It came as no surprise that my gal-pals Ryan and Tanya were not going to be staying home on what’s got to be their favorite holiday of the year, the day when 70-pound ghouls and goblins roam the streets carrying shopping bags like they were strolling through Macy’s. I also was not a bit astonished when they said they would be dressing up. However, I did raise an eyebrow when they asked me to come trick-or-treating with them. I mean, none of us even really like candy.
“No, not for candy,” said Ryan. “For books.” Continue reading »
I was on the way to a Wednesday night run with my neighbor when a friend called and asked, “so when are we meeting tonight for the bike event?” Tonight? Somehow I got the date wrong and thought it was tomorrow. So to make the event, I cut my run down to a 2.6 miles so I could get to New Belgium Brewery in time, or at least not *too* late.
Good thing Tori called — otherwise I’d have missed out on a fun evening of beer, bikes, and a documentary/info-session about how bicycles are benefiting the people of Ghana. Continue reading »
As if the line snaking through Fort Collins’ La Quinta Inn to the official voting room at 7:00am was not ominous enough, then the hastily spouted words from one of the computer judges were.
“Don’t let anyone vote on the electronic ballot machines right now,” she warned. “We are having a problem with the card writer.” Continue reading »
One of the most conspicuous differences between great towns in first-world countries and less developed countries is the amount of trash the litters the side of the roads.
Take Boquete, Panama, for example. This is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to, surrounded by verdant mountains and ubiquitous colorful flowers. It was a shame to me, then, that in certain places there were so much trash (plastic bags, food containers, aluminum cans, etc.) littering the sides of the roads or banks of the rivers. Being a near-obsessive/compulsive neat freak, I felt the urge to come out with some garbage bags and pick up some trash — a feeling only pacified by the reminder that I was not going to be in Boquete that long and that our schedule was already jam-packed as it was. Continue reading »
The sky was clearing, the birds were chirping, and spring was almost here. This made for a great time for a dinner/camping/volunteer event.
This one was organized by Community Impact and Stanford C-Ya member Kim Chiu, with Erica Guerra providing lots of assistance in organizing the dinner.
Here’s something of a recap of the event, in all its glory… Continue reading »
