BootsnAll London Travel Bash June 19th

Date: June 19th, 2004 | 28 comments

BootsnAll Travel Party: Saturday June 19, 2004
When: Saturday June 19, 2004
What Time: 7 p.m. to ?
Where: The Fire Station in London, England
Why: Cause it’s been 7 months since the last one!

Why should you come: Because it’s summertime, and hanging out with travel nutters is fun. Listen to stories, have a feed and tell a [...]

My ass hurts!

Date: May 20th, 2004 | 1 comment

Subject of e-mail I received from Donovan: My ass hurts!
“Sean - I was wondering if I could come over tomorrow and get my old chair, to use while I am at home. I only have a wooden chair and it’s not condusive to sit for eight hours on my rump.
Donovan”
When I saw the subject, I [...]

General Craziness

Date: May 19th, 2004 | 1 comment

So the past few days have been interesting. So far “my office” has included Irving Park, World Cup and Coffee, two different Starbucks, my house, a friend’s car and the ‘normal’ office. The construction guys were a bit off in their start date, so I have been here for a few hours each [...]

Follow-up to Alastair’s Visit

Date: April 26th, 2004 | No Comments

Last Friday, RTW biker and BNA member Alastair Humphreys gave a talk at Portland Community College about his trip. Thanks to BnA, Alastair’s site and Alastair and Donovan’s promo at a film festival the night before, Portland gave Alastair his largest ‘voluntary’ audience so far (i.e. not at a school or other organization.) [...]

Random Stuff from Sean

Date: April 22nd, 2004 | 1 comment

As I mentioned early, Alastair has been in Portland the past few days and done some hanging out with us. In fact, tonight he is at a film festival with Donovan.
Here are some photos from his visit.
Miller Lite Beer and La Sirenita Burritos were on the menu for lunch on Tuesday
Alastair and his bicycle [...]

San Francisco and Road Trip to Joshua Tree

Date: April 20th, 2004 | 8 comments

I got back on Sunday night from a 5-day trip to parts of California.
San Francisco
Famed BootsnAll member joe e picked me up from SFO in his taxi.
Meet-up with the editor of Traveler’s Tales and author of World Travel Watch, Larry Habegger. We meet up for several hours and spent the 5th through 8th innings [...]

Breakfast with “soon to leave” travelers

Date: April 13th, 2004 | 1 comment

Shawn Kobb (skobb) e-mailed me a week or so ago about going out for breakkie with him and his wife Jennifer. I met them both at the the Hawthorne Cafe at 6:55 a.m. this morning but they were closed ’till 7:30 so we strolled 2 block down to the Cup and Saucer.
They are both [...]

Ok, ok, here are the pics

Date: February 5th, 2004 | 4 comments

So, approximately six months ago I met up with Emperor and Rob in London. After meeting up at a bar that was so expensive my glass of wine could have bought me a bottle from the liquor store, we decided to find some food. As none of us are from England, we decided [...]

Rebecca Fowler Visits BNA HQ

Date: January 31st, 2004 | 1 comment

Longtime BootsnAll member Rebecca Fowler e-mailed me a few days ago when I was in Bali to see if we could meet up in Portland since she is here for a few weeks. Since I was feeling better this morning, she swung by (as did Court) for a breakfast at the Tin Shed.

2 Couples going Around the World

Date: October 21st, 2003 | 2 comments

I got back around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday from Chicago…I quickly went for a workout, then for a hike with a my new friend Carleen, and then had plans to meet up with 2 couples from Portland to talk about there upcoming RTW trips.
Shawn and Jennifer Kobb were one couple and Matt and Robin (don’t [...]