Electric cars are in vogue now, and I read with great interest about another category that’s moving even faster. That would be electric delivery trucks.  The math makes sense:  a diesel truck that Frito Lay uses to deliver chips around New York City gets about 10 miles per gallon, and every […]

I was stunned when I thought about how many years back it was that I last saw Chris Isaak and his band perform in concert. It was at the Oakdale theater, in the 1990s, but tonight when I saw him again at the Calvin Theater, the show felt similar, and […]

Jason Gay’s column in today’s WSJ about the Patriots and Jets rivalry had me laughing out loud as we flew back from Florida on JetBlue. Here are few of my favorite lines, as he described the two teams and how they compare this year. First, the rivalry, which is not […]

I’m a simple man and simple pleasures make me happy. How about a cheeseburger and a beer in a hotel room with a Wi-Fi connection, satellite TV, and an entire Sunday to look forward to with absolutely no obligations? I’ve got all of that after a Saturday night on Ocean […]

At  breakfast at our hotel I read a review by Graeme Wood of Nicholas Ostler’s new book about language called “The Last Lingua Franca.  He begins with a story about walking through the airport in Tripoli, Libya. It seems that the dictator, Gadhafi, doesn’t like English, so instead of signs […]

The size of the cruise ship business was pointed out to us tonight as we spoke with Mark Akst, the GM of Cambria Suites Fort Lauderdale in Dania Beach.  He told us about ships now cruising out of this port with 2500, 3500, and even 6500 passengers. And a good […]

Just as I take the stuff out of my suitcase, it’s time to pack again for a little vacation. Well, sort of. We are heading to a suite in Fort Lauderdale, where we promise to do a white-glove inspection and share it with our readers.  We are fitting in a […]

I’m blogging up here at our cruising altitude and thinking about what I enjoyed the most during our trip to Alabama.  Besides the comraderie and fun of traveling with a good friend, I’d have to say that quail hunting tops my list.  The trip was full of excellent most manly […]

Ray Scott is a marvelous host.  He greeted us warmly when we met him in his office in Pintlala, Alabama where the walls are decorated with photos of the businessman entrepreneur with his close friend, President George HW Bush, and he told us one of his favorite stories.  He said […]

I woke up at 4:15 am and was in a Jeep bumping over a dirt road by 5:30 am. I was joined by our guide Josh, Joe Estenes, a former police officer and hunter from Sarasota Florida, and riding shotgun, our favorite Shooter, Paul Shoul. We were headed to a […]

Last night we sampled the handiwork of a local legend in Birmingham. Chris Hastings spent years under the tutelage of  Frank Stitt, one of the city’s top chefs and in 1995, he and his wife Idie opened the Hot Hot Fish Club, in a round building downtown. The elegant mood […]