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So I have been pretty much letting this site languish over the past year. We are getting ready to go on our big "Road Trip 2009" tomorrow, so I finally got the push on to dump the old site and at least get something more workable up on the site that I can post to regularly. I have basically taken off all the old content, and pointed to where I am now keeping most pictures which is Picasa, Flickr and Facebook.

I will be posting here regularly through the trip and then afterwards will do a full post of the photos and stuff from the trip. After that at some point I may get around to re-posting some of the older content either to here or one of the other places. I am not completly crazy about the theme, but it will work for now.

- Stephen

I have been chided by one of my friends about not posting in a while, and I know I have been lapse. But we have been busy. So here are pictures from the Ships and Dip III cruise we were just on. It was a blast and we can't wait to go again next year. We stopped at Grand Caymen, and Ocho Rios. Both places were nice, though hands down Grand Caymen was the best.

The bands and comedians on the ship were awesome! We got to see BNL, Guster and Great Big Sea a number of times. We also got to see some of our favorite comedians, as well as be turned onto other bands such as Harvey Danger. GBS really got into being on the boat and enjoying themselves even though they weren't on it last year. I hope they are on it again next year. No word on next year yet, but we do know it will be Ships and Dip V.

Yesterday, I took the train into the city and hit the Philly Auto Show. Overall it was a good trip down, as I got to stop at Reading Terminal for lunch and finishing up with some Gadzooks ice cream! Overall the cars did not impress me over all. I do really like what they have done with the new Mini's and some of the concept cars like the Camero were nice. Most of the production cars from all of the manufacturers were just blah, nothing really special. In the case of the Toyota FR2, somewhat crappy on the interior. The vehicle outside looks great, but the interior was done in cheap, fake diamond plate plastic, completely ruining it.

2680 Dekalb Pike,
E. Norriton, PA 19401
610.277.5565, Fax: 610.277.5838

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This is a very new restaurant near where a very good Japanese/Korean restaurant just went out of business. As the quote on the front of the menu says, "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star" - Antheime Brillat-Savarin This is an apt statement for this restaurant.

Erica's friend Michelle was with us for dinner as well. To start, the atmosphere was a bit plain, not too much in the way of decor. Aman's was nicely decorated, just bland. Service was really good, both our waiter, and I assume the owner were friendly and defiantly out to please their new clientele. There were some small slips in service, but really just from a new restaurant finding its feet.

We started with some somosa's which were very good, along with some flat bread and sauce. All very tasty. Of course we had an ordre of naan with our meal. I got the Fish Tandoori (spicy) with Basmati rice and a side of Dall (it is like a bean soup or chili). The fish was something I had not tried before and was very nicely surprised at its taste, and texture. I had it spicy but not too much so. I rounded the meal out with some Masala tea which was excellent.

The portions were just the right size, and the presentation of the food was great. Taste of course is everything and Aman's was no exception. This is defiantly a restaurant which we will be going to again.

"Keep It Together" - Guster's new album is now out in stores. Check out the songs on their website. This is a band my friend Mike turned me onto from their last album. This album sounds just as good as the last album. Check them both out.

15-day license suspension for speeding at least 11 mph above posted limit - Figured you might be interested.

06/23/2003 - Fort Washington, PA.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) is joining with law enforcement to issue an important reminder: new work zone safety laws take effect today (June 23, 2003), and you can lose your license for certain
violations.

Act 229 of 2002, which toughens work zone laws in Pennsylvania, was signed into law last December. Beginning today, Act 229 calls for a 15-day driver's license suspension for motorists who are caught speeding 11 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit in an active work zone. Additionally, there will be zero tolerance for speeding in an active work zone. A motorist can now be cited for traveling even one mile per hour over the posted speed limit in an active work zone.

Also, fines and points are doubled in all active work zones. Active work zones are places within a work area where workers are actually present. A flashing light mounted on a sign that reads "Active Work Zone When Flashing" will identify these zones. At the end of the active work zone, another signs will be placed that reads "End Active Work Zone PENNDOT and other highway agencies and contractors must turn the flashing lights off when work stops for more than one hour to indicate that the work zone is no longer active. Work zones that are of a short duration or have minimal
impact on traffic will not use the new signs.
"We have an important message for motorists who refuse to observe work zone laws...if you speed, tailgate or drive aggressively in a work zone, you will be caught and if found guilty of speeding 11 mph or more, you're going to lose your
driver's license," Secretary of Transportation Allen D. Biehler, P.E. said. "My thanks to the members of the General Assembly for creating these new and tougher laws aimed at protecting the lives of our highway workers."

According to PENNDOT, 27 people lost their lives in Pennsylvania during 2002 in highway construction work zones. This is a 35 percent increase over 2001 when 20 people died in work zone crashes. Most of these fatalities (24) are
motorists, not workers.

"The two main reasons for work zone crashes are speeding and inattentive driving", PENNDOT District Administrator Andrew L. Warren said. "We urge motorists to slow down and pay attention when driving through highway construction. It's not worth risking your life or the life of someone else, just to save less than a minute's worth of travel time."

Studies show that it takes less than a minute more to travel through a two-mile-long work zone at 45 miles per hour than at 65 miles per hour. If a motorist is traveling at 60 miles per hour, it will take only 17 seconds from passing the sign that say "Road Work 1500 Feet" until he or she enters the work zone.

For more information, please visit the project website at http://www.309online.com.

Give Blood - I gave blood today, and I figured it would be a good idea to put a link up to the website for finding out where you can donate blood. Our local (Philadelphia region) blood supply has been running on the low side. If you have not given blood, or just haven't done it in a while, please take some time to donate some blood!

King of Prussia, The Pavilion
640 West DeKalb Pike King of Prussia, PA 19406
610-265-0660 Phone
610-265-0669 Fax

Sat. evening Erica and I went to the Bamboo Club for dinner. Like the Cheesecake factory it is next to at the Mall, the wait was over an hour. On the upside they do take reservations (unlike the Cheesecake Factory), so you don't have to wait if you plan ahead.

All the food served is in generous portions, so you don't need to order a lot of food to get a full meal. All the food is reasonably priced, with dinners being just under $20 for the most expensive.

The cuisine is derived from Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Hawaiian cusines. Those cuisines are simply the basis for the food, the food is loosely based or inspired by those areas and are not so much directly taken from their traditional cuisine.

We had crispy crab wontons and Kwan's spicy soup to start. The soup was large enough for two, with scallops, brocolli, carrots, spinach, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and more. It was spicy but not overly so.

That was followed by our dinner, I had a halibut with a gingre garlic sauce on a bed of asparagus. Erica had a steamed chilean sea bass with mixed vegtables. As sides we had a Thai cucumber salad and Korean spicy cabbage. The cucumber salad was light and delicous. The spicy cabbage was not the Kimchi (which is Korean pickled spicy cabbage), it was simply sliced cabbage in a spicy sauce. It was terrific - Erica even enjoyed it and she is not one for cabbage generally

Both of our meals were delicous, and laid out well. The only negatives were that the bar service was very slow, not too responsive and the timing between the appetizer and soup and the main course could have been a little more even time out. After our appetizers we had to wait quite a while for our main meal. However, our server, Tyra, was very nice and responsive.