Lunamania

I love tech nerds. I aspire to be a full fledged gear weenie in my spare time. Alas, for the moment I have to be content with being a non-profit tool. Over the last 48 hours, I've spent an inordinate amount of time pimping myself to foundations and not enough time doing actual policy work--whatever that means. Welcome to the world of begging for money.

I spent the weekend amongst great company in a cozy cabin overlooking Emerald Bay/Lake Tahoe. This was week 2 of Lunamania's snowboarding adventures! My little crew hit the slopes on the CA side of Heavenly and Alpine Meadows. Having tried Heavenly, Squaw Valley, Kirkwood, and Alpine, I declare myself borderline obsessive and fully versed in the relative annoying factors of each resort. Generally, snow resorts have a high number of over-privileged Type A parents going turbo on their children. Ski spots also exponentially increase the probability of high tension moments between significant others. All that said, my vote goes to Alpine Meadows for price ($39), overall chill atmosphere and NO LINES! Kirkwood is a close second with a relatively low obnoxious factor and a fun little ice skating rink.

I wish I had pictures to post from my trip. You'll have to console yourselves with a completely unrelated pciture of the jellyfish living in the Monterey Aquarium.