I flew into Denver airport this afternoon and I am now in my hotel in Boulder. I am here for some training for the rest of the week.
For those not familiar with this part of the world, I am at somewhere above 5,000 feet elevation right now, so the air is quite different to that in Orange County and visitors and new comers can definitely feel short of breath if they are not careful.
However, I was careful tonight to not lift any more than 1 pint of beer at a time to not over exert myself. Actually, all jokes aside, I am not 100% healthy right now with some kind of flu going on. So I am going to have to be a little careful while I am here.
I drove through downtown Denver on the way to Boulder (Denver airport and Boulder are on the exact opposites sides of central Denver). I hit the Breckenridge Brewery and took a look at the Sandlot Brewery, but it is only open on game days (it is part of the baseball stadium) and you need a ticket to the game to get in. I weighed my options and decided that watching Colorado play Atlanta in 33F (~ 1C) weather wasn't really worth it.
Once I got out towards Boulder I stopped at the Southern Sun Brewery, which was pretty good actually. Lots of interesting beer and some experimental stuff and some stuff on nitrogen taps.
I am staying in the Hotel Boulderado - not kidding, that is its real name, it sounds more like a ride at Disneyland. Anyway, it is a historic hotel from the 1800s and is supposed to be haunted in some rooms, so it might be an interesting night.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
No Smiles?
Somebody mentioned they hadn't seen a good photo of Callum smiling. I am not sure they have been looking hard enough, but just to be sure, here are a couple from a ride in his stroller the other day.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Food, Glorious Food
This post is a little belated, especially for something so big.
Last week (the 26th to be exact), we took the plunge and gave Callum his first serious solid foods. It was a basic paste of Rice Cereal and breast milk. Generally speaking he did really well I think.
In summary, it started like this:
And ended like this:
For those who want the whole experience, we video taped the whole thing. But it runs about 16 minutes total and does not upload easily (its 300+MB). So I will try playing with the editing software on my Mac and see if I can cut the size down and post it later.
The next night it was my turn to drive the spoon and Jen held the camera.
Then finally the next night we were brave enough to try something other than Rice Cereal. I believe it was Sweet Potatoes.
Last week (the 26th to be exact), we took the plunge and gave Callum his first serious solid foods. It was a basic paste of Rice Cereal and breast milk. Generally speaking he did really well I think.
In summary, it started like this:
And ended like this:
For those who want the whole experience, we video taped the whole thing. But it runs about 16 minutes total and does not upload easily (its 300+MB). So I will try playing with the editing software on my Mac and see if I can cut the size down and post it later.
The next night it was my turn to drive the spoon and Jen held the camera.
Then finally the next night we were brave enough to try something other than Rice Cereal. I believe it was Sweet Potatoes.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Aristocrats
Well OK so clearly that last post was a joke, in fact it was an April Fools joke, the biggest joke day of the year. Special thanks to those who correctly observed that it was in fact a joke and got a laugh out of it.
To those who chose to not find it funny, well what can I say, but you have discovered the main problem with the internet - every moron with a connection now has the ability to post whatever they like and it is not filtered, censored or monitored in anyway (unless you are in China of course) and so there is no guarantee of quality whatsoever. My advice to you for the future is to remember it is the internet, remember who is the author and remember what the date is.
Now surely we can all agree that this is funny:
Anyway, I am off to Denver this afternoon for the rest of the week. Plenty of good beer in that area, so should be a good trip.
To those who chose to not find it funny, well what can I say, but you have discovered the main problem with the internet - every moron with a connection now has the ability to post whatever they like and it is not filtered, censored or monitored in anyway (unless you are in China of course) and so there is no guarantee of quality whatsoever. My advice to you for the future is to remember it is the internet, remember who is the author and remember what the date is.
Now surely we can all agree that this is funny:
Anyway, I am off to Denver this afternoon for the rest of the week. Plenty of good beer in that area, so should be a good trip.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Amazing News
Jen and I have some amazing news to share with everyone we have not had a chance to contact yet.
After Jen went to the doctor on Monday we had it confirmed that she is pregnant again! But it gets better, we are expecting twins this time! No word yet on sexes.
As you can imagine we are both a bit shell shocked and freaking out a little. This was most certainly not planned.
The due date is November 28th - 2 days after Callum's first birthday no less!
We will write more in the next few days.
Cheers!
After Jen went to the doctor on Monday we had it confirmed that she is pregnant again! But it gets better, we are expecting twins this time! No word yet on sexes.
As you can imagine we are both a bit shell shocked and freaking out a little. This was most certainly not planned.
The due date is November 28th - 2 days after Callum's first birthday no less!
We will write more in the next few days.
Cheers!
It's A Good Old Fashioned Fare Ware ... With Any Luck
The US-Australia route is the most expensive in the world (based on my 8 years of trying to pay for those flights). It infuriates me to no end when searching for flights from Los Angeles to Sydney and I see flights from LA to Tokyo for a third of the price. Clearly there is a monopolistic influence occurring - Qantas, do you have something to confess????
But last year Air New Zealand started its LA-Auckland-Adelaide route which offered at least an alternative to Qantas' LA-Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne-Adelaide routes, but the prices were roughly the same.
Now with the signing of the "Open Skies" agreement being signed while Kevin Rudd (Aus. Prime Minister) was here in the US this week, it is going to be easier for other airlines to schedule flights on these routes.
The first of which is an airline called V Australia (questionable name at best) - which is one of Richard Branson's bazillion companies. Here is the article from The Advertiser.
But here is the rub I fear. I have always found Qantas' service to be exceptional, even in Economy class (the seats still suck, but that is par for the course). So does competition simply drive the quality of the service down in lock-step with fare reductions? If the Virgin Blue airline in Australia (one of Branson's other bazillion companies) or just about any airline in the US these days is any example, the answer unfortunately is probably yes.
But last year Air New Zealand started its LA-Auckland-Adelaide route which offered at least an alternative to Qantas' LA-Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne-Adelaide routes, but the prices were roughly the same.
Now with the signing of the "Open Skies" agreement being signed while Kevin Rudd (Aus. Prime Minister) was here in the US this week, it is going to be easier for other airlines to schedule flights on these routes.
The first of which is an airline called V Australia (questionable name at best) - which is one of Richard Branson's bazillion companies. Here is the article from The Advertiser.
But here is the rub I fear. I have always found Qantas' service to be exceptional, even in Economy class (the seats still suck, but that is par for the course). So does competition simply drive the quality of the service down in lock-step with fare reductions? If the Virgin Blue airline in Australia (one of Branson's other bazillion companies) or just about any airline in the US these days is any example, the answer unfortunately is probably yes.
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