Running has become a part of my daily routine ever since I took part in a 5K “Fun Run” early in 2012. This was the lead up to the featured “Stawell Gift” which is Australia’s oldest race and takes place every Easter weekend in Stawell, a small town in the Grampian Mountains district of western … Continue reading
As I sit typing this blog entry I occasionally look outside the window to the San Francisco street scene below. Among the kids scampering down the hill to school, the couples walking their dogs, the pick-up trucks driving to their next construction site (the new housing market doesn’t seem to be hurting in Noe … Continue reading
San Francisco’s balmy fall weather has made it difficult to stay indoors; however, I must confess to having spent a bit of time indoors these past few weeks, not just watching the Giants slog their way to another NLCS, but also looking at the thousands of photos that Steve and I took on both the … Continue reading
Geez, has it been that long since I have posted? We’re into autumn for goodness sake! I shouldn’t berate myself for not having had the will or inclination to write. Well, I have been writing, just not in a public forum. Writer’s block is a real thing, I tell you, and as I learn more … Continue reading
This post comes to you from Bangkok, Oriental setting, where we have been spending the better part of a week eating tom yam kung and kang keaw wan gai from street vendors, darting in and out of the ubiquitous and thankfully air-conditioned-to-arctic-level 7-11s lest we melt from the heat, drinking samsung and soda at Cheap … Continue reading
The following post was written a few days ago while we were still in Sydney but thought I would publish it nonetheless. We are now in Cairns and did indeed survive the scuba diving course. Read about the first few weeks of our adventures in Australia: G’day from Australia! We’re in Sydney now after having … Continue reading
Hello from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Lutefisk and Jessica Lange (award season is upon us – thought I would throw in some homegrown Hollywood royalty)! Several of you have been asking for an update on the trip and I realize I haven’t posted anything for a while. We are still in Minneapolis, The Little … Continue reading
Happy 2012! This comes to you from Minneapolis, the place from where we took off to start the Grand Tour in April, and now a place to which we have returned to rest, clear our heads and plan next steps. Why are we back here? It all started with an officious UK immigration lady who … Continue reading
This post comes to you from Paris, the City of Light, where I am spending a week getting re-acquainted with a place I last visited in 1998. Upon arrival from Brussels, where we had spent a week enjoying that city’s beer, chocolate and Christmas markets, I encountered a changed city (well, just the terminal, really): … Continue reading
This post comes to you from Rome, the Eternal City, where we are spending time exploring Roman ruins, eating carb-laden food, drinking delicious wine and surprisingly good Italian craft beer (there is a burgeoning craft beer movement here inspired by the now well-established craft beer scene in the United States) before we head off to … Continue reading
grand tour of the middling sort 