Travels

Blurred Vision, Seeing Clearly

Searching for something else, I found this piece, which I believe was deleted from my blog in the mysterious blog purge of depressed laid-off posts. It republishes today, almost a year later, in a year without things. WASHINGTON, D.C., August 18, 2007 The unemployed know this - how the days can creep by, you, reading in [...]

July 29th, 2008

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About Me + DC + Portugal + Travels

Snow, Interrupted

Mobile post sent by LauraFries.com using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3 ALABAMA, January 17, 2008 Frustratingly, you’ll have to click on Mobile Post above to hear my fake Southern accent describing the snow.

January 16th, 2008

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Travels

laurafries.com down :(

SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 11, 2007 Hi all. LauraFries.com is down!!! I am so unsure of what happened to my posts from June > October. If they have disappeared, I will be extremely upset. But for now, I am in the lovely Bay area, about to go on a whirlwind tour of the city, so I will [...]

October 11th, 2007

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About Me + Site News + Travels

Lies I Tell Myself in St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg, Florida - posted in Washington, DC, July 20, 2007 1. I will leave the newsroom before it is extremely late. 2. I am coming back to Tangelo’s for another Cuban. 3. I am too old to eat at Taco Bell. 4. I will not be hungover if I eat this crabcake. [Moon Under Water] 5. I will eat [...]

July 20th, 2007

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Tacos, Pizza, BBQ & Beer, SXSWi

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2007 I finally made it back to DC after 12 hours of traveling. Thanks nature! When I went to Austin fer the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive conference, I was determined to eat TACOS. Lots of Tacos. And eat I did - tacos, pizza, barbecue and lots and lots of beer. My body wouldn’t recognize [...]

March 14th, 2007

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Food + Travels

SXSWi 2007 Wrapup

AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2007 I cannot believe that I am still alive. I have never drank so much, met so many amazing people, taken so many notes, done so much networking, slept so little, danced with so many nerds, and had such a great time. I effing loved South by Southwest Interactive 2007! Mmkay. Things that were [...]

March 13th, 2007

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About Me + Travels

Day Two, livebloggin’ SXSWi

Day Two of livelogging SXSWi. Conferenceer profile; Twitter.com/Laura_Fries. AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2007 10am CST Dude. Where is my mind? Coffee is weak, I’m up waaaay too early, and I am not feeling lovely. Brain hurts. Brain full of …. beer? Even through the fog, lots of great ideas are filtering my way. Part of me is seriously [...]

March 11th, 2007

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Interweb + Travels

SXSWi - livebloggin’ the chaos

I’ll be bloggin’ the sessions and all the goodness I’m learning at South by Southwest Interactive 2007 in Austin, Texas, on AAN’s not-quite-launched-yet-so-this-is-a-sneak-preview blog, web.aan.org. So LauraFries.com gets the leftovers - the blow by blow of the in between. HOUSTON, Texas, March 9, 2007 10am, CST I see them - popping out like spring daffodils - [...]

March 10th, 2007

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About Me + Travels

Moving to the City

… Gonna eat a lotta peaches Flickr’d by ae!. ATLANTA, Georgia, February 15, 2007 Well, children, it’s been real! But it’s now time fer me to drive the packed-to-the-brim xB up to DC to work at AAN. (You know I love that sentence.) I’m brimming and bursting with blogalicious bits I can’t wait to share … so talk to [...]

February 15th, 2007

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Earthquakes and Earth-shaking success

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 12, 2007 Two things rocked my world this morning: The first, an earthquake that hit off the coast of Portugal, in Cabo Sao Vicente, approximately half an hour (to my best estimation) from where I used to live in Lagos (pictured above). So far, so good, with no damage or injuries reported. Here’s a rundown: On [...]

February 12th, 2007

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