Author Archives: David
Week 5: Down the black hole
“How in hell does Bethesda support so many mediocre restaurants?” I think as I cross Montgomery Avenue on a sunny day. It’s like a tourist trap, but the locals are the tourists! A Twilight Zone episode. I’ve got the day off of work to take care of some appointments. It’s almost been two weeks since … Continue reading
Trish, Cockroaches and Keith Richards
Over my shoulder the sun is breaking up the clouds above the Arenal Volcano. It’s day nine of our (nearly) two-week trip to Costa Rica, It’s been a blast. Hummingbirds are so close you can hear their wings beating. The kids went back to our lodge cabin after a delicious breakfast. In the open air … Continue reading
Diagnosis and Treatment for Trish’s 3rd fight with breast cancer
Trish discovered the newest lump in early March as we were doing our presentation at SXSW in Austin Texas. Sadly, and ironically, that presentation was on crowdsourcing cancer support and drew heavily on our last experience with cancer in 2010. I flippantly dismissed the lump in her right neck-shoulder as an inflammation. But Trisha worried … Continue reading
Costa Rica Day 10 – Rafting with Roberto Begnini
Arenal Volcano went dormant in 2010 after almost a century of activity. The La Fortuna resort and tourist area that built up around here was based in part on the attraction of daily smoke plumes and nightly lava flows that could be seen from all points on the map. It must have been pretty cool … Continue reading
Costa Rica Day 9: Car problems at a hot springs and massive ziplines
Deb, the proprietor of our lodge, Leaves and Lizards is standing in the road in the dark. It’s 4:30 am. We are going hot air ballooning in Costa Rica – a CreekmoreWorld first! Or so we think. ‘It’s raining over there and they are cancelling today. Tuesday is your back-up day so we’ll keep our … Continue reading
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