By bluerasberry on 2019-10-23
Fabian and I went to the Charlottesville Saturday 19 October 2019 morning farmer’s market. We met Andy there, a CHUVA former resident and regular, and bought some of his dried peppers. He had grown 50 different types and was still producing peppers, and he had given some to us for Thursday night pizza. Dried ones […]
Posted in Charlottesville, service industry | Tagged crime, ecotourism
By bluerasberry on 2016-10-15
I am happy to have been among the organizers for the October 2016 WikiConference North America. I had previously helped to organize the conference in New York and another in DC. It is nice that attendees of the previous conferences and the general Wikipedia community appreciated those conferences enough to give more support for continuing […]
Posted in DC, New York City, non-profit, San Diego, service industry, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, management
By bluerasberry on 2016-09-07
I moved to New York from Seattle in April 2012. NYC has a reputation as a city which has everything, but after having visited 100 coffeehouses here over the past few years I am sure that Seattle has the better coffee culture. I miss it. I just visited Seattle again a bit over a week […]
Posted in Seattle, service industry | Tagged coffee, culture
By bluerasberry on 2015-10-26
My housemate Pat had her knee replaced on Monday 12 October. I have been surprised about her recovery. She told me that she had pain since her 20s when she had an injury playing rugby. She had an ACL replacement in response to that injury, and some disability since then. For the past 15 years […]
Posted in health, New York City, service industry | Tagged medicine, Pat Slaven
By bluerasberry on 2015-07-13
Puerta Vallarta is a resort town in Mexico. I am in Mexico for the 2015 Wikimania conference. Fabian is joining me for the travel. We left early for tourism and From Friday 10 July – Tuesday 14 we are in Puerta Vallarta. I knew some about the place before arriving but there was not much […]
Posted in gay stuff, Puerta Vallarta, service industry, tour | Tagged botanical garden, expatriate
By bluerasberry on 2015-03-19
Dorothy and I have been talking about the long-term solution to online harassment. The ideal “solution” is whatever intervention prevents the maximum amount of online harassment, paired with a satisfying support system for targets of harassment. No one knows what this would be or how it would work, so Dorothy and I have been talking […]
Posted in service industry, Wikipedia | Tagged harassment, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-13
Saturday 8 November Fabian and I went to see a dance show called the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City Music Hall. I understand that the show is a New York City tradition and that it has been presented since the 1930s. I had heard it mentioned since coming to New York, with […]
Posted in art, New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged theatre
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-15
I have been getting these lousy three euro coffees around Paris. I was reading my travel book and Rick Steves says that this place called Fouquet’s on Champs-Elysees has been famous since World War I for having good coffee which also now is the most expensive of anywhere in Paris at 12 euros for a […]
Posted in Paris, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-13
I have never been seen an automatic coffee making machine for single-serve restaurant use but they seem to be everywhere in Paris. Even some nice looking coffeehouse or restaurants here with perfect service do not have their staff make coffee except to have a machine produce it. I always wondered what engineering difficulties there might […]
Posted in Paris, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2014-01-13
I am interested in the Devyani Khobragade incident just as an America who reads the news and who has lived in India. I also happen to live in New York, so perhaps since this happened where I live people talk about the case more here. I have read enough of the articles to know that […]
Posted in New York City, rights, service industry | Tagged Sangeeta Richard