Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Flirting with Disaster
August 27, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Just got in from a grueling trip to SouthEast Asia. Something like SFO-Hong Kong-Singapore-Bangkok-Singapore-Jakarta-Singapore-Hong Kong-SFO! I just averted the following disasters and potential for massive trip mayhem: 1. I arrived in Hong Kong last week just as they were under Typhoon warning, which hit in full force 48 hours after I had been there and [...]
The Bucket List
May 2, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Coming home last night – after missing my previous flight from JFK to SF and totally exhausted, I killed some time on the flight by watching the movie The Bucket List in the back of the plane. The movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson is about two older guys who have cancer and decide [...]
Shiny Happy Fits of Rage …
May 1, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
“We both have shiny happy fits of rage …” well sung in Anyone Else But You by the Mouldy Peaches and experienced by me at London Heathrow Airport this past Wednesday night. After being in my fifth county in five days, packing/unpacking, ironing, meetings, taxis, meetings, sleepless nights and keeping up with emails, my nerves [...]
Shiny Happy People
April 30, 2008 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I was thinking about Shiny Happy People on my just completed trip of SF-Frankfurt-Paris-Helsinki-Paris-London-New York-SF (though two of the stops were just transiting). When I was in Stockholm and on the way to the airport, I had a talkative woman Swedish taxi driver who was just about the happiest person I have ever met. By [...]
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