Random Past Posts
The Way Out West: San Francisco and Santa Cruz, CA I was a week early and about a billion dollars short of being able to compete in the America’s Cup sailing race, which started Saturday in San Francisco bay. (I also lack the requisite sailing know-how). But the fog parted More...
Bigtime Ragtime with Olivia Reasoner Back from Cuba and seeing something much closer to home and heart. If you're looking for Olivia's more-recent performance, as Dorothy in Oz, click here. I can remember being in a play or two in grade school and high school, More...
Scheisse! Stahlen sie meine Kamera!* You live and learn. For example, just a week or so ago, I didn't even know there WAS a German-speaking region of Italy (just south of the Austrian border). But now I've had the pleasure of explaining (in English) to More...
Cuba (Part 3) Classic Cars Number 3 in a series. Many more to come. Among the quirky ramifications of the Cuban Revolution and the fifty-year trade embargo by the U.S. is the fact that about the only American cars you’ll see in Cuba More...
Paris 2012: Endless Louvre It started as a 12th Century fort, and became the royal residence and seat of the French monarchy until Louis XIV moved his throne and his wig collection out to Versailles in the 1680s. Since then, the Louvre has More...