Through a stranger’s eyes

November 2, 2010
Californians who visit Florida for the first time seem to have the same first impression: "It's so flat!"That's because California life is bounded by mountains that...

Mobsters, marzipan & cannoli

October 14, 2010
Most people think I'm of Italian descent, but we're actually Sicilian, M. and I both.Italian implies Roma, Versaci, Via Condotti, high fashion in Milan. Sicilian? Well,...

Sunday praise

September 26, 2010
Praise the bridge that carried you over. ~George Colman Image is Bixby Bridge at Big Sur, my favorite bridge...

September 21, 2010
Our parents are dead, both sets. Long time. Well, except for my father, who passed just a little more than two years ago.And we didn't stay at "home" after we married....

Acts of God

September 3, 2010
I cancelled my trip to Long Island today.Too many uncertainties to start out east into the storm.I see why they call them acts of God.UPDATE: Flight was...

Flying into Hurricane Earl

September 3, 2010
East bound and down...loaded up & truckin'...we're gonna do what they say can't be done ... we got a long way to go and a short time to get there..." (thanks,...

A day on Bainbridge Island, WA

August 25, 2010
Off to Bainbridge Island around 10am yesterday. It's a 20-minute walk from our Inn to Pier 52, where we caught the ferry. There's nothing more sooothing than a slow...

Lunch@Nepenthe

August 19, 2010
Off early to Big Sur today with a girlfriend for lunch at one of my favorite places. It's 30 miles south of Carmel and a two-hour drive but we'll be rewarded with this...

Life on the edge of the world

August 1, 2010
There's nothing better than a day on the central California coast. I miss living there and am glad we're keeping my place there with the goal of using it as a vacation...

Chinatown exposed: life in the alleys

July 26, 2010
Chinatown is not the bustling hive of economic activity it seems to tourists. Our tour guide, Rick Evans, pointed out that the real Chinatown life is in the alleys off...

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