Adventures in Driving Part 237

Last weekend I had the misfortune of being caught in the snowstorm that hit the Grapevine (that's CA I-5 between Valencia and Bakersfield). I got on the mountain just after 6 pm, and by 7 pm not far away from Frazier Park, this was my view:

I then proceeded to...well, I didn't proceed. I was stuck in this traffic moving literally 1/2 mile over the next hour. By 7:30 pm it was clear that the road probably wasn't going to be moving much that night; so my dad and I started trying to figure out what I was going to do. The map of my journey is below, and it took me until 11pm to get home that night. It wasn't all terrible; I never got stuck in the snow or ice, and got off of the freeway, which ened up being closed until 9:30 am the next morning. Hundreds of people slept in their cars trapped on the freeway that night, so I was really happy I got to sleep in my own bed.

Ubuntu

 Ubuntu: "I am what I am because of who we all are." Not just a Linux operating system, Ubuntu is a restaurant in Napa, California that Bunny and I had the pleasure of visiting this weekend. Their biggest claim to fame is that for the past two years in a row (2010 & 2011) they have earned a Michelin star, despite being a vegetarian restaurant. In the midst of restaurants like Morimoto and others serving meat and fish with famous Napa Valley wines, Ubuntu presents itself openly as a "community-focused restaurant and yoga studio". Yep, they have a yoga studio next door. We tried a few dishes and while some other reviews of the restaurant said they left feeling hungry, we definitely didn't.

Not Vapor

  

My new iPhone case is a "replica" of the ElementCase Vapor 4 aluminum iPhone case. The case is two pieces of aluminum that frame the edge of the iPhone and are held in by 4 screws. Overall I think the case looks and feels great, although I'm not a huge fan of the printed logos on the sides (but I should be able to get those off without much effort). Overall very impressed given the price difference between this case and the "real" one. More pictures below.