Saturday Morning In Paris

Saturday Morning In Paris
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Decided to wrap up our trip with champagne & Evian before heading to the airport.

Sports Bar In Paris

Sports Bar In Paris
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As you can see, heavily skewed towards rugby.

Wine In The Apartment Parlor

Wine In The Apartment Parlor
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This was a common theme in the evenings last week.

Fun With SSIDs

Fun With SSIDs
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
You need some HIPPOPOTAMUS Wi-Fi in your life.

iPad Launch Day At fnac

iPad Launch Day At fnac
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
This was outside one of the largest electronics retailers in Paris.

Interestingly-Skinned OS At Champs-Elysées Marriott

Interestingly-Skinned OS At Champs-Elysées Marriott
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Had to go to the business center there to handle some real estate business with my parents. This desktop had a flavor of Windows on it, but it was running some sort of unique kiosk mode. Flash also didn't seem to function on it.

View From Restaurant 58 Inside Eiffel Tower

View From Restaurant 58 Inside Eiffel Tower
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
We managed to score a table right by the window to celebrate my mom's birthday dinner.

Rocking Some Bouygues 3G

Rocking Some Bouygues 3G
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One of the other cellular carriers in France, along with Orange & SFR that were typically picked up by my iPhone.

Apple Store Carrousel du Louvre

Apple Store Carrousel du Louvre
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This place was like an oasis for tourists like me who desperately needed juice for their iPhones.

Stained Glass In Sainte-Chapelle

Stained Glass In Sainte-Chapelle
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I honestly thought this church was more breathtaking than Notre Dame.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral
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A look up at one of the ornate windows along the side of the church.

City Workers Clear Trees From Champs-Elysées

City Workers Clear Trees From Champs-Elysées
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Avenue Foch in front of our apartment was used as a staging area for removing all the temporary trees & plants brought in for placement on the Avenue Champs-Elysées as part of the Nature Capitale celebration.

Yaron Herman's "For Peace Band"

Yaron Herman's "For Peace Band"
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Yaron Herman & his guests bowing after their second encore performance at the Institut Pasteur as part of the Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-Des-Prés. Truly amazing show, with some great interpretations of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" and Britney Spear's "Toxic".

Provacative Picasso

Provacative Picasso
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An original sketch by Pablo Picasso that the owner of our apartment had hanging above the couch in the front parlor.

Sunset Over The Seine

Sunset Over The Seine
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The view from the back of our Bateaux Parisiens dinner cruise ship.

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower
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Shot of me in front of the Eiffel Tower before Ash & I boarded our dinner cruise down the Seine River.

1664

1664
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
This was my beer of choice while in Paris. Great flavor, and available at most restaurants & bars.

Arc De Triomphe

Arc De Triomphe
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The money shot of the view from our apartment's balcony.

An Orange Welcome To Charles De Gaulle

An Orange Welcome To Charles De Gaulle
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Orange happened to be the first of the French cell providers my iPhone picked up after switching out of airplane mode when we landed Sunday morning.

iPad + Head Rest Touch Screen

iPad + Head Rest Touch Screen
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Having 2 screens for the flight was nice, but MAN is the accuracy of the old style touch screens light years behind. It would take 5 presses or more on the head rest touch screen to register some of my button pushes.

Cocktails For A Transatlantic Flight

Cocktails For A Transatlantic Flight
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
My brother & I line up a pair of Glenlivet doubles for our flight from Charlotte to Paris.

Tech And A Tall Boy

Tech And A Tall Boy
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Exploring the Gowalla iPad app while having a beverage that Ashley picked up for me at our last pit stop of the road trip.

iPhone Homescreen For Paris Trip

iPhone Homescreen For Paris Trip
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
iFly Pro makes a reappearance on screen one, joined by the iSpeak French app, and the new official Twitter app (a.k.a. Tweetie 3).

