Sure I'll help, I say. What could go wrong? Our guys are busy, and they need a hand. And who better to relieve them of the misery of traveling from either coast to the middle of the country than me, who lives in striking distance of most of middle America. So where do they send … Continue reading Parsippany, NJ. Why, oh Lord, why me? →

I've been to San Antonio a few times this year, so far. Once for business, once for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) convention. Not that I'm a music educator. I happen to have a kid that is an all state musician. While Austin may be where we keep our hippies and musicians, San Antonio … Continue reading San Antonio, Texas. Worth seeing, but not worth going to see. →

Has it been that long? I've really slacked off in the last year. I completely missed this trip, figuring out that I overlooked it when dumping pictures off my cell phone. I probably had it in my head that I went to Seattle and who cares about that? I go there all the time. In … Continue reading Victoria B.C., Seattle without the Hipsters →

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. Too long. But then again, I don't travel as much any more and the places I've been recently are repeats. So there's been little to blog about. So I have a new one this month, to a new place in a state I haven't been in … Continue reading Jacksonville, Fla. There’s a beach there? Really? →

"...and known to one and all for the way she sang a good song, oh, if she could only catch her breath." 'Tis, Frank McCourt. For reasons that aren't clear to me, my travel schedule tends to go in waves. By that I mean, I'll go nowhere for a long time, then I'll hit a … Continue reading Colorado Springs…Oh, if I could only catch my breath… →

In an episode of "King of the Hill", Peggy Hill is trying to glom a vacation to Japan about which Hank responds: "We already have a vacation planned and it's in the United States of America. In Texas. In Denton. And I don't care what those cops did to that cyclist, it's still a great … Continue reading Wimberly, Texas →

San Bruno, July 2012 "Why is it that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a winery here, yet I have to drop 10 bucks on a glass?" - Me, to a waitress. Lets get the logistics out of the way first.  Since I now book through the corporate travel agency, I have little … Continue reading San Bruno. Why bother? →