Category Archives: travel

here I is

My trip abroad, of which I’ve mentioned not a word here on OM, was a wonderful experience. I spent 18 days traveling to, across, and back home from Spain. I learned and understood more of Spain’s people, geography, history and … Continue reading

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The time we went to Julia Pfeiffer Beach

Most impressively, I wrote that title without even looking up the spelling. Big Sur, Julia Pfeiffer Beach trail from r.g.munoz on Vimeo. finally edited! enjoy….

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Cambria Vlog 1: Mutant Vlog

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Convening in Austin

The Preamble For the 1.7 regular readers of this periodically forsaken blog, you may still have a vague recollection of an earlier era (may even have been when we still went by The Duologue!) when a significant portion of my … Continue reading

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Burners, coffee, true believers, and a desperate dispersal of cookies

On Friday (while at Burning Man), I discovered that there was a wi-fi network available and as I had been commanded by my co-blogger to twitter if I could, I decided that it made sense to spend and hour or … Continue reading

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Burning Man art: Massive

One of the well known joys of Burning Man – and really the only part that I felt I really understood before I arrived – are the massive art installations. I guess I cheated on this front a little bit, … Continue reading

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Hot days, wild nights

After being welcomed home, I mounted a suspended, empty hydrogen tank, which was rung by the BRC greeting crew, and thus my adventure was begun. We had identified a target address for our camp, using some of the Burning Man … Continue reading

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“Welcome Home”

I spent the better part of the last month-and-a-half preparing to travel to and survive in the environmentally challenging environs of Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis of about 45,000 in the middle of the Nevada desert. BRC is, of … Continue reading

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Seattle

I have arrived in Seattle on a glorious, sunny, crisp day. The flight was a little too early in the morning to be pleasant, and then it was delayed for about 40 minutes. The airport was a fucking zoo, man. … Continue reading

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