Recent Tweets from Greece
On the tiny Naxos bar stereo, “Love will tear us apart, again.” and I am reminded of a certain sweet courtship with @skitten. 18 minutes ago via web
Meltemi winds, my current nemesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etesian about 2 hours ago via web
The sailboat I’ll call home for the next 22 days is a beauty. Sadly, grounded here for the next few days while force 8 winds pass. about 2 hours ago via web
This is within view of our mooring: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5372266 about 2 hours ago via web
After a ferry trip in which the crew politely handed out vomit bags, I am now on Naxos. about 2 hours ago via web
An in-flight magazine for travel to Kabul: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704657504575411183679043588.html about 11 hours ago via web
Favorite blog of the now: http://crapatmyparentshouse.com about 11 hours ago via web
Oh wait, revised: I’m on a boat. about 11 hours ago via web
@skitten is ending his day, just as mine begins. Sitting on Hellenic Seaways Highspeed 4 ferry to Naxos — departing in 30 minutes. about 11 hours ago via web
5am in Greece and I have a ferry to catchos to Naxos. about 13 hours ago via twidroid
The television keeps advertising for a company called Onan. Perhaps the Greek orthodoxy left that story out of their catechism. about 17 hours ago via web
At the restaurant tonight? Old Lady Gaga. 70+ y/o, skin-tight spandex pantsuit, bleeding high yellow heels and white pyramid-shaped hair. about 18 hours ago via web
I’m on the edge of a neighborhood called Hellas. Somewhere, there’s a joke in there to be made by someone from California. about 19 hours ago via web
I once thought that men in southern Europe weren’t “into” buttoning up their shirts. Now I see the shirts, in fact, have no top buttons. about 19 hours ago via web
Walking back to my hotel this evening I noticed that the street smells of pee. Then I became deeply homesick for San Francisco. about 19 hours ago via web
And so it begins, a month-long journey into how many gross generalizations I can make about my time here in Greece. 3, 2, 1… about 19 hours ago via web
Last meal in the US for 33 days… http://twitpic.com/2g8z49 12:28 PM Aug 19th via Twitter for Android
21 August 2010 · Comment [1]
Wallpaper: How many things would you not want to do again?
We missed it en(tired)ly, but Wallpaper had it late this weekend.
10 March 2008 · Comment
Industry Conference
San Jose, broiled salmon, orange tan sales guys with mayonnaised hair, senseless schwag, endless laps around the expo floor, snide expressions lofted by competitors, rejected ex-employees hounding for gossip, manufactured enthusiasm for everything.
It was a regrettable day.
7 May 2007 · Comment