Notes From A Traveler

For someone who doesn’t like going to movie theaters I seem to find myself in one more often than I would expect. My most memorable movie-going experience was almost 20

In 2008 I met a guy who worked in the Promotions Department at Macy’s and he provided me with four “friends and family” tickets to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. This

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Ah, je me souviens!  Early on in our relationship, Better Half (let’s call him Jacques Cartier for this story) and I motored up to Montréal. I thought I would shine

Better Half and I tried our hands at diplomacy following the War of 1812.

I have few talents but one is a facility for languages. My travel companion of the last 35 years is what I call “aggressively monolingual,” meaning that when he is

I have a close pal who used to live in New Mexico. He and Better Half don’t get along so I went solo. Here’s what happened the first time I

Before we had The Faithful Hound we had My Boon Companion, a porky German shepherd who lived an extraordinarily long life. When we lived downtown we were practically on top