Menu

Everest Base Camp

June 21 – Shegar to Everest and back Today is the big day! We awoke at 5am to be packed and in the lobby by 5:30 so we could make

0 Comment

Sakya to Shegar and the mystical conch shell

June 20  By now, you know the drill. Breakfast at 8:30, heading to a monastery by 9am.  As usual, we were the only western visitors amongst a throng of local

0 Comment

The rhythm of Tibetian travel

June 19 – Shigatse to Sayka We have settled into the Tibetian travel pattern – wake around 8am, head down for a Chinese focused buffet breakfast, pack up out stuff,

0 Comment

Father’s Day in Tibet

June 18 Almost exactly a year ago, we were in Zion watching the Warriors lose game 7 in what our family has called “the worst Father’s Day ever!” This year,

0 Comment

Go go Gyangtse 

June 17 Gyangtse was once consider Tibet’s third city (behind Lhasa and Shigatse) as it was a major trading center between Lhasa, Nepal, and India. Today tourists are mostly bypassing

0 Comment

Leaving Lhasa – The long road to Gyangtse 

June 16 We knew that today would be a challenging travel day as we need to travel 280 km to Gyangtse and along the way we would reach a high

0 Comment

Keeping DL on the DL

June 15 When Tibetians need to talk about the 14 (and current) Dalia Lama they often use the initials DL to keep their comments on the “down low” which is

0 Comment

Let’s talk about monks baby!!

July 14, 2017 We mostly slept through the night (Tyler and tom were up by 6:30, the girls at 7:30). We enjoyed a classic buffet breakfast before meeting our guide

0 Comment

Nothing is as easy as you hope

The day started off great. We made the 6am shuttle and but 6:20 we were in line #1 to check our bags. But not to Lhasa as we expected, only

0 Comment

Once again!

Here we are in SFO heading to Shanghai, on our way to Lhasa, Tibet. more to follow! Our rough schedule is SFO- Tibet. 10 days in Tibet (June 13-23). Fly

0 Comment

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy? It is a pyramid. The foundation laid by Socrates, Jobs, and Euclid. Guided by Maslow and Buddha. The peak a coach – Wooden. -Tom Kramer To learn

0 Comment

Now available in more places!

Follow @kramertownusa

0 Comment

Asia here we come!

Follow our summer 2012 travels as we go to China and Bali here

0 Comment

Here’s our travel blog!

I kinda like this one. And not just because it is free. You can follow our trip here. Enjoy! TravelPod.com

0 Comment

New and improved travel map

check it out! Click here

0 Comment

Kramer Sabbatical Map

0 Comment

Basketball Plays

Below are some movies of basic basketball plays. The movie names suggest the play. As I make more movies, they will be posted here. Screen Away Post Screen Mismatch Screen

0 Comment

Fall Foto Fun!!

It’s November, the pumpkins are out in full force and that means it’s Fall! So take a look at what we’ve been up to, here in Kramertown.  click here for

0 Comment

Boof!!

Here’s the booth!

0 Comment

Are rose colored glasses wrong?

I’m sitting in a shuttle bus looking at the Chicago skyline thinking that Chicagoans have every right to be proud of their architecture downtown when I realized that I am

Tags:

0 Comment

Kramer Invitational

So we went to the cape and Sue turned 40. Did we get any pictures? Only of our kids after everyone left. Hopefully, we’ll have more to share soon. Enjoy

0 Comment

First iPhone post

Web 2.0 is here and the iPhone is leading the way. It is more cool than I am!! You’ll see more posts now that I can blog from the park!

0 Comment

OK, the world is a good place

I was taking bart back from the mechanics and need to get pay my $1.50 for muni. Of course, I had a $1 a $5 and $240 in $20s. But

0 Comment

Sue Documentary – Version 1

As you may know, I asked for documentary style video footage to put together for Sue’s 40th birthday, which we recently celebrated on Cape Cod. Here’s the current edit version.

0 Comment

You asked for it. More PICTURES!!

Yes, that’s right folks. Springtime is behind us and summer is in full swing (the pile of fog outside my window is proof of that!). And Summertime means, time to

0 Comment

Very Strange News

Normally I try not to be the guy who posts those other links. Especially those that are funny and/or poignant or strange. But here are 2! Handshaking record broken in

0 Comment

Just too cute…

Evie feeding Tyler when he is 1 and she is 3. Do I need to say more? Evie Feeds Tyler

0 Comment

Great Story of Sports(wo)manship

The tears of joy have stained my shirt, this story is so moving. Makes me even more excited to become a basketball coach. Tom Read the story here

0 Comment

Carbon Neutral – Cleaning up after ourselves

I got an email from a family friend asking to get the web site for the carbon footprint that you and I once discussed. I thought, hey, good memory! Here

0 Comment

Now it has gone too far…

…ok, maybe not too far, but pretty darn far. Yes, that’s right. The urban iditarod is now in Cincinnati! Read more about the Cinciditarod here.

0 Comment