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Hot Dogs in Scottsdale.

Chris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:56:00 +0000

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Recent Visit to San Antonio

Chris — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:33:38 +0000

I’ve been to San Antonio and the River Walk a bunch of times. But, I had never done the river boat tour until last month. My mom visited, so I was playing tour guide. Turns out, the boat tour is fun and informative. Check out the videos below.

Birthday in Costa Rica

Chris — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:24:13 +0000

I did a trip down to Costa Rica for my birthday (March 5), and to do a little promotion for yourville.
Here are a few pictures to check out, if your interested.

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6 Continents. 12 Countries. 120 Days.

Chris — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:01:13 +0000

Some friends of mine are taking a trip around the world and are documenting everything as they go. You can go here TonyandSuzy.com to see where they’re at and where they’re going next.

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Here go pictures from my NC trip

Chris — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:45:34 +0000

Just in case you’re interested. Take a look at the biscuits that my mom makes. Awesome.

Click here to see the photo album.

Visiting North Carolina this weekend

Chris — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:00:59 +0000

I’m leaving tomorrow for a long weekend in North Carolina to visit my family, and to surprise my mom for her 70th birthday. Should be fun. I’ll update with pictures and such when I get back.

Going to Cuba even if I have to swim.

Chris — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:21:36 +0000

Many of you may already know that Iâ€™ve been planning a trip to Cuba. I was hoping to go either in December of this year or February or March of next year. For the last few months Iâ€™ve been looking into all of the different ways to go there with out getting any hassle from the US Government on return. Looks like most people just go illegally and donâ€™t mention anything to customs when they return. Apparently Cuba will not stamp your passport if youâ€™re from the US. The illegal aspect of Cuba for US citizens is not the going there part (it is legal to go there) but itâ€™s the spending money there, part. The US government put the controlling power in the Depart of Treasuries hands. So, itâ€™s legal to go but you can not spend in money there. I decided to go ahead and give the legal method a try first by sending the Treasury Department a letter asking permission to go based on my â€œJournalistâ€ background. I figured if I could get permission it would be a lot easier. Well, I got a letter back from the treasury department yesterday stating that they denied me. They said that I didnâ€™t address a â€œportion of the relevant criteria in the Comprehensiveâ€ bla, bla, bla. First of all, I thought as a US citizen you have certain freedoms that allow you to be able to go anywhere you want? Did you know that the US is the only country that still expects its citizens to pay income tax, even if you donâ€™t live and work in the US? I probably should rant too much about this because Iâ€™m sure if I do, Iâ€™ll get some guy in a black suit thatâ€™ll show up at my door. Anyway, I plan on redoing the letter to the Treasury department based on the relevant criteria. If that one doesnâ€™t work then I guess Iâ€™ll be swimming from Miami.

If anyone has any suggestions for me on this, please leave me a comment.

Hereâ€™s the response letter from the Treasury Department.

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North Carolina Trip Part 1

Chris — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:25:53 +0000

small ass Continental JetAugust 18- I leave for the Austin airport for my 8:30 am flight on Continental Airlines. I chose Continental because I’ve always had good experiences with them. My first flight left on-time and I was on my way to Houston to catch the second leg of my flight to Raleigh. When I arrived in Houston I had to hustle over to terminal B to make my other connection. Turns out terminal B was the farthest terminal from where I was and had to catch the little tram thing to get there. When I get to my gate I realize that the flight has already boarded and basically they were waiting on me. When I get on the jet I had to take a second look to make sure I wasnâ€™t on the wrong flight. The jet was for sure the smallest jet I have ever been on. It was three seats wide. Probably the max amount of passengers for this size jet is something like 30. The way the seats were set-up was: one seat then aisle and then two seats. My seat was one of the one seats by it’s self. I could barely fit into the seat. Not because Iâ€™m big (which Iâ€™m not) but the seat was small. Luckily the flight wasnâ€™t full so I had kinda had my choice of small seats. We finally get up in the air and in route to Raleigh. Of course no foodâ€¦just peanuts. To give you a idea how much room I had, I couldnâ€™t even open my laptop in my lap. Well, I could have opened it but I couldnâ€™t get the screen opened all the way. So, I put in my earphones, put my Ipod on Genre-Country and tried to fall asleep to Merle, Willie, David Allan and others. We finally arrive 2.5 miserable hours latter. I get on over to Thrifty to pick-up my mid size rental car which turns out to be an ok car (Dodge Stratus Coupe).

