Lumpini Park and Benjakitti Park, downtown, can also be peaceful escapes – aside from early morning and late afternoon, when they tend to be popular with joggers and yogis.
That was the best number of the night (aside from "Monday Night Football" on cable).
Aside from one morning when the higher chairlifts disappeared into a ceiling of flat cloud, allowing the fantasy that they went on forever, I was blessed with blue skies all week.
In general, aside from Thursday night's flip of the usual order, the best skiers have been on the podium at these games: the so-called Attacking Vikings (the Norwegian men, who dine together in matching sweaters, no cell phones allowed), Beat Feuz, Marcel Hirscher, and Matthias Mayer.
But aside from Tuesday night's successful launch at Cape Canaveral, the mission has little in common with its predecessors.
Aside from dense fog this morning, forecasters predict clear weather both day and night at least through Sunday and probably into early next week.
Politics aside, here are a few tips that those wishing to improve their public speaking game can take away from last night's presidential debates.
Most viewed on the site this morning aside from the World Cup is Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott the Israeli president's conference.
"She said Travis County election sites haven't had any problems this morning, aside from the usual minor glitches: election workers not showing up as planned and first-time workers figuring out the poll set-up".
Aside from her Friday night banquet appearance, contrary to Pompei's suggestion, Whitman was not much in evidence at the convention, which she left altogether after a breakfast Saturday morning with Romney and their supporters.
I am the only swimmer this morning and aside from a few tourists who pull up in their cars and walk around, I don't see anyone else.
