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Category Archives: travel
Travel Tips for Infrequent Travelers
So, yeah, my Person of Interest DVDs arrived, and with the combo pack, there are too many ways to watch, so I’m late again. When I’m at home, I watch the blu-ray discs on my big tv, and when I’m … Continue reading
Hotel Wish List
Earlier this week, a friend of mine posted a link to an article the Points Guy wrote about things he’d like to see in more hotel rooms. It’s a good start, but I have a few additional requests. Electrical outlets … Continue reading
TwtV: Toronto: Food, Cocktails, and Wine
Loraine and I went to Toronto this past weekend to visit our friend, Marco, whom we met and got to know in Italy when he got recruited to spend ten hours on a Friday driving us to far-apart wineries in … Continue reading
Travels with the Viking: Buenos Aires
[My writing teacher advised me to try to sell this piece to a magazine, but I can’t find the right one, and the freshness is fading. Also, my horrible cold has drained all the energy and creativity out of me, … Continue reading
Fish or Cut Bait?
One of the hardest things about visiting a place where I used to live is that there is never enough time to see everyone I want to see. And so I find that when I visit these metropolitan areas, instead … Continue reading
Travels with the Viking: Australia, Part 2: Forced March
Yet another reason that Loraine and I are good travel companions is that we are the exact same kind of lazy. There was a five year stretch of time when I had to worry about getting from a meeting at … Continue reading
Travels with the Viking: Australia, Part 1: Transportation
One of the things I love best about traveling with Loraine (aka, the Viking) is that it doesn’t take us long to decide to travel somewhere. Our “planning” for our trip to Australia at the end of August consisted of … Continue reading
Travel Tips: rules of the road
Over the course of this summer, I have driven a lot. I’m not referring only to the usual driving around we all have to do to get to work or meetings or to run our errands. I’m talking about additional … Continue reading
Bad Taxi Karma
I don’t like taking taxis by myself. If I can avoid taking a taxi solo, I will. As a traveler, though, taking taxis, alone or accompanied, is unavoidable. I dislike taking taxis because, even though I hate people, there’s something … Continue reading
Travel, Food, and Life 