While at lunch at the BBA Polish Deli in South Deerfield, I picked up a copy of the Recorder. Front page news told of a brave or foolish 61-year old gas station attendent, who thwarted a would be robbery with his bare hands yesterday. “Fazal Elahi was working alone at […]
May’s issue of Men’s Journal had quite a few beauts…including this one by Paul Theroux, famously grumpy travel writer. He describes an incident while he was in Equador looking for a drug to help jump start his book. “Sitting on the riverbank, I saw three gringo women from our group […]
Friday is going to be a fun evening. That is the night that Kent and Lisa St. John and Cindy Bigras and I will be judging the first winner in the GoNOMAD.com travel awards.We came up with this idea back in January, that we would award four winners a $500 […]
Today’s NY Times front page includes a frustrating story that helps explain why one out of every five people in Malawi have the AIDS virus. It is a tradition of male relatives and others having “cleansing sex” with widows after their husbands die. Just as the wife is recovering from […]
We were had. It started on Wednesday, as any of you regular readers would know, when I posted here about being rudely told off by the intern who didn’t want to come work with us after getting a better offer from National Geographic. After a more careful look at the […]
The hot tub, where everybody hangs out, at the nude resort. This is one of the windiest places I’ve ever been, I was there in 2005, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve already installed a wind turbine and solar panels. I often think back and wonder what has changed […]
Newsweek in the May 2 issue had this exclusive on the embattled nominee for the UN. Since Northwest Airlines doesn’t include any meals or movies, there was plenty of time to peruse the magazines. Here is the gist of their report. In early 2003, the British were negotiating with Mohammar […]
Jonathan Miles writes beautifully in the new issue of Men’s Journal about the Dakar Rally, a brutal, deadly, overland race from Barcelona to Dakar Senegal. The punishing terrain, over 3′ tall camel grass, or sand dunes, or through raging rivers grinds down both car and driver. Their modified Kia Sportage […]
Kellen Winslow had it made. A second year player for the Cleveland Browns, he had a huge contract and the playing time any linebacker would dream of. Today the starter lies in a hospital after sustaining serious injuries from an motorcycle accident. NFL player’s huge contracts come with many conditions. […]
Sunday morning in the California desert. The winds are gone, and the Mother’s Day is peaceful here. Early Saturday morning I got news that tops anything I can think of to write about this resort. My daughter Kate, a nurse in Miami, gave birth to her first child, and named […]
Warm temperatures brought many more sun lovers to DeAnza Springs, and the day also saw a party for the 85-year-old Clara, who has been at this park forever. She arrived at the party wearing a white bra and a huge smile, she was moved by the outpouring of love from […]
