Posted by nanxiliu on January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I usually don’t use Groupon, but I thought I would check out some deals that were available. I found one that was for horseback riding and I thought that would be really fun. M has never gone horseback riding so I knew it would be a great adventure. It’s always fun sharing new experiences together! The … Continue reading →
Category Anniversary, Birthday, Expensive, Featured, Just for Fun, Medium, Some Skill, Valentine's Day · Tagged with adventure, date, fun date, horseback riding, horses, new experiences, romantic
Posted by nanxiliu on December 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
One of my great friends, J, is someone who has everything she needs so it’s sometimes hard to find a gift for her. When this happens, I try to be creative. This usually means making something from scratch. I decided to create a photo collage of all the things that J likes and have it … Continue reading →
Category Anniversary, Birthday, Difficulty, Expensive, Featured, Just for Fun, Medium, Occasion, Price, Some Skill, Time, Valentine's Day · Tagged with art, canvas, celebration, creative, gifts, ideas, photography, photos, presents, romantic
Posted by nanxiliu on March 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
M and I decided to take a random roadtrip from San Francisco to Oregon. Neither of us have gone to Oregon so we thought it would be a fun and quick vacation. I rented an economical Chevy Aveo Hatchback from Hertz for about $25/day. Our original destination was Portland, which was about 630 miles from … Continue reading →
Category Anniversary, Birthday, Expensive, Featured, Just for Fun, Long, Some Skill, Valentine's Day · Tagged with food, lake shasta, movies, oregon, photo, restaurants, roadtrip, spontaneous, vacation, weekend trip
Posted by nanxiliu on January 6, 2012 · 1 Comment
As the founder of Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com), Garrett Gruener is also co-founder of Alta Partners, a life sciences venture capital firm, and CEO and Executive Chairman of Nanomix, a nanotech company. With this much on his plate, Garrett shares with us that he still has a very flexible schedule and spends a lot of … Continue reading →
Category Affordable, Cheap, Easy, Expensive, Featured, Just for Fun, Long, Medium, Share Your Ideas, Short, Some Skill · Tagged with alta partners, ask jeeves, ask.com, business, cirque du soleil, company, consulting, creative, creativity, entrepreneurship, garrett gruener, high tech, house of air, ideas, managing director, medical, meetings, nanomix, san francisco, smartphone, startup, technology, totem, venture capital, work life balance