbao, Spain Scotland, pt. 1: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness. Scotland, pt. 2:. Isle of Skye, Oban, Stirling, and Glasgow. You’re reading this right now! Reykjavik October 6th, 2016 Continuing our theme of only experiencing Western Scotland in the […]

Crossing to the Apple Side

I’m writing this post with my Apple MacBook Pro. This is a big deal in Nikkyland. My first laptop was a trusty 15.4″ Acer acquired right before going to college. It was big, powerful, and was about as portable as a large water yak. It quickly got a permanent side living by my desktop computer screens […]

Scotland: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness

Series so Far This is part three of a five-part series outlining our 2016 Europe trip. Jet lag recovery: Bordeaux, France Basque Country Tour: Bayonne, France; Pamplona, Spain; San Sebastián, Spain; Bilbao, Spain Scotland, pt. 1: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness. You’re reading this right now! Scotland, pt. 2: Isle of Skye, Oban, Stirling, and Glasgow Reykjavik Scotland After […]

Exploring Basque Country

Series so Far This is part two of a five-part series outlining our 2016 Europe trip. Jet lag recovery: Bordeaux, France. Basque Country Tour: Bayonne, France; Pamplona, Spain; San Sebastián, Spain; Bilbao, Spain. You’re reading this right now! Scotland, pt. 1: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness Scotland, pt. 2: Isle of Skye, Oban, Stirling, and Glasgow Reykjavik September […]

Bordeaux, France

The Plan Here’s the plan for my next few posts: I divided this trip into five chunks to make these photo essays a little more manageable. Bordeaux, France. You’re reading this right now! Basque Country Tour: Bayonne, France; Pamplona, Spain; San Sebastián, Spain; Bilbao, Spain Scotland, pt. 1: Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Inverness Scotland, pt. 2: […]

Activity or Whatever

Dear lord. My last post was in May, and when I neglect the blog for long I’m essentially required to make a new Fun and Exciting wrap up of everything I’ve been doing besides writing things. So what have I been occupying my time with? Politics All I really remember from my sophomore year in college […]

Marsh Island Muck and Birds

While much of the city is currently working themselves into a froth about a few dozen super scary people wearing anonymous masks that may break in a few windows of generic megacorporations, I took the opportunity to head off to the Washington Park Arboretum and check out the local wildlife scene. The island trail was […]

East Coast Spring 2016

United States history was the theme this year on our spring vacation as we charted a course through Boston, New York City, and Williamsburg, Virginia. Taking the trip to the airport is normally a Bus->Link transfer, but with the new Linkstation completed, we got to ride the train directly from the new station directly to […]