Category : Cities

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Scenes from a Conference in Philly

Posted on: 23 December 2015 /
Categories: Cities

They’re actually just scenes from Philly, not from the conference. I barely went to the conference. Well: I went to two sessions, which technically is the same number I attended at ICIS. But anyway: Philly is a large city with good restaurants and an urban rail/subway situation that functions reasonably well, aside from the one

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Oklahoma City Memorial Is (Indeed) Nice, Heavy

Posted on: 22 December 2015 /
Categories: Cities

Every time I’ve asked locals what there is to see and/or do around here, I have been told I need to go to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial (I don’t think it’s called a bombing memorial, but calling it a city memorial makes it sound like OKC no longer exists). This advice has always seemed strange,

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Eight Really Good Days in Dresden

Posted on: 20 December 2015 /
Categories: Cities, Travel

Last May I went on this trip. My good friend Thomas was getting married to Christine in the vicinity of Stuttgart. I was invited. Then I decided that since I was going to Germany anyway, I might as well spend some time back in the ol’ mission field. I sometimes struggle with vacation. The one

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Conferences in Exotic Locales: Auckland

Posted on: 3 December 2015 /
Categories: Cities, Travel

Conferences in exotic locales are pretty similar to those in normal locales, just a lot more expensive and time-consuming to reach. And less well-attended. Here are some photos of Auckland. I was there for a non-exotic conference last December. Mostly, though, it looked like this: But standing maybe half the time. Usually with a lot more

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I Was Also in Bern

Posted on: 13 January 2014 /
Categories: Cities, Travel

This is going back to the Europe thing. After the conference in Milan, I went up to Bern, Switzerland and had a couple of great days with Thomas and  Christine. The day before we went skiing, we went out sight-seeing in Bern. Here is evidence of the aforementioned. It was rainy. Pretty city, though. One

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Milan: City of Conferences and of One Large Cathedral

Posted on: 27 December 2013 /
Categories: Cities, Travel

My impressions of Milan, having spent a week or so there for a conference and stuff: Everything looks like it’s from the 70’s. Sidewalks are narrow and not flat; people walk on them slower than they need to anyway. They have a lot of Italian-brand cars. People seem to be dressed up a lot of

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Down and Out in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C.

Posted on: 3 October 2012 /
Categories: Cities, Museums, Travel

Some months ago I received visitors from California. During their visit, some photos were taken. I now offer up those photos to this repository. Long may they remain available. Long! Pgh skyline from the Allegheny shoreline. A tourist-photographer tests the light before taking a picture of a drain affixed to a wall in an otherwise

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Saranac Lake Is a Town in New York Where I Took These Photos

Posted on: 11 March 2012 /
Categories: Cities, road trips, Travel

First night of the trip I stayed in Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in New York. Thought the place was cool when I was there in the fall of ’09 on my road trip (e.g., this 48stateroadtrip post), so was stoked to be back up there. Took about nine hours from my house in Pittsburgh

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Tourist Day in Pittsburgh

Posted on: 19 January 2012 /
Categories: Cities

For Thanksgiving, my brother, his wife, his two kids, and two caged dogs came to visit. The day after Thanksgiving, we did tourist activities. This is the story of those activities. “Story” is a strong word. First we drove out to Fort Necessity, the place where George Washington inadvertently started the French and Indian War.

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Hanging Out in Provo

Posted on: 12 May 2011 /
Categories: Cities, Food, Travel

On the way to SoUT and then coming back again, met up with Terry and Claire and did some stuff. Verzeihung. The muse escapes me. These are just words. This is just a paragraph. We went and had sliders at a restaurant at River Bottoms. They looked like this: The thing on the right is

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