US & Canada
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Photo of the Week – Sunset over Alta
More Details: Photo of the Week – Sunset over AltaA decade or so ago, I tried skiing in Alta, Utah for the first and only time. But it is not only because I did not like it: I LOVED it. But the friends I ski with live in Colorado and when I’ve gone to visit and go ski, they have chosen ski areas closer…
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The Foshay Tower: A View from Above in Minneapolis
More Details: The Foshay Tower: A View from Above in MinneapolisWhenever I go to a new town, I seek to take a peek at it from a good vantage point. That usually means a climb or a ride up somewhere (read about my favorite “climbs” in Europe). When I recently went to Minneapolis, I asked where could I go for a view from above. The…
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Lake Placid: An Olympic of a Town in the Adirondacks
More Details: Lake Placid: An Olympic of a Town in the AdirondacksI have been a fan of the Olympics since I watched the Los Angeles Olympic Games as a teen. I sat in front of the TV watching as much of it as I could – all those countries that I wanted to visit some day were meeting in this one place to compete. And me…
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A Grain of Truth about Minneapolis
More Details: A Grain of Truth about MinneapolisMinneapolis is a northern city by U.S. standards and that often conjures images of snow and cold. While that may be true in winter, as in many places, that is not the grain of truth about the city I want to reveal to you today… You may or may not be familiar with the history…
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The Spared Town in Georgia: Madison
More Details: The Spared Town in Georgia: MadisonMadison, Georgia is a town not terribly far from Atlanta. Just about an hour east of the city, it offers a different view on the South than Atlanta or towns north may offer. Madison, founded on 1807 (a couple of decades before Atlanta), was spared destruction as the Northern armies moved towards the Atlantic coast…
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Sports Travel: Not My Usual Pursuit but Fun
More Details: Sports Travel: Not My Usual Pursuit but FunI am not much a sports traveler. I don’t chase “my” teams. I don’t go checking off famous sports arenas. I don’t chase big sports events. Heck, what am I saying, I am not much a sports spectator. I do it in big occasions (usually involving Georgia Tech, my alma mater) or when the opportunity…
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What’s in a Mall? Mall of America
More Details: What’s in a Mall? Mall of AmericaI am no fan of walking around shopping: I normally go to a store with a clear target of what I am going for – no strolling around for me. Online shopping also has had an impact in my shopping mall visits, sometimes eliminating heading to a store. So, in short, going to the mall…
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Minneapolis: A City of Arts and Culture
More Details: Minneapolis: A City of Arts and CultureIf you are from Minneapolis, don’t take this the wrong way but I was NOT expecting the vastness of the opportunities for art and culture in your town that I discovered in a recent visit! As I pored over the options, I settled for visiting a few museums and checking out one show for this…
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Fried Chicken Worth the Pot-hole in Atlanta
More Details: Fried Chicken Worth the Pot-hole in AtlantaI love finding new places to eat in my hometown, Atlanta, because I can be a creature of habit when it comes to restaurants. Nothing wrong with that, right? If you like it, why go elsewhere? Well, because it is good to expand horizons and you never know what you will find! So it was…
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A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?
More Details: A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?Fall is here and it is time for lots of good things: cooler temperatures, awesome colors of the trees as they move to winter “mode”, and apple picking! I was invited by friend to join them in taking their young daughters for a fun outing of apple picking about an hour or so north of…
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Photo of the Week – A Storm over Washington, D.C.
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Storm over Washington, D.C.No, I am not referring to the government shutdown or any of the infinite number of incidences of stupidity that emanate from the politicians who make a career in DC at our expense and to our detriment (soap BOX!!!)… This is a literal storm caught from my hotel in Arlington, Virginia looking towards Reagan-National airport…
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My First Real Hike: to Pawnee Pass in the Rockies
More Details: My First Real Hike: to Pawnee Pass in the RockiesWhen I went to Boulder, Colorado for my first summer internship, my college roommate drove with me the 24 hrs. it took us to get there almost non-stop (except for the St. Louis Arch from where we got a great view at night time). It was a wild drive in a way but we made…