Tweet An celebrity impersonation show combines nostalgia, campiness and hilarity. They are a fun sing-along and also a gentle laugh-at, all for the price of one ticket. I am not sure I’ve ever been to a impersonation show. Wait, I take that back. I do remember stumbling into a transvestite drag show years ago in [...]
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My Comfortable Country
Tweet I simply love the U.K. And just to be sure that I don’t offend my many friends from nearby, let me also say – I love Ireland as well. The set of islands in this area (and I hope to do some of the smaller ones, like the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, [...]
Zagreb, Croatia — Unexpectedly Cool City
Tweet During my summer in Europe last year, I spent about two weeks in Zagreb on three different occasions. I was holed up in Croatia for about a month, because I was wanting on a passport expediting service back in the States to get my Russian, Chinese and Vietnamese visa. Expedited in this sense is [...]
Santorini, Greece — Travel via Instagram
Tweet A good friend of mine, Yvonne of JustTravelous, hit upon an idea just a few weeks ago that I really loved. She is a big Instagram fan, the iPhone app that allows you to take photos with your iPhone, or iPod Touch, and post them to friends following you on Instagram, as well as [...]
The Absurdity of Monaco
Tweet I just simply don’t understand Monaco. It is one of the cities in the world, like Beirut or Hong Kong that just sort of mystifies me. It is a city of immense wealth of course. It boasts the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita of any country in the world, at over $150k per [...]
Tempelhof Airport and Unexpected Emotion
Tweet I would have never thought that a visit to the Berlin Music Festival would be one of the more emotional experiences I have had in quite a long time, but as I came through the terminal entrance of the Berlin Tempelhof Airport, on my way to the runway side of the building, I started [...]
An Emotional, Thoughtful, Funny, Bitter, Poignant, Moving, Incredible Museum Experience
Tweet Man’s belt Aug 2003 – May 2006, San Francisco, California, USA The man of my dreams didn’t even exist in my dreams until I met him. Our physical passion ruled the relationship; he was a unique and spectacular lover. This item may not be very exciting, but the circumstances by which it came to my [...]
Day 1 of the Ultimate Train Challenge: Total, complete, miserable, abject failure (#utc11)
Tweet During the month of September, as I hope most of you that follow along with this website know, I will be joining Jeannie the Nomadic Chick and Nora the Professional Hobo on the Ultimate Train Challenge. One month. Lisbon, Portugal to Saigon, Vietnam. All by trains, mostly by Eurail.com and Real Russia, U.K. Should [...]
I am a former attorney from Arkansas who took off in December of 2008 to circle the planet with no reservations and without leaving the ground. Sixteen months later, I succeed. I am writing a book about that journey as I continue my travels around the world, looking for adventure and odd modes of transportation. Feel free to email me at: [email protected]
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