Puggles Rolling In The Sunshine

Puggles Rolling In The Sunshine
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Seemingly his favorite thing to do the day after a bath.

Phantom Phone Call

Phantom Phone Call
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Unknown call ended, indeed.

Spicy Shrimp Roll

Spicy Shrimp Roll
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I tried the sushi from my work cafe today for the first time.  Surprisingly tasty!

Peeking Puggle Paws

Peeking Puggle Paws
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He likes to have his entire body covered, but keep the front feet exposed.

Near & Far Redefined

Near & Far Redefined
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Ashley in the foreground, Puggles in the background, although true physical distances make those classifications untrue.

Virtual Family Time

Virtual Family Time
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Puggles & I talking to Ashley in Dallas courtesy of Gmail's video chat.

Pouting Puggle On Persian

Pouting Puggle On Persian
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Displeased that his mom is in Dallas for the evening instead of in The Woodlands to baby him.

Luling City Market BBQ Aftermath

Luling City Market BBQ Aftermath
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Not bad for what you can get in Houston, but not in the same league as Snow's in Lexington or Kreuz's in Lockhart.

This Is Why I Bought A Sprint Overdrive

This Is Why I Bought A Sprint Overdrive
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Pay special attention to the upper lefthand corner.

My New iPhone Wallpaper

My New iPhone Wallpaper
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Getting ready for the trip.

Rebooting The MacBook Pro

Rebooting The MacBook Pro
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
It was feeling a little pokey after being in sleep mode all weekend.

University of Texas Baseball

University of Texas Baseball
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View of the field during game 1 of a double-header against LA Tech.

Magnolia Cafe

Magnolia Cafe
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Home of the best breakfast food in Austin.

Woof Indeed

Woof Indeed
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A sign inside the Black Sheep Lodge in Austin. Puggles would approve.

Norm MacDonald In Austin

Norm MacDonald In Austin
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My face was in pain after this show from laughing so hard.

Tubing In New Braunfels

Tubing In New Braunfels
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The shore of the Guadalupe River behind Bezdek's Rentals after we'd been floating downstream for 2 hours.

Snow's BBQ

Snow's BBQ
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
This was the only time I've ever deemed it appropriate to eat BBQ at 9AM. Their sausage and pork was excellent.

Kreuz's Market At Dusk

Kreuz's Market At Dusk
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They served me the best BBQ brisket I've ever eaten.

Tailgators Pub & Grill

Tailgators Pub & Grill
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Perhaps my favorite bar in The Woodlands, & just over a mile away from the Casa De Western 4.0. It's almost as if a Cajun bar was destined to be in close proximity to our home.

Dessert At 1252 Tapas Bar

Dessert At 1252 Tapas Bar
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Chocolate Martini, Balvenie 17 Year, & the sampler tray...a solid selection at Market Street.

Beer Menu At Stadia Sports Grill In Market Street

Beer Menu At Stadia Sports Grill In Market Street
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Great location for this sports bar, but they still have some work to do on their food quality. I'm willing to cut them some slack, though, since they've only been open for a couple of days.

Ducks Exploring The Giant Fountain Of Lake Woodlands

Ducks Exploring The Giant Fountain Of Lake Woodlands
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
On a decidedly cloudy Thursday afternoon.

HewTube Mic

HewTube Mic
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Imported to The Woodlands for a filming segment this Friday.

Credits Screen On Big Bang Theory

Credits Screen On Big Bang Theory
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
It only flashes on screen for a second, but thanks to TiVo, you can see the writings are quite random.

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
Converted some of my dollars to Euros in advance of our Parisian vacation. Yes, I think it looks like Monopoly money, too.

Braves Game On MLB At Bat App

Braves Game On MLB At Bat App
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
I was able to listen to the live audio stream while keeping an eye on the pitch by pitch stats.

Hanging Light

Hanging Light
Originally uploaded by Juston Western
As seen over the microwave where I warm my lunch.