[Feb 08 – Feb 12, 2010, Arlington, VA] It snowed big huge time. Closed the airport. Metro was dead. Streets were left unplowed for weeks. It was bad. I was going to LA for a Mensa Regional Gathering but they closed the airport so I was stuck in my hotel room. Oh well, at least I had my Starbucks everyday 🙂
[Feb 4 – Feb 8, 2010, Aruba] So I few all the way down to Aruba. Equatorial, so the sun is intense! DO NOT go outside without SPF1000000 slathered all over your body! I took a five minute walk in the sun and I could feel my skin cooking. Oops. Luckily I dived into building shadows. I went on a sunset cruise and had SPF 50 on and I had to reapply the gook on my face every ten minutes or so. I saw people who were more red than the brightest red lobster walking on the beaches. Skin cancer candidates! I wanted to scream at them to get in now! They will be in massive massive pain the next day. Hopefully that’s all that will happen to them. And, hopefully their family members will inspect their skin every couple of months for about a year. (Bob Marley, the Reggae artist, died of skin cancer – on his foot. Yep, so watch out for any lumps anywhere on your skin!)
[Jan 28 – Jan 31, 2010, Key West, FL] Went to Key West to go to the First Annual Food and Wine Festival. It was pretty good. A tad disorganized but hey, it’s their first one. Next year ought to be bigger and better. If youi know the legend of Captain Tony, I met one of his daughters – she was working at the concierge desk at the Key West Marriott. That was cool 🙂 I also made friends with the Barefoot Winery rep. After the wine and food tasting event in the tent was over, they gave me a few bottles 🙂
[Jan 15 – Jan 21, 2010, Bermuda] Was in Bermuda for an extended weekend, almost a week. Went across the island. This small island has more history than you would think was possible. Anyway, I didn’t get to see everything but here are a boatload of pictures…
[Jan 07 – Jan 10, 2010, Key Largo, FL] Checking out Florida… Went to the Marriott Key Largo this time for the weekend. Got an upgrade to a huge two bedroom suite thanks to my Marriott Platinum status 🙂 Took a few pictures of the suite and the ocean view from my window. Good thing I went down to the small private beach on Friday… My favorite picture is the one I took looking up at the palm trees from the hammock. On Saturday, the weather turned awful – see last three pictures in the set. But I already had fun on Friday so it was okay.
