Visiting Edison’s Laboratory of Genius
When I was a small boy, one of the highlights of growing up was a club my dad started with some of my friends. The club met on Saturdays, and each week a different dad took us out and showed us something…manly. Once we shot rifles at cans; another time […]
The Hole Is Dug
Like an empty canvas, the blog page emerges, and I have to fill it. It’s never a chore, never a bother. I always love writing and do it with ease. Today I used Delta miles to buy my ticket to Phocuswright, the world’s biggest and best internet travel conventions, which […]
Whole Belly Clams: Huot’s on the Maine Coast
It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…oh, no, that’s not right. However it has been a relatively quiet week, in that same lazy spirit, here on the coast of Maine. It’s interesting the way the priorities become simply what’s for dinner, what’s for lunch, and I wonder what their […]
A Portland Foodie Tour Reveals a City’s Savory Side
What kinds of things do you learn on a Portland Maine Foodie tour? Here are some of the things our guide Dave told us as we strolled the streets of Portland, Maine, looking for things that foodies enjoy. Prisoners in the 1840s revolted against guards who insisted on feeding […]
Grandpa Doesn’t Have to Deal with Kids
Now the vacation state of mind here in Vacationland has fully sunken in. But I don’t recall ever being more happy not to be a parent, as I navigate my own space among five kids including two babies who take turns striking each other and boys who delight in high-decibel […]
Ainsworth Describes Saratoga, An Place Everybody Used to Go
Sunday morning on the southern Maine coast. It’s a beach day and a beach town, and I’ve got the sand in my shoes to prove it. As I think about beach vacationing, I think about my recently departed Uncle Bob, who always said he preferred the excitement of Saratoga and […]
Most Men Have Big Bumpers that Keep it All In
When I woke up this morning and all of the windows of the house were open, I felt a chill. Oh no, no, is summer already fleeting? I shut the windows and then thought about my ride last night, in the nearly pitch dark, along the Norwottuck Bike Trail from […]
Cops and Firemen are a Perfect Fit as JetBlue Flight Attendants
Ask anyone who has flown JetBlue and they usually have good things to say. There’s something about those crisp blue uniforms and that DirectTV that makes people fans. I found another reason to like JetBlue last night when I read a story by Scott McCarthy in the WSJ. They like […]