I’ve had some wonderful birthday celebrations. Though nothing will be more memorable than my homecoming to Baghdad (see Iraqi Homecoming: My 40th Birthday in Baghdad), 2024 will be no exception. I start the week in Medellin, Colombia. From there, I integrate this Birthday Bash Trip Report with my Rum, Rum Trip Report. As an old man, I have to document what I’ve done historically. As a traveler, I need an excuse to go on an adventure, though staying in Puerto Rico or Scottsdale weren’t bad alternatives.
2023
A sandwich in Las Picuas, Puerto Rico is an adventure in itself.
2022
Impossible to beat Iraqi Homecoming for my 40th.
2021
Riding high in Culebra, Puerto Rico
2020
Covid Celebration in Rio Mar
2019
El Yunque, Rio Grande
2018
Professor Bachuwa teaches a CLE in NYC on his birthday
2017
Intercontinental Marseille
2016
Visa blunder in Shanghai. Struck midnight on my birthday detained in Shanghai, went to Hong Kong, and returned to party in Shanghai.
2015
Broke after Mongolia, TPOL retreated to the mountains of Montana for one year.
2014
The Pho King in Scottsdale
2013
When friends used to visit in Scottsdale.
2012
Super Model at the W Hollywood for my 30th.
2011
While I was not fired on my birthday, it was shortly thereafter.
2010
I moved to Shanghai on my birthday.
2009
I failed to get my internship in Dubai and ended up back in Scottsdale.
2008
Sambuca, Scottsdale, post 2007 law school graduation.
