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off to Door County

Yazan: Jason | 15 June 2011 | No Comments
Categories: photography, travel

Though I’m writing this the last day of May, I’m assuming that I, in fact, have not died falling off of a mountain in Peru and am successfully back in the United States.  I’m also assuming that I have absolutely zero time to blog at this moment, since I’m off on the morning of the [...]

off to Peru

Yazan: Jason | 06 June 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: travel

While many of you will be at the International Society of Bassists convention (and if you are, please send me photos, videos, reflections, etc–I’ll put them up on the blog), I’ll be traveling to Peru and seeing sights such as Machu Piccu and Lake Titicaca.  Tough times…tough times. I may or may not have gotten a [...]

Airlines versus musicians

Yazan: Jason | 10 February 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, travel

The following info landed in my inbox from the Regional Orchestra Players Association (ROPA). Though this wouldn’t help bassists especially, it would at least be a step in the right direction: Dear ROPA Delegates, (PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS) I just concluded a conference call with Hal Ponder, Director of Government Relations for [...]

Train Man

Yazan: Jason | 20 October 2010 | 4 Comments
Categories: travel

Moving to Hyde Park put me substantially further from my high school teaching job. What used to be a 50 mile round trip has mushroomed into a 92 mile marathon through the entire Chicago metropolitan area. Fortunately, living in Hyde Park has put me closer to downtown Chicago, with it’s many options for public transit, [...]

Moving

Yazan: Jason | 16 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: travel

Oh boy–this is moving week for us here in Chicago. We’re going from Evanston, Illinois down to Hyde Park on the South Side of Chicago for my wife to attend med school. I’ll do my best to keep blogging this coming week, but moving tends to throw a monkey wrench in activities like blogging, so [...]

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