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Tomorrow I’m off to the northwest with David. Needless to say, I’m excited as hell. It will only be my third time out of California, the first being to Ensenada when I was about 10 and the second being Las Vegas a few years ago. This will most likely be much more enjoyable and exciting. Not [...]

MurderingMouth is going on a Road Trip. Feel free to contact us to arrange for coffee or dinner if our paths will be crossing. Be warned that the tight time-table will not leave much room for extensive chit-chat, but it is always nice to put a face to a domain name…
19 Nov: SFO to Charlotte
20 Nov: Charlotte
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No profound Thanksgiving messages here. Just a note that our plans have changed. New York had to be removed from the itinerary for the sake of our (my) sanity. Our remaining stops include Baltimore, Albany, Buffalo and Pittsburg…

The weekend past saw an enlightening visit to Southern California, which within a few weeks will have successfully been washed away. Pity. Finally managed to meet Drub and Chuck at Pomegranate. Other gastronomic tourist stops includedMister Tiki and Jimmy Carter’s. Much weight was gained and cute neighborhoods seen.

The following are tentative stops on our cross-country trek to our spiffy new home in Charlotte. I would like suggestions for places to see and people to meet, and most importantly, good food stops - from dives to fine dining.
 

Los Angeles
Phoenix
El Paso
Austin
New Orleans
Birmingham

The actual itinerary is changeable, but I’ll post it as it materializes, in [...]

It will take a while for me to forgive San Francisco for the horrible goodbye it’s given me. My last day will be consumed with more moving drudgery: numerous trips to the goodwill, paying exhorbiant fees to get still-useful furniture carted away, multiple trips to random trash-dumping facilities, avoiding the asshole downstairs and his vindictive [...]

In the midst of a whirlwind tour of the desert, some quick notes on the experiences so far…
Final packing and departure was tainted by one last bitch fight with the asshole downstairs, followed by a final visit to the FedEx station to send yet another cache of belongings ahead of us to David’s parents, as the [...]

After a brutal drive through the desert to El Paso, we found ourselves wishing that we could have spent more time in that particular border town. It was a rather charming city of about half a million, perched on the other side of the border from Juarez, a city of some 2 million. I yeared [...]

The car is tentatively working, despite burning some oil and running a bit too hot in the super-humid gulf daylight air. We had to scuttle plans for a stay in Austin and a leisurely few days in New Orleans in favor of zipping home to Charlotte as quickly as possible. We should be there by [...]

Finally in the new home and wondering what we’re going to sit on before we get jobs and can afford a new couch.
From New Orleans we made our way to Montgomery for one evening and then on to Greensboro to meet up with all of our 30-something FedEx boxes at David’s parents’. Two late nights [...]

David’s trip journal of our I-10 journey is up. His is much better than mine, so even if you’ve been keeping up here, you should still take a looksie at his. It has all the pictures and stuff…

 
Another bit of interestingness: I may be doing a short consulting job in SF for my old employer [...]

Still very tired. Not sleeping incredibly well in the hotel.

 
A run-down of the past couple weeks: we continued to play house and get comfortable, finally sorting out the book collection. Celebrated my birthday with Salvadoran breakfast and German dinner. I decided I need to start exercising a little if I’m to continue with this non-stop [...]

Most of my hotel rooms have conveniently had wireless access. Alas, I’ve had pretty tight time due to the long daily drives and an itching desire to actually see a thing or two whilst on the road. Rather than give a real ‘trip journal’ here, I’ll just relay some of the notes I’ve jotted down [...]

Atlanta. Busiest airport in the universe. Airport with speedy wifi and absolutely no electrical outlets…
I land in San Francisco in about 6 hours… Yawn.

San Francisco has treated me well. I’ve managed to spend a month away from home, away from boy, without car and in the middle of the urban jungle I once called home.

 
Strangely, it still feels like home. But I’m ready to spend some much-needed catch-up time with the boy and the Gaggle, and experience some [...]