I love words and I love writers who nitpick and analyze our lazy conversational patterns. This blog piece by Patrick Smith, known as the pilot with a blog, captures perfectly the essence of how most people mess up the actual names of airlines. Here he teaches us the real names […]
Yesterday we had a true mob double header here in fabulous Las Vegas. First we spent two hours discovering more than anyone could ever possibly need to know about organized crime, those who did the deeds and those who spent their careers capturing the bad guys. A true smorgasbord of […]
We’ve been here for enough days to really get a sense of what downtown Las Vegas is like….and we’ve seen a lot of this vibrant city with a downtown that’s dramatically different from the famous Strip at the other end of North Las Vegas Boulevard. The hotel where we’re staying, […]
On my way from the airport to downtown Las Vegas, I asked my driver how hot it can get here. “I went to pick up my wife after work at 1 am, and it was 101 degrees!” he said. We are staying at the Downtown Grand Las Vegas, right near […]
I’m heading to Las Vegas tomorrow, joining a group of writers and spending all of our time in downtown Las Vegas, not the famous strip. I’ve only been to this glittering city once, and then I spent the whole time on the strip, attending a trade show and not seeing […]
Sometimes I just love my job, so much that I want to share some of the wonderful images that I get to work with, plus some that I shoot myself. I”m about to depart on Thursday for Las Vegas, and will have plenty of new photos. But here are a […]
These shoes have come up in several conversations with friends. First, someone told me about how she was becoming almost afraid to go out and walk because there were patches of ice that she might slip on, and did slip some times causing a lot of anxiety and fear. Then […]
I’m excited about going to the big opening night at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, which has a new leader and a new and diverse slate of music, drama and spoken word acts coming up for the new year. Friday’s event will feature Red Baraat, who thrilled the crowd […]
It’s a leap year day, so we won’t be seeing any posts dated February 29 for another four years. I laughed out loud when I read Dan Neil’s review of the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu, including this brilliant passage…from the WSJ. “Cars like the Malibu are the motor pool’s most selfless […]
I’m still thinking about our terrific trip to Southern California last week. What I loved about it was that we choose three distinct cities, all much different, and we got a chance to savor what makes each one so great. I am looking forward to creating some 2-minute videos about […]
Some random thoughts on this soggy, chilly sorta-snow day. I read today about another heroin bust in Deerfield on Interstate 91. Every time they nab a dealer, it’s always because they have easy-to-spot problems with their cars. Yesterday’s criminal/junkies had a broken brake light. Others get stopped for speeding, or […]
