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I Found Great Croissants in Seattle
After some searching online, and reading many reviews, I decided to drive down to Cafe Besalu in Ballard. It took about 20 minutes, and I picked up three croissants and one pain au chocolat (my personal favorite). The consensus is that while they aren’t quite as good as in France, they are really close! They…
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Star Wars and Indiana Jones
I was watching Indiana Jones movies last night with Emma, preparing to watch the new Indiana Jones movie, and I noticed a couple of things. First, at the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the nightclub that Indiana Jones and Willie Scott escape from is called “Club Obi Wan”, a clear reference…
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MythBusters on CSI
MythBusters on CSII don’t watch a ton of TV, but I like Tivo-ing CSI Las Vegas. Last night we watched an episode from a couple weeks ago, and much to our delight saw Jamie and Adam from MythBusters watching a lab test involving burning things. It was hilarious. Also, I think it means we’re geeks.…
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HowGoodIWas.com
This post is mostly to allow Google to index the site early, so the Google based search will work:) In four days HowGoodIWas.com will launch it’s friend’s and family beta. Check it out then, and send any feedback to [email protected].
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Travel Gear
As part of putting off actually writing about the trip, a task which still seems far too monumental to be attacked successfully, I’m going extoll some of the great gear which I really appreciated during this trip. First is luggage. You can’t really travel without carrying something with you. I used my Tom Bihn Id…
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French Croissants
I’m sitting in my local coffeehouse, Diva Espresso, which by most measures is a great place. However, I’ve just choked down a croissant. Before I went to La Napoule in the South of France, I liked their pastries. Now that I’ve eaten the croissants and pan au chocolates from multiple cafes in the South of…