• VW Jetta Wagon – Seattle Trip

    Got a VW Jetta Wagon on our recent trip to Seattle via Hertz. Had enough seat time to get a good feel for the car. The ride was typical German, which is to say it had a solid feel to it. Did not really get a chance to do a lot of highway speed driving, but …

  • First Experience/Impressions of Alaska Airlines

    Traveled on Alaska Airlines for the first time on our trip to Seattle. Things I think are great about Alaska and that other carriers should implement: 1) They actually actively enforce the 1 carry-on and 1 personal item rule, with the gate agent visually checking to make sure your bag fits, making any violators check any …

  • Panoramic Pics – Recent and Past

    Was stitching together some pictures from our recent Seattle trip and decided to dig up some other ones I have done in the past. Boeing/Payne Field, Everett Washington Chittenden Locks,  Ballard, Washington  AT&T Park, San Francisco, California Twin Peaks, San Francisco, CA Chicago Skyline across from “the Bean” in Grant Park Coliseum, Rome, Italy The …

  • Review – Smoking Pig BBQ, San Jose

    Having gone to school in Texas, I am partial to their style of BBQ, especially  beef brisket.  Was craving some good BBQ over the July 4th weekend, so decided to look up some BBQ places on Yelp.  Found The Smoking Pig and according to the reviews seemed pretty good and located fairly close to us …