Day: November 16, 2004
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$8.50 for 17 miles = didn’t seem worth it
We spent the weekend down the California coast, kid-free (thanks, Laura!). Route 1 enchanted, Hearst Castle’s extravagance boggled, and running on our own schedule refreshed. I should write up the hotel for HotelChatter.com, but not tonight. After driving Route 1, learning that the 17 mile drive costs $8.50 was an unpleasant surprise. We decided 90…
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Book: The Hundred Days
I finished Patrick O’Brian’s The Hundred Days a few weeks ago, and I don’t have the energy to spend much time commenting on it now. I’m knee deep in my next book (think Stephenson), and work has been busy. Anyway, this is #19, and I’ve only got one more left in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Too…