Weekend in Madrid
It's a little after 8:30pm on Friday night as I start organizing my thoughts about this trip report. I've just landed at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain. My first observation is that…
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Weekend in Seville
We had a long weekend here on The Rock so I went with Sander and Sarah up to Seville. Early on Saturday I rented a car over the boarder in Spain. Sander, Sarah and I grabbed dinner…
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Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I've been on holiday in Thailand for the last two weeks and though I had hoped to have internet access while down there it wasn't to be. Not that…
Read the articleSemana Santa
This week was Semana Santa or Holy Week here in Spain. Unfortunately I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week and was a tad late trying to rent a car so I could get out…
Read the articleIn Da Face
No Poker Content Feb was a fairly wet month here. My daily route from home to office has me crossing Casemates square, a large public gathering spot. It had just rained that evening…
Read the articleNo Passport? No Problem(o)
Took a trip out the other weekend to do some food shopping at Carrefour. Carrefour is like a Target or Walmart type mega shopping center. They have everything from home appliances to…
Read the articleCheers!
I posted this YouTube video of some guy ranting about Neteller and I thought I would follow it up with a discussion on the phrase/word "Cheers." In the US, cheers is something you say as…
Read the articleWhat I Did On My Christmas Vacation
After being in Gib for three months I was becoming a little stir crazy. Gib is nice and all but other than a few trips over the boarder to La Linea and some business travel I hadn't been…
Read the articleIndia Part II
WARNING NO POKER CONTENT This is a long overdue follow up to my post London and India . Over the next several days I would come to hate the Marriott. Not the entire chain, just this…
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WARNING NO POKER CONTENT Via the marvels of the Internet it may not be obvious but I've been traveling quite a bit recently. I've got writer's cramp from filling out so many landing…
Read the articleFirst Few Weeks in Gib
I won't bore you with all the work related details of my first few weeks in Gib. Besides, as many of you can tell from reading the news I landed in a very crazy professional situation so…
Read the articleGetting to The Rock
Well, it's been almost three weeks since I've arrived on The Rock and so I thought it proper to take a break from all that's gone crazy in our online poker world and write a little…
Read the articleThe Move
First off, let me apologize for not posting recently. I've had a lot going on which has kept me from doing much posting or blog reading. As some of you may already know, I will not be…
Read the articleA Few Days in Stamford
With many of my co-workers making a mad scramble to get their lives squared away for their Dublin move, I was very disappointed that I had to take a trip this week. Ernest, Katkin,…
Read the articleA Photo Journal of My Ireland Trip
Unfortunately I didn't get to take many pictures while traveling around outside of Dublin. I was mostly in the car looking out the window at the scenery and photos don't take so well at…
Read the articleBad Flights, Euro-Snobs, and Dublin
I flew out first thing Tuesday morning. By first thing I mean before noon. Normally I like to fly international airlines but that wasn't an option due to pricing. I ended up flying…
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I'm still working on my report from the Phil Gordon / Andy Bloch Las Vegas Academy but I'm off to Dublin, Ireland this morning. I'll be back on Sunday just in time to do laundry, pack…
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So I wake up Saturday morning and head down to the spa where I had made an appointment. Courtesy of the Imperial Palace I treated myself to a Swedish massage, a detox wrap (and in Vegas,…
Read the articleMore Pics From Hanel's Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Hanel Chris and April Mike Chow Ephro The Smashing in the Face of Cake Ceremony Three Bums and a Lady Franklin Advertising His Seminar "How to Make Friends and Influence…
Read the articleDetails, Details, Details
Okay, so in my rush to get posts out I've left out a few details. Let me correct that error. The tuxedo shop sucks ass. We all went to get fitted about two weeks ago and they measured…
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