I love taking trolley tours. Mostly because I want to know the lay of the land in a new city, and also because of what the guides tell me. I love those interesting facts that are shared as we gawk out the trolley windows and click pictures of the sites. […]
I’d heard about Annapolis Maryland for many years, and made my first visit there this week. I now know what everyone has been talking about. What makes this small capital city such a great destination? Here is what I found. One thing that makes a place better is to have […]
If you want to know where the best crabs can be found, and other fun facts about Annapolis, you have to get a haircut. We met a popular barber named Faraj Capistrano today, who runs Capistrano Barbershop, a hang-out for men who want a place to relax, have a beer, […]
train We showed up at the Greenfield MA train depot for a 1:07 departure for our long train voyage down to Baltimore. Not surprisingly, we were told that the train was running 20 minutes late, so we got a coffee at the little cafe there and waited. When the five-car […]
We were honored to drive one of the artists to a local film festival held in Keene New Hampshire today. Kyle Gilman is Mary’s son, and a well regarded film and video editor who lives with his wife Maggie in Brooklyn. Maggie Lehrman wrote the film that we would be […]
I got a bolt out of the blue today, an email from a guy I worked for from 1996-2002. Frank was a good boss, he knew what the important things were and what really mattered. He had to balance a family dynamic with a powerful older brother but he always […]
We had a really delicious dinner tonight at Great Falls Harvest, a small family restaurant in Turners Falls. What did we love? Both of our entrees, one was a roasted beef shank with a big pile of broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, bacon and cheese. I had the roasted tofu atop rice […]
Yesterday I got some help in my yard. It was good to be outside in the sun, and getting to little tasks that have pestered me for so many years felt great. There are always those tasks you never find time to get to–but this time I had my son-in-law […]
Rick Blount is clearly pleased to be where he is today. We met the CEO and fifth generation proprietor of Antoine’s at one of their private dining rooms yesterday where they were marking the momentous occasion of having been open since 1840. That’s quite an accomplishment in a city that’s […]
It was a late night, we’d been on the road since 7:30, and dinner didn’t end til 9:30. So when we were taken by our Lafayette Louisiana hosts to a local nightclub, I wasn’t sure if I’d pass, or just watch a song or two and go back to the […]
We set out from Shreveport early this morning on a tour across Northern Louisiana, beginning on an interstate but quickly getting off on the smaller blue highways lined with pine trees, some clear cut, and some showing the replanted trees for a future harvest. Our bus trip took us for […]
