February 17th, 2008 by Berklie in Travel, Carousing
PRB “play” in Boulder, mixed with BCBS “work” in Denver? Done and done. We love it when a plan comes together… especially when we can trawl down Pearl Street on the company’s dime. Cha-ching! Though we made sure to stop by our usual haunts (Juanita’s, Boulder Book Store, and Walnut Brewery), we also made time for the “new” kids on the block (The Kitchen, Tee & Cakes, and Frasca) during our week out west. Regrets? Missing the lingerie show that J and LH walked into at Boulderado’s Catacombs. Grrr… now, why’d we decide to stay at Conor O’Neills instead?
And a big thanks, D, for making us feel right at home at “never to be missed when we’re in town” The Sink. Most favorite place of all time up on The Hill. Quick note to The Hill, though: WTF happened to you? Honestly, if you were a person, you’d be “Strung Out” Yasmine. Can’t believe that we used to call you “home” back in the day. (What’s up, 11th and College!) Get it together… we’ll be back later this year to see how you’re coming along with your rebuilding project. You will be rebuilding, won’t you?
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October 27th, 2007 by Berklie in Travel, Carousing
It was time to “get the hell out of Dodge” and head to… dart, please… Beijing, China (though some would still say “Peking,” but they’d be o-o-o-ld). Gathering up Mighty D.R. and a couple of United First tickets; we were off. However… nobody told us that the entire city was, even this late in the game for 2008’s global party, still under construction. Chicagoans, though, have experienced this kind of disappointment before. Just ask the Griswolds (thanks, Marty Moose!). And the Olympic venues? Let’s just say that if they were webpages… they’d look like this. Get crackin’, boys!
Thankfully, there are a few things that have been finished for, oh, 2,000 years or so. We’re going to let others debate whether or not the Great Wall can be seen from space with the naked eye (at least until our Virgin Galactic tix are printed “as early as 2009,” that is)… but we can personally say that it’s fully-deserving of its “New 7 Wonders” status. The wall-building techniques lovingly showcased on South Park a few years back are really nothing short of astonishing when seen up close (and, no, we’re not talking about the true fact that “peasants who died working were buried inside the wall”). Sprinkle in visits to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and Wangfujing… and you’ve got yourself a worth-while visit.
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April 29th, 2007 by Berklie in Travel, Design
Back from this year’s NN/g Usability Week 2007 conference in Washington, DC, and DC turned out to be about exactly what we thought it would be… like hanging out in the Loop after 5:00 PM. Yawn.
Granted; we may not have known fun times were possibly just 3 miles away in Virginia or Maryland, but DC’s nightlife warranted a D+/C- (and that’s only thanks to the “Young Madison Party” at The Third Edition bailing DC out).
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March 22nd, 2007 by Berklie in Chicago, Travel
“I was flying in to Chicago at night, watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke…” No, not me. That would be Chicago-rocker Liz Phair, from her excellent 1993 debut release Exile In Guyville. But how can you not think of it when you’re on approach in to ORD?
Want to see Berksclusive® photos and videos of the Airbus A380’s first visit to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport? Follow along and see what the F.O.B.’s sent to post. Where have you been all my life “tail cam?”
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