by Brian Crawford | May 15, 2004 | school, travel
my first week of Chinese language lessons is over – and it is amazing how much we have learned after only 5 days of classes. Mind you, these were 5 full days of intense Chinese lessons starting at 9:00 AM and ending at 4:30 PM or so each day (and this does not...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 30, 2004 | travel
our trip to Canada turned out to be a successful one, and upon returning to Charleston, we moved house. we had a good time at my parents’ cottage in Ontario – we managed to pay three visits to my grandfather, who as mentioned in a previous post was...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 19, 2004 | family, travel
yesterday Yvonne, Callum and I woke up at 4:00 AM to catch a 6:15 AM flight from Charleston to Ottawa, then drove for three hours (through some very light, peaceful snow – the first I have seen in years) to my parents’ cottage at Paudash Lake, just outside...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 11, 2003 | personal, travel
by Brian Crawford | Jul 2, 2003 | thoughts, travel
Peter and I were just now talking about “slimming down” on ICQ – about getting rid of a lot of the various “stuff” we keep around the house, neglected and gathering dust on shelves and in cupboards or rotting in bulbous Rubbermaid crates...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 4, 2002 | friends, travel
had a good time in Atlanta this past weekend. Went with three good friends and we stayed downtown. Did a lot of dorky stuff this weekend – played a lot of games and the like. Saw some close online friends, albeit not for very long. Spent some money and got some...
