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I'm an expat Californian who is obsessed with traveling to strange and exotic destinations in the former Communist Bloc. I also like tacos, beer, surfing, trapshooting, and the geopolitics of oil. I currently live in Arlington, Virginia and work in Washington, DC. Read more about me here, check out my photo album, or send me an e-mail.

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    Oh, I could be laughing about it, and making the most of the true British climate

    Photos from my January 3-11, 2010 return to London, with day trips to snow-covered Oxford and Gloucester.

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    It’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last

    Not that it’s really been a bad year. Hell, I made it out to Costa Rica, China, and North Korea, so 2009 was quite fantastic. Except for one slight, uh, problem. A few weeks ago I was laid off from my job and am now unemployed. But more on that later, [...]

    London: Cabwise

    Via Transport for London comes this new ad campaign regarding the dangers of illegal cabs. Now if only DC had a competent agency like TFL to regulate cabs I might be willing to take them more often. London cabbies are truly the best in the world.

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    2008 Global Cities Index

    London does quite well. Washington? Eh…
    New York takes the #1 spot. Still, I could never live there.

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