Author Archives: Jeff Sauer

About Jeff Sauer

I have been blogging before people used the term "blog" to refer to posting online. It started out as an experiment when I was at St. Thomas in the CMD lab, and eventually has endured 7 iterations of changes.
Grandpa on the B24 Bomber

Heroes Live Among You OR Why Life is Great

Bucking my trend of an annual birthday introspective, this year I had planned on writing a birthday post proclaiming that life is great. I am getting married in a little over a month to someone who is both a perfect ...

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Christmas Time in Prague – Day 1

Posts in this series: Delta Business Class from JFK to PRG Prague Day 1 Prague Day 2 Vienna Christmas Markets Amsterdam Delta Business Class from AMS to MSP Jeff's Rule #1 with international travel: Always stay at an American Hotel unless you hear great things about a ...

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Dreaming of the Maldives

Maldives Here I come! Yes, I realize we are still 7 months away from our epic honeymoon in Mauritius and Europe, but I can't help myself: I am already planning my next trip in 2013 to the Maldives. This one all comes ...

How to Book a Dream Trip to Mauritius on Delta Skymiles

Yes, I realize that I am way behind on my last trip recap, but I just wanted to bring up a few tips for booking international flights on Delta Skymiles (or any program for that matter). Amanda and I have decided ...

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4 Nights in Europe – Delta Business Class from JFK to PRG

Posts in this series: Delta Business Class from JFK to PRG Prague Day 1 Prague Day 2 Vienna Christmas Markets Amsterdam Delta Business Class from AMS to MSP In October my brother told me he wanted to go on a "mileage run" to secure Platinum status. ...

Jeff's Mustache

Mustache Update

I did it!  I grew a mustache for 30 days and tomorrow morning I am going to gloriously shave it off.  I hated that sonofabitch on my upper lip (Amanda hated it even more), but I did it for a ...

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The N in November is for Mustaches

Somehow I became the office mustache guy.  It probably started with my Ditka costume for halloween, and my insistence on wearing a prosthetic mustache on multiple occasions thereafter. It has since escalated to links of Tom Selleck, Ron Swanson, a mustache ...

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Professional Juggler

"The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry. " - Brooks Back when I was an unhappy fat bastard I never imagined a life resembling the one I live right now.  Over the years I have taken on a wealth of ...

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A Weekend in Alexandria, VA

For years I have heard the references to the city of Alexandria, VA and thought nothing of it.  I had no idea if it was a big city, a suburb or where it was located in the state of Virginia. ...

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Instagram Photography – Making iPhone Photos Sexy

If you follow me on Twitter or we are friends on Facebook, you may know that I have recently started to post pictures to the web using a service called Instagram.  While it's been around for a few months, I ...