Yebisu Beer Museum - Drinking Before Noon
beer, casual, japan mradcliffe 08-10-2010

This is a great museum to take your buddies to,  and it's free! I usually take friends here as part of a morning...

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Indian's Stadium, Progressive Field
baseball, cleveland, stadiums mradcliffe 07-06-2010

Although now showing it's age to newer stadiums the stands in Progressive Field are built close-in to the field, and the stadium is...

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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
elephant, sri lanka mradcliffe 05-16-2010

The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is a sanctuary for Indian elephants. It's a majestic sight to see, and you won't see as many and in...

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Mo Mo Paradise, All You Can Eat Sukiyaki
sukiyaki mradcliffe 05-13-2010

Now this is a restaurant that I know well in Japan. I've eaten here several times for more than a decade. It's not unchanging. The menu...

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Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
desert, garden, phoenix mradcliffe 04-24-2010

The Desert Botanical Garden is in the middle of Phoenix, Arizona. As you travel around Phoenix you notice how...

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Hamarikyu Garden, The Shogun's Park
casual, garden, japan, photography, tokyo mradcliffe 02-09-2010

This is one of my favorite stops. I've been here in the winter, spring, and late summer. Each time you'll find a different flower in bloom...

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Smuggler's Notch
skiing, vermont mradcliffe 02-08-2010

I'm a native Californian. I love snow. If I want this snow I would drive 3.5 hours for it early on a Saturday morning to catch first tracks (...

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Phew... New Site Theme

Submitted by mradcliffe on Fri, 2010-08-06 22:23

I was never really satisfied with the theme I came up with earlier this year for the web site. The negative space of the background mostly put me off. The red color, which I thought was neat at first, along with the logo, just didn't seem to give off the right vibe. I decided to change the color scheme to be a bit cooler, and then retain a redish color elsewhere.

What To Do On A Rainy Day

Submitted by mradcliffe on Sun, 2010-03-07 20:48

Sometimes the destination you plan on traveling to requires a sunny day. But what about rainy days?

I hate airlines

Submitted by mradcliffe on Wed, 2010-02-03 18:24

I hate shopping for airline tickets online. The so-called "e-ticket" is the worst thing to happen to the passenger. Shopping for airline tickets is one of the least enjoyable things in my life. There are tons of web sites that offer competitive prices, but it's like they purposefully try to aggravate you into conceding defeat. I would rather do my taxes.

The Essence of Travel, 旅のこと

Submitted by mradcliffe on Sun, 2009-12-27 13:51

Journal writing is not my favorite activity in the world by a long shot. In fact, I absolutely detest writing journals, and often they degrade into the mundane or ranting about journals.