After the late night bullfighting, I got a late start today. The breakfast at the hotel was very good and the service provided by the staff was excellent. I went out after a late breakfast and took the Metro to check out a couple of places. My first stop was the local market. I am […][...]
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July 5th, 2013 - 6:04 am § in Justin's Posting
Traveling to Portugal and visiting Lisbon
After my hike at the Mount Monadnock last Sunday, I felt that the travel bug is hitting on me. Especially, Andrew, in blue shirt, was hanging out with me that Sunday afternoon. He has traveled extensively in Europe (can speak 10 languages – smart guy?) and shared lots of good stories about Por[...]
June 16th, 2013 - 11:32 pm § in Justin's Posting
Kayaking at the Charles River in Boston
The weather is finally warmer and dryer for outdoor activities. My friend Tim and I went kayaking today at the Charles River. It was a nice day to be out – cloudy with some sun, not too hot, and a bit windy. The water was a bit rough at times, but it’s not too bad. […][...]
June 16th, 2013 - 11:17 pm § in Justin's Posting
Two of my favorite websites
There are two websites that I check out regularly. I thought I will share them with you here. The first one is a place for the people who are interested in sponsoring micro-loans: http://www.kiva.org. I have been looking for a place where I can sponsor folks with micro-loans. Kiv does a great job of[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 2:38 pm § in Justin's Posting
Beacon Hill Art Walk in Boston
I have joined a Meetup group to explore arts and architecture in the Boston area. The latest adventure is the Beacon Hill Art Walk. Once a year in the summer time, Beacon Hill residents would open their alleys and private gardens to artists. So they can showcase their latest work. It was a lot of [&[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 2:12 pm § in Justin's Posting
Hiking the Mount Eisenhower in the White Mountain National Park, New Hampshire
I went hiking with my friend Brian at the White Mountain National Park in New Hampshire. There is a Presidential Range in the White Mountain with several peaks named after US presidents. We decided to hike Mount Eisenhower of the range. It’s a 3+ hours ride from my house to the mountain. We dr[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 12:42 pm § in Justin's Posting
Memorial Weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
With a last-minute fashion, I booked a flight on Wednesday night and traveled to Fort Lauderdale, FL on Thursday. I decided to take a break for the long Memorial weekend. I also decided to try Spirit Airlines and see how they were. Well, I won’t fly them again! Not only you have to pay for [&h[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 12:19 pm § in Justin's Posting
Brimfield Antique Show
Brimfield Antique Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts is one of the biggest outdoor antique shows in US. I always want to pay a visit. There are only 3 shows a year, a week for each show. I finally made it there last May. It was a lot of fun! Basically, there were several fields of vendors […][...]
June 14th, 2013 - 11:35 am § in Justin's Posting
Spring Garden at Home
Wow. It has been a while since I posted something back in March. I have been pretty busy at work and made a couple of business trips to the west coast. The weather is getting nicer, which means I am spending more time for outdoor activities. All of these distractions prevented me posting anything. I[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 10:56 am § in Justin's Posting
Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
This is one of the places that I have been thinking about visiting in Boston. Especially, I am reading a book about modern arts “What are you looking at?”. When I was in Taiwan, as a chairman of the Fine Art Club at the National Taipei Institute of Technology, we used to explore modern a[...]