Monthly Archives: April 2014
Rapid City to Missoula
This third leg of the journey — from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Missoula, Montana — was the longest yet. That was largely my own fault. After a 16-hour slog the day before, the predicted 10-hour drive seemed like nothing. Hey, I thought, why not relax a bit and soak up some of the local […]
Chicago to Rapid City
For some reason I thought that spring had arrived and this trip across America would not involve white-knuckle driving through blizzards. Maybe that’s because I’ve been spending time in DC and Seattle, where we’ve already hit the second round of flowering shrubs and bulbs and most trees are basically leafed out. Not so in these […]
DC to Chicago
Day 1 of the westward migration was a success! I made it from DC to Chicago in approximately 11.5 hours, and I didn’t once end up in a ditch. I passed through six states, ate pancakes at IHOP and raw lamb at a Michelin-starred gastropub, listened to more Christian pop music than I even knew […]
JJD goes west
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to speak of other things . . . “ In roughly five minutes Comcast will terminate my Internet access and I will spend the rest of the day getting my haircut, packing the car and celebrating one last farewell with friends. Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I will […]
Success! (or at least I won’t be homeless)
When I moved from New York to DC, I gave myself two days to find a place to live. This time around, I took a luxurious two and a half — practically an eternity — and I’m happy to say that, assuming all goes well with my application (fingers crossed!), I’ll be moving into this […]
Live blogging the "pack and load" – done!
Well, after only five and a half hours, I’m happy to report that Tony, Carlos and the other guy are done with their work, my apartment is empty, I haven’t died from starvation yet. It’s an Easter Miracle! All that’s left is the stuff that’s going with me in the car or will be dropped […]
Live blogging the "pack and load" – update!
Seriously people, I wasn’t kidding about starving to death. Next time I’m going to hire a company that caters its moves. I fear this will be me before the movers are done.(image poached from here) I guess the real question is WHY ON EARTH DO I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF??? If I survive to move […]
Live blogging the "pack and load"
At 8:45 this morning three burly men with incomprehensible (possibly West Indian?) accents arrived at my door with approximately 400 cardboard boxes, unlimited rolls of packing tape, and a bunch of packing blankets. I gave them a quick tour of the apartment and they set to work. One guy headed into the bedroom, pulled […]
Don Quixote
The nice thing about having seasons tickets to the Kennedy Center’s ballet season is that they make taking a ballet break so much easier. No need to think about buying tickets or coordinating with friends while also juggling work — or in tonight’s case — packing. Instead, the tickets have been sitting on my counter […]
Organizing all the things
So my last day at the firm wasn’t actually my last day as an employee of the firm, just my last working day. Between now and the 25th I’m taking my remaining vacation days from last year and the handful of days that I’ve already accrued this year. I made a point, though, before leaving, […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 