http://lisaweitekamp.com Queen of the unknown Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:29:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before buying the current cute little 12" G4 powerpc I have toted all over the world, I was known between friends to be the one who thought that Macs were BS. I ended up buying it because it was the right price, lightweight, and small--ideal for carrying along traveling. At ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2008/04/mac-made-easy/ While setting up the travel site (3 months ago..) I have neglected this site. To see what my boyfriend and I have been up to the last 4 months, visit our website.. mostexcellentjourney.com which I am proud to say I programmed (with a bit of help from Brendan of ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2008/04/most-excellent-journey/ I know I promised a blog right when we left for our trip.. well.... it has been a bit harder to get internet than we expected, and I had some problems finding a working computer before I left. BUT I promise that it is on its way!! I ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2008/01/travel-blog/ I have only 10 days left of my college career as I know it! I can't believe this semester has flown by so quickly. It has been a whirlwind of classes, tests, and papers, but it is finally coming to a close. And what shall start the ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/11/10-days-and-counting/ Three years ago Frank Warren started a community art project for those who had secrets to tell. He asked people to send their secret on a postcard. To his amazement, he received thousands of responses--some beautiful, some sorrowful, and some inspiring. He began to post ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/10/post-your-secret/ Here in Minneapolis every first Saturday of October all the zombies come out of their cracks, suit up, and come together for the annual zombie pub crawl. The event commences in Gold Medal Park at 3PM and from there craziness ensues! This year there were an ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/10/zombie-pub-crawl/ I LOVE the German pretzel. It may possibly be one of the best parts about the food here.. especially when hot out of the oven. YUM. The other food here is very heavy--usually consisting of some large cut or portion of meat with gravy and some sort ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/08/bretzel-pretzel-to-the-delicious-power/ So I wrote earlier about my wine tasting experience in SF, but this was COMPLETELY different! We drove about 2 hrs to the western part of Germany and stayed in a quaint little village. By quaint I mean quaint.. Mikey and I went to "explore the town" and ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/08/german-wine-tasting/ I have arrived after almost 24 hours of travel.. although not with my luggage! In Amsterdam, I had to RUN through the airport as they were calling my name over the loudspeaker and informing me that my luggage was being offloaded. Exciting times. Friedburg is a small ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/08/germany/ Well.. it seems as though my summer in SF is coming to an end. I have been SOO busy at work the last few weeks... I had 2 big projects to finish for my department and then I was working hard on wrapping up our final group project for ... http://lisaweitekamp.com/2007/08/farewell-to-san-francisco-for-now-at-least/