Tucker “rock on dude”Now, the first part of my trips begins. Iâ€™m in route to Wilmington, NC to hang out with one of my best friends and his family. The trip from Raleigh to Wilmington is about 2 hours drive. On the highway I got with a group of cars that was doing 80 â€“ 90 the whole time. So, I made pretty good time. I make it to Wilmington and meet my friend Joe at his house (where Iâ€™ll be staying). He gives me the grand tour of the house and introduces me to his youngest son Tucker who has grown a lot of hair since the last time I had seen him. Heâ€™s only 3 but has hair down to the middle of his back. He has a t-shirt
that reads, â€œIâ€™m not a girlâ€. Anyway, I see the rest of the family Kaysie (Joeâ€™s wife) and Andrew (oldest son, 13). Additionally one of my other friendâ€™s sonâ€™s (Aron) is there for the week to hang out with Andrew. The first night in Wilmington Joe, Kaysie and myself go downtown for some Sushi and brews. I have never been downtown Wilmington before. Itâ€™s damn cool. I’m shocked at how much goes on there for a city thatâ€™s only 75,000 people.

The next day we take a family outing over to Bald Head Island to meet up with another friend Kevin his wife Laura and their 2 year old daughter. Kevin grew up in NC but left around the same time I did for the riches of California. Coincidentally he was in NC visiting at the same time I was. To get to Bald Island from Wilmington we take a car Ferry and then a passenger ferry thatâ€™s run by the Bald Head Island association. Bald Head Island is a kind of Exclusive Island that you can buy/rent a house, condo. Additionally it doesnâ€™t allow cars so we had to rent a big Golf Cart to get around on. The golf cart turned out to be a lot of fun. We hung out most of the afternoon at the beach and then went to Kevinâ€™s house for a BBQ. After eating drinking just about everything we packed up the golf cart and headed back to the ferry dock to catch the 9:30 ferry. We missed it so we had another hour to wait for the next ferry. More time to drink. We catch the 10:30 passenger ferry and instead of taking the other car ferry we drive around the peninsula to get back to Wilmington.

Lisa and AronThe next day Joe and I head out around noon to explore Wilmington. We check out a record store where Joe gets some new â€œBro-down Hardcoreâ€ CD. Then we walk around a bit and decide to check out some place to get a drink. We stumble upon some bar/ restaurant thatâ€™s down below street level. We order wings and beers and donâ€™t leave for the next 4 hours. The beers were good. Turns out the bartender knows just about all of the same people that Joe and I grew up around. Joe gets into a bit of trouble because weâ€™re gone so long without letting his pregnant wife know where we are. Theyâ€™ll get it all worked out. After the bar, Joe and I head back to his house to pick up Andrew and Aron to go get some food. Aronâ€™s mom and step dad are going to meet us at the restaurant so that they can get Aron and take him home to Kernersville. After being at the restaurant for 2 beers (15-20 min) Aaronâ€™s parents show and eat and drink also. After dinner we go back to Joeâ€™s and have a few â€œnight capsâ€. The next morning Iâ€™m off to Raleigh to visit my brothers.

Check back in a couple of days for the restâ€¦

Joe doing his best Mike Muir impression

Andrew and Aron at breakfast

Joe and family, ferry to Bald Head Island

Bald Head Island entrance

Bald Head Island marina

Kevin and Laura on the beach

Golf cart Beverly Hillbillies

Joe doing the “beer belly BBQ”

Bald Head Island Sun Set

On my way to the Raleigh Airport for a 11:45am departure.

Chris — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:28:48 +0000

Sporting my new NC State fitted cap.

Chris — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:27:29 +0000