European Travel Tips: How to Save This Summer
As the Greeks protest austerity and elect representatives who will push back against Germany and put their heads in the sand, once again, things look pretty grim for the European economy. Yet Americans still want to take vacations in Europe, how could they not? It’s still full of reasons to […]
It’s the Hawaiian Good Luck Sign. Honest!
This morning I was happy to wake up in the rain and learn something from my friend Fred Lepide’s wonderful website. One of his entries was about a long-ago episode in espionage, when the USS Pueblo, a spy ship, was captured by the North Koreans and the crew was held […]
President in Petticoats: How to Smear an Ex-President
What could be more fun to mock than the defeated former president of the Confederacy dressed up in women’s clothes? Back in 1865, this scenario played itself out when Jeffferson Davis, fleeing from arrest by the Union army, grabbed his wife’s petticoat in haste and dashed out the door. What […]
Kamchatka, Russia: A Tempting Destination Because of Its Utter Remoteness
For travel writers, the next place they’re going is the next best thing. And to many of us, going some place that few haver ever been to, or even heard of, is even better. I got a package in the mail on Friday, it was a book about a place […]
Vermont’s Richest Man Got His Start Making Rolling Papers
During his days building up what would eventually make him Vermont’s richest man, Robert Stiller’s employees used to have an expression to explain how things needed to be done. CBS was how it went, ” ’cause Bob Says,” was what it stood for. Stiller today was in the WSJ after […]
Trophy Wives Are Becoming a Thing of the Past
I think we’re making pretty good progress as a society. I say this today after reading a Boston Globe article declaring that the era of the trophy wife has passed, men no longer want to put the young lithe stay-at-home women on their arm and women are becoming far more […]
Plane Reader eBooks Add Zest
Random bits from what’s going on in my universe include a book called Íf You Can’t Make It Here, GET OUT, a tough love guide to New York City Living. This book will be excerpted on GoNOMAD. I was quite cheered when I heard that our Italy ebook is selling […]
Ha-Ha’s Bring Laughs to the Arts Block on Friday. FUNNY! Really.
Pam Victor of Pelham takes comedy pretty seriously. In fact she says that her form of comedy, the unscripted theater , is what’s in vogue with improv makers around the US. She’s coming with The Ha-Ha’s to Greenfield’s Arts Block on Friday night, the first time a comedy show has […]