2009 – chrislewis.org

Eating in Japan :: Not Dead Yet in Shirakawa-Go

November 5, 2009 by Chris Lewis

In Shirakawa-Go, I stayed overnight in one of the thatched roof farmhouses. Part of that included having breakfast and dinner. Part of the dinner was fresh river trout. When it was first put in front of me, I was afraid the fish might get up and run away.

Eating in Japan :: Literal menu in Kanazawa

November 4, 2009 by Chris Lewis

In Kanazawa, I went to the equivalent of a tapas bar. After loading up and getting nearly full on 'safe' foods, I decided to sample a more interesting item from the menu. So, I ordered the "Grilled Pork Foot." I had no idea it would be quite so literal!

Japan Maps :: Kyoto Day 1

November 3, 2009 by Chris Lewis

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Eating in Japan :: Sushi in Kyoto

November 3, 2009 by Chris Lewis

Found a great sushi place for dinner tonight in Kyoto called Musashi Sushi. You sit down at a bar, and all along the bar is a conveyor belt. There are plates and plates of sushi on said conveyor belt. You just grab a plate of the sushi you want off the conveyor belt and dig …

Japan – Days 1 & 2 – Link to slideshow

October 30, 2009 by Chris Lewis

In case the video is displaying weird in the embedded post below, view it normally with this link: http://chrislewis.org/files/travel/JapanDays1to2/

Wild Wild West

February 25, 2009 by Chris Lewis

Miles Driven: 1,100+
States Visited: 3
Seeing tons of cool sites: Priceless

Earlier this month, Cressie and I took a trip out West. On the trip, we went through Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, visiting Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire State Park, Brianhead Ski Resort, Zion National Park, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and Red Rocks Canyon. If you want a nice overview of our trip on a map, check this out! If you want to see the pictures, they are all here and the highlights will slowly be added to Flickr. For a more in-depth description of the trip, read on!

Thoughts on Beatles (Love) Cirque show

February 8, 2009 by Chris Lewis

While the idea and some of the individual acrobatics were impressive, overall I wasn’t impressed (although it was still fun to see and I enjoyed going). I think to enjoy this show you have to be a hard-core Beatles fan. Cressie, for example, knew every song and really enjoyed it. I knew maybe 1 out …

Tutorial: Job Searching Made Easy

January 28, 2009 by Chris Lewis

These days, it seems like every job opening is posted to the web, and without the proper tools, sifting through all of them can be extremely time consuming. When I was job hunting, I came up with a great system that made finding the relevant jobs I cared about very easy, and all it required …

Rock Boat IX

January 25, 2009 by Chris Lewis

trb_logo Every year for the past several years, I have gone on a cruise known as The Rock Boat. This is a week-long cruise where approximately 30 bands are on board, and there are concerts every day from about 12 noon until 3am.

This year I had not been planning on going – I chose instead to use the money for the my 10 day trip out West to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, and skiing at Brianhead (we are leaving for this trip in less than 2 weeks!). The past few weeks leading up to the cruise I had a lot of people trying to talk me into going.

Year: 2009