Up North needs more WiFi!!!
So I'm up north in Michigan at Lake Leelanau / Sutton's Bay (top left of the Lower Peninsula). I've been around here and Traverse city the past few days. I've noticed the smaller towns are more often than not to have WiFi you pay for. Lot of free places in Traverse City but I can connect my cell phone to my PowerBook and get pretty good speed (EVDO), but it the rest of the area I'm roaming. I noticed a few were inexpensive to pay for, but I think they'd be better if you were in that town for a week (or the summer) and it'd be great deal. I did notice one of the networks gave me five free minutes, which was enough to sync my mail and check a few web pages.
The big bonus is my Aunt's brother lives less than a mile away and I can stop by his driveway to sync my mail (getting new mail and sending mail that I composed off-line) and post any blog entries I've written off-line with my blog client (Ecto). It's definitely not hi-tech but I'm surviving....
PLEASE Leave comments (or trackbacks/pings)Posted by Gary on Tuesday at 2:16 PM on September 26, 2006.
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Pangea's Pizza
So I had some of the best Coca-Cola* yesterday at Pangea's Pizza in Traverse City. It was just extra tasty, I'm not sure why. And not only was it served in fancy old Coca-Cola glasses it was served by the charming Rachel** who attended to all my cuisine related needs. That, a slice of pepperoni pizza, some on-line access and I was all set. I was hoping for more dead animals on my pizza but I would have had to order a whole pizza.
I mentioned WiFi availability earlier today: I could see a few local access points from inside the restaurant (none of which I think were Pangea's) but eventually I'd lose the signal, the same if I hooked up with my cell phone. Not sure why. Probably something with all the pleasantness radiating from Rachel was interfering with my digital*** reception.
* - In case you were wondering the best Coca-Cola I ever had was at the Chicago Aquarium in February of 2002. This is fountain Coca-Cola, in the bottles it's generally the same, unless it's in the glass bottles where it's extra delicious.
** - I'm thinking Rachel was spelled slightly differently (sorry).
*** - Pleasantness is a full spectrum analog signal in case you didn't know. It's supposed to overwhelm everything.
Read or leave comments (or trackbacks/pings)Posted by Gary on Tuesday at 7:11 PM on September 26, 2006.
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A gorgeous day today in Upper Michigan
So it was a great day outside today. I'm up visiting relatives in Lake Leelanau and the weather has been mediocre but today it was just great! I went bike riding with my uncle on some path and then I ran around and went to a winery (Leelanau Cellars) I like.
Then I drove around a bit and got some lunch and ice cream. And then I just drove around and enjoyed the scenery with the top down. It's been semi-rainy and mostly cloudy since Friday. So it's been a pleasure today!
Actually, I don't know any thing about wine (or wineries) and never go but when I find a wine I like I write it down. On my last visit here we stopped by a Leelanau Cellars winery and when we got there I looked at my list it turns out oen of the few names I had written down was actually from that winery. So I liked the bottles from last year so I went back. Unfortunately the one I liked I forgot to write the name down :(
Read or leave comments (or trackbacks/pings)Posted by Gary on Tuesday at 9:26 PM on September 26, 2006.
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