Some times writers challenge us with destination stories about questionable places. Dicey places that really don’t deserve to be considered as travel destinations, but they make their case and we take a look.  I’ve been emailing with a writer from DC named Lisa Singh for a while now…her topic definitely […]

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I asked an website usability testing guru to give me her thoughts on GoNOMAD’s design. She called one section ‘A Winchester House,’ which of course led me to look up just what she meant. And it made perfect sense.  In 1830 Leonard and Sarah Pardee of New Haven had a baby […]

Peter Cancro started a sub franchise in Jersey when he was only 17. The former boy wonder was profiled today by Eileen Zimmerman in the NY Times.  I love his practical, no nonsense way of doing business. For starters, these tips… “I learned how critical the right location is for […]

A family arrives at a border crossing from Canada. “We’re on holiday,” the dad tells the daughters, while the border agent looks around the back seat of the overstuffed station wagon.  After a bit of tenseness when the older daughter remains stoic and silent, it’s ‘welcome to America,’ and we […]

I’m sitting on my deck watching our flock of chickens do what they love best….take dirt baths and  fluff all of that dirt into their feathers. Oh, the joys of country living.  These are the best composters in the world!  This week I was pleased to hear from a good […]

My mother always used to say, if you really want something done, ask a busy person. Well, that reminds me of another maxim: if you want to find people to travel, ask someone who already travels a lot. Somehow, they’ll break down, and against all scheduling logic, will probably  be […]

Railroad people have their own vernacular, and a unique set of acronyms that are shared between them. One is Federal Railway Administration, FRA, the new federal agency that is taking care of spending the $8 billion in funds that’s been allocated by the government.  The other is ‘service area’ or, […]

Have you ever had a book that kept you reading, late, late late into the night? That was so hard to put down, you risked being super tired in the morning because you had to find out what happens next?  I’ve been blessed with such a book, that came to […]

Mendocino has two most excellent events coming up that are worth checking out if you are traveling or live nearby in California. June  4-6 is the Mendocino Film Festival, and their music festival July 10-24 “ón the edge of the world.” My friend Bruce who is a 10-year Mendocino resident, […]

On my last night in Northern California, I stayed in the town of Ukiah, population 14,000. I met a man there who told me he was a retired professional rock and roll guitarist. With that introduction, Hal Wagonet shared what people have been talking about over coffee during the past […]