This was a trip a couple years in the making. Lindsey and I talked about running the Las Vegas Marathon in 2007, and we started training for it–even creating a blogging website for training (that still ranks #1 in search engines). We trained all the way to running 16 miles on the weekends before Lindsey [...]
Events
FAIL: Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign photos
While in Las Vegas for the Rock n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon, Lindsey and I took three trips out to the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign to snap some “jumping” pictures. The sign is a 10-minute walk south of Mandalay Bay along the Las Vegas Strip. I had been to Las Vegas many [...]
Twestival for those who Twitter in DC
Twestivals are community gatherings to meet those who use the microblogging social network Twitter and raise money and awareness for charity. The buzz around the Twestival for Washington, DC was hightened on Twitter a couple weeks prior to the event. There were other Twestivals happening at the same time as ours, including ones in London, [...]
Take me out to the Nats game
Close to the end of work today, my boss Allan asks if I’m interested in taking his seat at the Washington Nationals baseball game tonight. I would be sitting next to Gannett’s VP of Labor Relations. I had not been to a ballgame yet since we’ve been to DC, so I asked Lindsey to head [...]
Online News Association ’08 Conference
Within my first two weeks at my new job, I was asked to be a representative for all of Gannett’s broadcast stations in the Online News Association’s 9th Annual Conference and Awards Banquet job fair at the Capitol Hilton in downtown DC (t). I was at first a little hesitant because the job fair fell [...]
Who is Deadmau5?
This was our first night out on the town. I’ve been working too many hours and haven’t had time to really let loose and enjoy the night life. I bought tickets for Progressive House/Minimal Trance and Techno producer and DJ Joel Zimmerman, known as Deadmau5 (pronounced Deadmouse). I had no idea at the time I [...]
Odyssey: A Night Cruising The Potomac River
One of the Web sites I manage is called dvmOurTime.com. It’s a Web site devoted to those in Washington, D.C. who are baby boomers that want to enjoy life and share their stories with other members of the community. There are more than 12,000 members of this site, which launched in February of this year. [...]
Armin van Buuren: a followup
So, it’s taken me 2 days to recover from the Armin concert. It’s Thursday night, and I’m still sort out of it. I have to say that was the best club concert I’ve ever been to. The crowd at Dante’s were amazing, and you could tell people got out on a Tuesday night just to [...]
Armin van Buuren
This is a night I’ve been waiting for. I can’t remember the last time I went out all night during a weeknight, but Armin van Buuren is performing at Dantes tonight. It’s 9:30pm right now, and I’m waiting for my personal trainer Gordon to pick me up so we can club. He works security there [...]