Protension

I don’t live in Park City anymore, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the best ski or mountain vacation in the world. When I moved there I was struck by the lack of a good local guide to nightlife and restaurants (sorry, Park Record/Flipside, you suck). I dabbled with making one but decided to spend my time at work instead.

Fortunately, my friend Casey Sowul has come to the rescue and put together a professional-quality guide to restaurants, bars, nightlife, and everything worth doing in your favorite mountain town in Utah (that’s Park City). All it needs is a few 5-star reviews of Bistro Bar and I’ll have nothing more to tell visitors.

Ski Town Restaurants - Park City restaurant dining guide. Reviews, photos, menus, coupons, specials, maps for the best restaurants in Park City

Starting in Q2 2009, you will be able to register anydomainname.yournamehere. (See BBC article.) Rather than tomspot.com, I could have just tom.spot. Or tom.tomspot. Or www.tomspot. Or (maybe?) even just tomspot. Confusing? Heck yes.

Apparently each new TLD will cost thousands of dollars. Of course, as soon as the change hits, any big company with a brand name to protect will need to register their name. Who will win the rights to generic but valuable terms like .groceries or .videogames or .xxx is a mystery, though ICANN, the nonprofit in charge of the domain name system, seems to be suggesting they might be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Looks like ICANN wants to raise some cash and doesn’t care much for internet users (confusion) and small-time domain owners (cost).

The Home of the Week in the LA Times this week is my aunt Mary Jane Elgin’s house. It’s as beautiful as it looks in the paper. Ever since I can remember, her house has been my paradise-home-away-from-home. I’ll miss it as much as everyone who has shared its (and my aunt and uncle’s) hospitality. If you have a few million dollars or very good credit, I highly recommend buying it.

Thanks Jeff Fortner for the heads up.

• CostCo sells booze!
• Beautiful intelligent adventurous women
• Sunshine
• You can get a keg in 30 minutes on a Sunday
• Ocean breeze
• Math
• Culture
• Industry
• Mammoth hot springs

There’s also sweet mountains for climbing and riding but they’re a little further than they were in Utah.

Did I mention the girls and the sunshine?

It’s nice to be home.

I made it all the way to the west coast. This is me and my brother at Laguna Beach. He’s in town for his 10th reunion at Harvey Mudd… It’s just my 2nd so I’m not on as many guest lists. But I am pouring wine this afternoon at Pomona which will be cool. Sorry you can’t see the ocean in the photo. Trust me, it’s there.

Not just a U2 album. And really lush right now. Check out the wildflowers.

(looking east) This place is pretty developed so I can blog right on the trail. Cool

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