The first thing you notice about Taiwan are the mountains. I never knew there would be mountains. As an American growing up in the 1970’s “Made in Taiwan” meant inexpensive products created under sweatshop working […]
The Days Inn by Wyndham Great Lakes in North Chicago is neither here nor there as a hotel — clean, small lobby that is not cozy, rooms are sparse; I had a room with a […]
I flew out to Seattle for a long-time, good friend’s wedding the weekend after 4th of July. The wife and kids stayed home due to schedules, so it was a solo trip. Credit card points […]
I was traveling to Seattle, Washington for the weekend to attend a good friend’s wedding [click here for review of Seattle]. Most of those traveling in for the wedding were staying at the Downtown Athletic […]
St. Louis is bombed out. All the jobs went over seas, and as the top 1 millionth of 1 percent get richer and richer, the rest of the wealth and jobs gets spread globally, leaving […]
Traveling southwest of Birmingham in the UK by car gets you into the English countryside. As an American, this is the English countryside that you know from outdoor scenes of the Avengers TV series from […]
There is crime in San Antonio. Lots of petty crime. Minor muggings maybe. And yet it is considered one of the safest cities in the US. A world safer than Laredo — 2 hours’ drive […]
I knew Doug Schwartz briefly in college. We met on the cafeteria line once and chatted briefly. I was editor of the school newspaper; he was a poet. He wrote a poem about eggs and […]
Bristol calls itself Britain’s First Bicycling City; it could very well call itself Britain’s First City of Hanging Plants. If you’re unfamiliar with Bristol, it is one of Britain’s major cities; the largest one in […]
New York City is a city made up of many islands and one peninsula. The peninsula is the borough of the Bronx, and then there’s Manhattan Island and Staten Island, and Brooklyn and Queens which […]
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