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Hotel 41, London, England, UK

Boutique Digs in Downtown London

History of Hotel 41 “41” AT NO.41 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD takes its name from nearby Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and the only royal home named after a subject. The site…

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First Class to London

I was traveling on Virgin Atlantic to London with a friend when he got upgraded to first class and I didn't. >:( But being the gentleman that he is: he gave me his seat! I was reluctant to take it…

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Botswana Basket Weaving Designs

I’ve always been enchanted by the ornately designed baskets/bowls found all over Botswana, and earlier this afternoon I was reading “Mortals” by Norman Rush and came upon this:

“For a while Iris had been interested in the reed baskets produced by the Bushmen or rather Bushwomen in the north, and she had studied the meaning of the symbols in the designs, Tears of the Giraffe, Knees of the Tortoise, Urine Trail of the Bull and so on woven into baskets.”

The designs have names?! Of course they do. So I immediately stopped reading to come research them. Finding the designs were hard enough, finding any deeper meaning into the symbols was impossible and might require a proper book. Some of these might even be mislabeled. Until I find out more, you can just enjoy the patterns on their own…

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Edwards Air Force Base Air Show

Edwards AFB Air Show

Woke up at the crack o' dawn and ventured out to Edwards AFB to watch the air show & trip around the planes on display. The pyrotechnics reminded of Burning Man, but the C-17 was by far my favorite with…

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Gyrocopter Flight

On a recent visit to see family in Indiana, I had the fortune to run into an old friend who was going up in his gyrocopter later that afternoon and offered me a seat on the flight. No windows, no…

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Travertine Hot Springs

Travertine Hot Springs

These pools are a must-see stop on the way to &/or from Burning Man, snowboarding at Mammoth or any decent roadtrip along the 395... I've been there a couple different times when nobody else was there, a soaker's dream! They're…

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