Ponderings
The Great American Trailer Park Musical: Nonstop Fun!
Pippi is an exotic dancer who has run away from her magic-marker sniffin’, gun totin’ beer swillin’ ex-boyfriend. She finds refuge in Stark Florida, where a collection of trailer park characters reside, ‘on the other side of the tracks’ in Armadillo Acres. Last night I enjoyed a ribald, rauchy ride […]
“Look at that Ass…Now That’s a Good Looking Cow!”
“Look at that ass! And those big hind legs!” We were out in the middle of a grassy cowfield, pockmarked with cowpies, and farm manager Jeff Farrell was eying the merchandise, thinking of what would end up on some lucky Rhode Islander’s plates. We were getting a close-up view of […]
Take That, Detroit Bashers!
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 […]
It’s a Virtual Winchester House, She Told Me
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 […]
This Jersey Subs Guy Has Some Pearls of Wisdom
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 […]
In America: Irish Immigrants in Big Bad New York City
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 […]
GoNOMAD Travel Slices Now Playing on WHMP-AM
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 […]
We’re Busy. But We Go
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 […]
At a Meeting of Railroad Planners, We Dare to Dream Big
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, […]