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Jiggety-jig
This newfound habit of mine, in which I post here on Monday through Thursday and then don’t post at all Friday through Sunday, is not an intentional habit at all; it’s just one of those seeming habits that gets dictated … Continue reading
Posted in Life, On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Daily Life Stuff, Photo Posts, Traveler's Tales
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Notes from North of the Border: A Travelogue (days two and three)
A couple of weeks ago The Wife and I enjoyed a weekend getaway to Toronto! I’ve already documented Day One; now here’s a brief rundown on Days Two and Three. (By ‘brief’ I mean…not very brief.) After the difficulties we … Continue reading
Notes from North of the Border: A Travelogue (Day One)
Last weekend The Wife and I enjoyed a three-night getaway to Canada. We hadn’t been to Toronto in way too many years, even before COVID made crossing the border impossible, and we were excited to return. Our plans were all in … Continue reading
“Well, I’m back,” he said.
It’s Monday! And as promised, The Wife and I are back from our too-brief (aren’t they all?) weekend getaway. After the general shit-show that was Summer 2022 for us, we really needed a nice getaway. And that’s exactly what we had. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Life, On Bib Overalls, On Food and Cooking, On Travels and Adventures
Tagged Daily Life Stuff, overalls, Photo Posts, Traveler's Tales
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Four days in the Finger Lakes
I’ve been in love with New York’s Finger Lakes region pretty much ever since we moved to New York in 1981. My first sight of any of those lakes came that first summer. We moved here in June, I think–pretty … Continue reading
Tony and Patsy
Two giants of my early eating and drinking life, Tony Marra and Patsy Collins, died in 2021. Patsy ran a bar. Tony ran a restaurant. Patsy’s bar was called The Burton Hotel, or The Burton for short. It’s located on … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Travels and Adventures, Passages
Tagged Buffalo, Passages, The 716
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Rainbows, Moonbows, Sunsets, and the Stars: Adventures beneath the Hawaiian sky
So much of one’s time in Hawaii is spent looking up, or out. Up to the sky, or out to where the sky meets the sea. And there’s a rainbow almost every day. In Buffalo, I might get to see … Continue reading
Posted in On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Hawaii, Traveler's Tales
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“I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right”: A MAGNUM geek visits Paradise
Longtime readers may remember that I was a big fan of the show Magnum PI back in the day. That is, the original show, the one that ran in the 1980s, and not the new reboot show that is running, well, now. … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Geek Stuff, Photo Posts, Traveler's Tales
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Hawaiian adventures
Our trip to Hawaii was…amazing. Just amazing. In fact, it was quite nearly perfect. My mother dreamed all her life of going to Hawaii, and at some point after she had safely seen her two children off to lives of … Continue reading
Posted in On Travels and Adventures
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Traveler's Tales
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“And I’m so worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow”
UPDATED and CLARIFIED below! So, the trip home from Hawaii was supposed to go like this: December 23: Board plane at HNL, about 12:30pm. Arrive LAX, around 8:00pm. Depart LAX for DTW (Detroit), around 12:00am. Arrive DTW, around 6:00am. Depart DTW … Continue reading
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