Day: August 15, 2004

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] One of my favorite spots in the southwest … our next destination, post-grad school? Flagstaff, AZ Population 52,894 (2000 census). Seat of Coconino County. Elevation about 7000 feet. Home…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] Day Two of our trip, as I remember it, was really pretty nice, with the possible exception of traffic and crowds in Las Vegas. The weather was beautiful and…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] This is where you need XM satellite radio … Soundtrack, Day Two Lots of jazz and fading-in-and-out talk radio on poor-reception stations. Popped in John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] I still haven’t quite figured out how to pronounce ‘Tonopah’ … is it ‘TOEnuh-pah’? or ‘tuh-NO-puh’? or ‘toe-noePAH’? Whatever it is, I’m sure it means ‘Middle of Bum-F—- Egypt’…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] I know that that’s one big-ass dam, lemme tell ya! Hoover Dam National Historic Landmark (NV/AZ) Built at a total cost of $165 million between 1931 and 1936, the…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] Wild, woolly Las Vegas. Whatta complete hoot. So very unreal and otherworldly … Las Vegas, NV Population 478,868 (2000 census). Seat of Clark County. The first settlement at what…

[It’s aSquared’s First Birthday … we’re celebrating by looking back at events from a year ago … skip these retro posts if you’re not into sentimentality.] Hitting the road with some tunes and enjoying the countryside. I love it … Soundtrack, Day One John Cougar Mellencamp’s Scarecrow. Obviously out-of-date yet somehow appropriate. Then a Columbia…