I admit that sometimes I am not the easiest person to keep track of. Jetting off to here and there; I am never at home by my phone. Hopefully you can keep up to date with these notes. --Dan
This afternoon we walked around Dublin harbor, played in St. Stephen’s green, listened to a four piece orchestra, and saw a duwk! Later on we went in search of Guinness and a girl playing acoustic guitar. We found both many times in Temple Bar, but I am glad we stopped where we did. […]
Jeremy and I wandered around downtown Dublin yesterday after getting down from the airport. I found a map, and we were soon at the Paramount Hotel in Temple Bar where we are spending the next few days. Temple Bar is the heart of Dublin and is filled with bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, and […]
Last night was the last day of the IASSIST conference, and a nice dinner was held at the Roxburghe Hotel in Charlotte Square. We started out with wine in the garden and moved onto a five course dinner with sliced salmon with peppercorns and Haggis stuffed chicken. It was worth attending the conference […]
Tonight after our sessions, Jeremy and I went out with five girls from Louisiana who were visiting Scotland for a birthday party. We bowled a few games at the Edinburgh MegaBowl, and I am sure Melanie paid her way through college shooting pool, because I got schooled. The best part was the girls […]
Our DDI meetings were scheduled to coincide with the IASSIST conference in Edinburgh. The conference was being held at the Holyrood hotel where we had been meeting the previous two days. I had grown a taste for the Tennents Velvet on tap in the lobby, so I decided to stay on for the […]
After several planes, busses, and funny looking automobiles, I arrived on Royal Terrace in Edinburgh where I am living for a while. Jeremy and I are staying in a splendid manor house, and the place is very ornate. My first order of business was to see the new Star Wars movie at the […]
I am leaving for Europe today, and Trisha still hasn’t given me my car back. Hopefully I will see it in one piece in September.
I managed to again steal Trisha’s van to move my furniture home to Stevens Point. Not one to miss opportunities, Ben and I decided to move some more furniture! My grandparents are moving out of their home in Wild Rose and had some extra sofas and tables. Anna wanted some of them […]
My little sister graduated from college today! Anna finished her Psychology degree at UMN and is now starting a new job in the cities. Hopefully she will now start taking me out to lunch for a change! We went out to Buca to celebrate along with her roommates last night, and the […]
During the year I run an underground poker game. For my last week in town, we decided to actually hold the game underground! To spice the game up, we played on Steve’s pool table for the actual “felt” feel of a casino table. The chips splashed into the pot much more quietly, […]
Today was my last night in Minneapolis. By my last night, I mean the last night I would be going out downtown with the guys. We stopped over at Joe’s Garage for dinner. The shiny tables made my head spin; at least I think it was the shiny tables. I have […]
I stopped at my Grandparents house in Wild Rose on my way north from the Dells. They were having a large mothers day lunch for the family. I ate some tasty home cooking, and drove back to Stevens Point. I stopped in at UWSP and watched Patricia’s choir concert before we headed […]
It was Ben’s birthday yesterday, so I drove down to the Wisconsin Dells to pay him a visit, and Jeremy also drove to up from Madison. Ben was working the afternoon away at the Army Ducks, so I jumped on for a free ride. I even got to go through the “drivers only” […]