This morning I am leaving LA and heading back to Pittsburgh through Phoenix. I’m happily enjoying a first class upgrade the entire trip. I haven’t had a chance to drive around LA for almost a decade, and I Jove.to say it hasn’t changed that much. …

The Aircraft Routing Gods dictate that it is cheaper to fly from San Francisco to Los Angeles if you stop in Las Vegas. I’m not geographic genius, but I know enough to be able to say with certainty that it doesn’t make any sense. But it was the di…

This morning I left San Francisco. I was back out there for a meeting with the EPA and FDA, which is always an interesting experience. But it gave me some more time in one of my favorite places. For this trip I had a client with me, who actually w…

I’m back in the southwest, Tucson, Arizona to be specific. I am here for work for a few days, but I had a chance this afternoon to drive around a little before checking in to my hotel and meeting up with people for dinner. Tucson isn’t a lot diffe…

Today we are heading for Seven Springs, a ski mountain about 2 hours east of Pittsburgh. They have a fall festival set up and you can ride an alpine slide, climb the rock wall, use the chairlift, and go ziplining. The kids are excited and I will b…

This morning the conference breakfast was at a restaurant called ‘Top of the Rock’ at the resort. While the food was unremarkable, the view was fantastic. This picture is looking north over Tempe toward Scottsdale. The camera on my phone wouldn’t …

This week I’m back in Arizona, Tempe specifically, but for business. Which means no fun. It was really fun flying in yesterday during a dust storm. Certainly a different experience than I have had here in the past. To top it off, it rained yesterd…