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15 Apr, 2007

4 Days In Portugal

Posted by: Neil In: general|neil

Well, it’s actually a 6 day trip, if you include the travel days. I’m writing this from the bar at the hotel I’m staying in… this is the only place that they have an internet connection, so I’ve been stuck drinking beer and surfing the net.

21 Mar, 2007

busy busy busy

Posted by: Neil In: family|general|melanie|neil

There has been so much going on at work, it’s been tough to keep up with everything else lately. I’m currently up in Seattle and will be traveling more in the coming months. Lauren started her spring soccer season with her new team: Black Magic. They tied their first game last week 1-1. They played [...]

I normally shrug off poor service at restaurants, but I recently had an experience that deserves a bad review. On a recent camping trip to South Carlsbad State Beach, our group wanted to go out to eat a meal instead of cooking at our campsite. Melanie’s uncle Dale had a friend recommend Cabo Grill which [...]

15 Aug, 2006

Ben Harper at The Greek in LA 8/12

Posted by: Neil In: general|melanie|music|neil

Great show… not anything like the “Sunday El Rey show” we saw in February, but I don’t think I can compare the two. They were both such different venues that it would not be fair. Also, the El Rey show was the first time we’d seen Ben perform live. It’s going to be tough to [...]

Last night, Melanie and I went to the taping for the final show featuring BHIC as musical guests. First time either of us went to a TV show taping. It was very cool… we sat in the first row of the bleacher seats, and were bummed that we weren’t in the floor seats near the [...]



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