Category Archives: Trips

Anything related to travelling, or trips that I take for business or leisure.

Weekend road trip to Virginia

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Joel

My wife’s cousin Elizabeth was celebrating her 50th birthday this year, although she certainly doesn’t look more than 30. One side of the family hosted a party about two weeks ago, and the Kanianthra (Indian) side held a surprise birthday … Continue reading →

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Our MLK weekend trip to Michigan

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Joel

What’s not to love about a family road trip? Our two friends Paul & Biji had a son Daniel two years ago. Unfortunately, we never made the stars align properly to make it out to see them since Daniel’s birth. … Continue reading →

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Business trip to Seattle, Washington

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Joel

For a guy who started out his career traveling every week domestically in public accounting, and added international travel after performing various internal audit roles, I haven’t traveled for work in a long time. Looking back, my last business trip … Continue reading →

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Overnight trip to Manhattan

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Joel

My wife and I planned a quick getaway trip to Manhattan for Thursday Dec 26th and Friday December 27th. The “David Cousins” (Joshua, Lily, and their 1st cousin Sofia) would all be sleeping over at the grandparents’ house (my in-laws.) … Continue reading →

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Went to Manhattan to see friends and the tree in Rockefeller Center

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Joel

On Saturday, we drove into Manhattan to visit our friends Kanishk and Sofi and their new son Lucas. They live down in Alphabet City but luckily found street parking after much circling. We hung out there for a while, then … Continue reading →

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We visited the Liberty Science Center this year

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Joel

My wife was working this past Saturday, so I took the kids to the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. While Josh and I have been here at least twice, this was Lily’s first time. We got there around 11am, … Continue reading →

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 6

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Joel

After five days of on-and-off rainy weather, how does our last day have the best weather? Talk about irony. We woke up this morning to beautiful weather, and our bags already packed to go home. Sigh. After a somewhat late … Continue reading →

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 5

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Joel

Our last full day here on vacation. Yes, our big vacation is unfortunately coming to an end. Not much to report, as it was a relatively quiet day. In the afternoon. I went and had my first massage in 9 … Continue reading →

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 4

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Joel

A quiet day at the resort. We actually experienced some nice weather in the afternoon, so we hit the beach for a few hours. Even had lunch there. In the evening, we took the kids for an early dinner (them … Continue reading →

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Our Mexican Family Vacation – Day 3

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Joel

Not the most exciting day for the Ipes here in Mexico. It rained nearly the entire day, so there was no pool or beach today. We spent most of the day indoors on account of the rain. For a time, … Continue reading →

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