Spring Training 2012: Recap
It’s hard to believe, but our fourth annual Spring Training trip is over. Time to head back east …
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Spring Training 2012: Day Three
It’s our last full day in Arizona … one more game, and hopefully we’ll get to see one Indians victory while we’re out here.
Spring Training 2012: Day Two
Mountain hiking and baseball … another perfect day in the valley of the sun.
Spring Training 2012: Day One
It’s (almost the end of) March, which means it’s time for my annual trip out west to Arizona. My brother and I are going a little later in the season this year and also bringing some other people along: his wife, our sister, and my daughter. The tech arsenal for this trip is pretty much …
A quick weekend in Miami
My wife had business in Miami this past weekend so my daughter and I tagged along for a quick weekend getaway.
Dayton: Day 3 (homeward bound)
We got to “sleep in” a bit this morning, compared to the last two days. By 8:15am, we were checked out of our hotel, picking up breakfast at Starbucks, and back on the road to the Cincinnati airport (in Kentucky). The travel gods were looking out for us again (plus it was early Sunday morning) …
Dayton: Day 2 (Go Flyers!)
The day started early again as we got up at 7am, grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel, and the headed out into the chilly, windy morning over to the University of Dayton Arena for rehearsal with the alumni band. Practice ended a few hours later after we rehearsed the pre-game and halftime shows with …
Dayton: Day 1 (Things sure have changed)
I’m up in Dayton, Ohio on a weekend trip with my daughter for the 2011 UD Band Alumni weekend. I haven’t been to Bandcoming since the 100 year anniversary back in 2005 so I’m looking forward to seeing some old college friends and spending a weekend with my daughter.
Home from Universal; a Disney comparison
Normally we spend the morning of Labor Day in the hotel pool but since we already had some pool time yesterday, we checked out early and bid farewell to Universal Studios. We had breakfast at First Watch (I tried the new bacon/cheddar pancakes, which were different, but surprisingly good) and then killed some time at …
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Universal, Labor Day Weekend 2011 – Day 2
We got up early this morning to take advantage of the early (8am) opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure for hotel guests. Of course almost every other hotel guest was doing the same thing, but since there are only a few Universal hotels, the crowd was still manageable.