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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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    God save the pint

    Because “I’ll have a half-liter of (insert beer here)” just sounds lame:
    The European Parliament voted to allow the continued use of the pint and the mile on Tuesday, sparing British drinkers from having to order half liters and Irish drivers from staying below 110 kilometers an hour. Before the measure passed, Britain and Ireland, the [...]

    OMG I love the British

    I want to move back to the UK and be an MP.

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