Monthly Archives: February 2005

Vacation statistics

2005-02-28 – 19:46

1 state
8 days
865 miles by car
24 miles by foot and stroller
4 DQ Blizzards
242 pictures
3 hotels
2 trips to Savannah
1 alligator sighting
1 game of croquet
0 time on computer

By frank | Posted in Travel | Comments (0)

The 4 mile walk that lasted 7 miles

2005-02-27 – 19:25

The walk began with a beautiful driftwood-covered beach on the north side of Jekyll Island, an Atlantic barrier island in Georgia. There was well over a mile of tree-sized driftwood. Despite the hazy and overcast day that leached all the contrast out of everything in the scene and blurred the line between ocean and sky, [...]

By frank | Posted in Travel | Comments (0)

OLN TV should show live coverage of the Tour de Georgia

2005-02-25 – 09:48

This is excerpted from the letter I wrote to OLN TV. Please grab a few sentences or craft your own and send them an email requesting more thorough and timely coverage of the 2005 Tour de Georgia.
Please don’t miss out on a great opportunity with the Tour de Georgia. My family and I have [...]

By frank | Posted in Cycling | Comments (0)

xocolatl

2005-02-24 – 18:03

Wright Square Cafe in Savannah sells enough brands of dark chocolate to keep me entertained for at least several weeks! My favorite so far is Dagoba’s Xocolatl chocolate, a 74% cacao bar “infused with chilis, cacao nibs, maca, vanilla, & nutmeg.” It’s seriously yummy! Andrea normally doesn’t get as excited about chocolate as me, but [...]

By frank | Posted in Food and Drink, Travel | Comments (0)

Traveling with your favorite TiVo user?

2005-02-24 – 16:48

Try this for fun:
You’re staying in a hotel, it doesn’t matter where, but it could be Savannah. You’re watching the news and you catch a glimpse of someone trying to twist open a bottle of beer that was made using George Washington’s molasses beer recipe. Knowing it looks like homebrew, you blurt, “Hey, was [...]

By frank | Posted in General, Travel | Comments (1)