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Today the Mrs. turns 30!

Posted in Photography, Travels on July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Jen, you’ve grown to be an amazing woman in your first 30 years and I can’t wait to spend the next 30+ with you. Love, dj More photos from Crete

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Weekend in Belgium and Two Can’t Miss Bars

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged beer, belgium, bruges, brussels on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My simple advice to you… If you like beer… and I mean good beer. Get to Belgium… now. Jen spoke at a conference in Brussels a week or so ago so a few of us decided to meet up there for a weekend of chocolates, frites, and of course, phenomenal belgium beer. The beer there [...]

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Ryanair’s outrageous visa check policy

Posted in Commentary, Travels, tagged dublin, ryanair, travel on July 29, 2009 | 20 Comments »

Since moving to the UK, we travel a lot, and when you travel this much, you know the tricks of the trade. We find deals on Kayak, then crosscheck the aircraft details with SeatGuru to make sure the plane is decent and to pick the best seat. We know which airlines are strategic partners, and [...]

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Kuala Lumpur and Koh Samui

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged koh samui, kuala lumpur, malaysia, thailand on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve been back for almost two weeks now from what we’ve appropriately named Honeymoon #2. Take a look and I think you’ll see why. All I can say is, “Highly recommended!”. There are loads more of course on Flickr. Kuala Lumpur – Koh Samui

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Thailand Holiday

Posted in Travels, tagged koh samui, thailand, video on June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Jen and I are wrapping up a much enjoyed two-week holiday to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Koh Samui, Thailand. More accounts, photos, and videos to follow but here’s a clip from our last full day at Sandalwood Resort and Spa.

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Borough Market

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged borough, london, market on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This Memorial Day (Late May Bank Holiday) weekend we hooked up with some good friends in London for a weekend of fun in the sun. I only have pics from our Saturday trip to Borough Market but we took advantage of the amazing weather with a great picnic in Hyde Park and BBQ at home [...]

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USA Whirlwind

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged family, friends on May 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There are weekend trips and then there’s weekend trips and last week’s run to the States was the latter. In just over 72 hours we enjoyed a day or two with the family for Stacey’s Graduation, followed by catching up with Adam and Maria and their new baby Jonah, then a 30th birthday celebration for [...]

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Birthday in the Lake District

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged Commentary, lake district, uk on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For my birthday last weekend, Jen surprised me with a nice weekend trip to the Lake District here in the UK. I’ve been wanting to check it out for a while now so my birthday was the perfect excuse to make the drive up. Jen picked out a great little B&B in Keswick called Allerdale [...]

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Easter in Istanbul

Posted in Photography, Travels, tagged dominos, istanbul, turkey on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In keeping with our Easter travel tradition, this year we headed to Istanbul for a nice long weekend. Between late night prayer calls, bazars, the Bosphorus strait, and ordering Dominos delivery in Turkish, it was an interesting trip! Full photo set on Flickr:

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