The Perfect Afternoon
Jun0
After a week of messing with moving trucks, loading, unloading, etc. I, in the words of Captain Mal Reynolds, “…aimed to misbehave” today and spent the afternoon at the almost perfect Caladesi Island.
I sort of stumbled upon it while looking for a pet friendly beach in the Bay area. Yeti, the horrible, little white dog that allows me to live with her, is looking forward to going to the dog beach at near by Honeymoon Island on Saturday.
Caladesi Island, only accessible by boat, was named the number 1 beach in the US last year and is a wonderful mix of seclusion, beautiful beaches, shells (millions of shells!), and nature preserve. Huge turtles roam the island and dolphins frolic just off shore.
I was only able to stay there for a short time today but it’s definitely on my list of places to go back to. Now, if I only had a boat so that I didn’t have to pay to ride over on the Caladesi Connection ferry.
If you’re in the Bay area and haven’t been to Caladesi, you definitely need to check it out.
Brought To You By The Letter ‘G’
Jun0
Quick post – during the plague of frogs, etc. in Atlanta today I noticed something. Lots of cars have license plates, stickers, even flags with a large black and red capital G on them. I used to think this was for the University of Georgia. However after visiting, I have determined that it stands for “Gee, get the fuck out of here, the weather and traffic suck”. Or perhaps it’s an abbreviation for one of the 3,456,786 Peachtree Street, Roads, Avenues, Parkway, and Goat Trails that permeate the greater Atlanta area.
Or maybe it’s for Georgia. We’re not sure. We are, however, sure that we don’t want to end up on Peachtree (of any kind). Hopefully, Florida or San Francisco will be more in line with what we are looking for.
Chapter 2: Who knew…
Jun0
Chapter 2 finds our hero neck deep in all the silly shit he’s acquired over the past 42 years. Who knew I had so much stuff? The good news is that it’s all packed (well, what I didn’t give away, throw away or what didn’t “disappear” with Alyssa and Ashley – they are sort of pack rats like their father) and I’m leaving Cincinnati tomorrow. I’ll be in Atlanta for a bit then in Florida. My friend Matt Ho is working on a new startup, Loyal3, that I find very interesting in San Francisco as well so I might make a stop in my favorite city to see him as well before I settle down and decide what I’m going to do long term.
This is actually the first time that I can remember not knowing exactly what I was going to do vocationally. It’s both a bit scary and sort of liberating at the same time. Who knows, maybe I’ll buy a bar on the beach or in San Fran and skip the IT world completely this time!
Chapter 1: A New Beginning
Jun3
Chapter 1: In which our intrepid hero discovers his dissatisfaction with the state of his life in Cincinnati, decides to quit the life he has known for the past 20 years and depart with all haste to Southern parts unknown.
Sorry if the title sounds like a new episode in the Star Wars saga, but it seems to fit. It’s officially time for a new start to the life and career I have known for most of my adult life. I hope that you will be a part of the journey, both through reading my ramblings here and through your comments.
I have cast my boat adrift from the familiar shores of Cincinnati and have begun my journey to a new life – where I end up is, at the time of this writing, unknown. What I do when I get there, where ever ‘there’ is, is equally unknown. At worst it should make for interesting reading.
Welcome to the journey – wish me luck.
