Browse by Tags
All Tags »
travel (RSS)
I just returned from an amazing holiday in Iceland where I spent 12 days road-tripping, climbing glaciers , exploring fjords , sea fishing for cod, and monkfish, snorkeling between continents , eating unbelievable food , hiking lava fields and enjoying
Read More...
I took a break from blogging for a couple of weeks while I have been heads-down on a couple of projects as well as visiting the United States for my cousin’s wedding. I’m back and trying desperately to keep up with the barrage of announcements from
Read More...
June is a very interesting month at Microsoft Ireland. It’s very different from working in Redmond on a product team. In Redmond, your calendar and schedule, busy and non-busy times are defined by the product cycle. In subsidiaries,
Read More...
Okay now that I've had to endure two full Mondays I guess I'm supposed to be back in the full swing of things. I enjoyed a great, relaxing holiday and new year season including an amazing trip to India for the wedding of my friends Akshay and Shama! It
Read More...
I flew back to Dublin yesterday from my hometown of St. Louis after spending a week at home for Thanksgiving. The question I get most from people in Ireland lately is, "Isn't Thanksgiving bigger in the United States than Christmas?" The answer is actually,
Read More...
I just went to weather.com to see what I should pack for my Thanksgiving trip home. I laughed out loud when I saw this: Um, Missouri is completely and ridiculously flat. I clicked on it anyway and unsurprisingly, there won't be good snow or skiing in
Read More...
If there is one thing I love more than a three-day weekend, it's a three-day weekend with an extra hour baked in from Daylight Savings Time ending. I needed it, too. Earlier this week I came back from visiting one of my best friends who is volunteering
Read More...