Isle of Man Phone Box
Brilliant marketing. It makes me want to visit the Isle of Man.
Visit Portugal
tldr; version: Portugal is a great off-season destination with mild weather and few crowds, particularly in Algarve where the beaches are full of people during summer. The landscape, history, art…
Unfinished business
More than 30 years ago I was a pilot. I held a private pilot license and flew gliders, with most of my 125+ flights in the Schweizer 2-33, Schleicher Ka-8,…
Perspectives
"Paris is a museum," said the Paris-based filmmaker I'd been chatting with over beers. Look beyond the monuments, museums, tourist traps, and other obvious must-sees and there's vibrant everyday life.…
The Perfect Travel Camera
2026 update: There's a market for dead GRs, and I sold mine to partially fund a new GRiii. A review is coming. 2025 update: My GR bit the dust. 2024…
Somme 1916
During our recent trip to France our son, Eli, and I were discussing our shared interest in visiting WWI monuments. That led, in turn, to a day trip to the…
Food Matters: Paris 2018
Following a recent trip to Paris, I have some new-to-us recommendations to add to my previous list: Inexpensive and great seems like an oxymoron when it comes to Paris, but…
Tips: Better travel photos
No names, but I once sat through a slideshow of someone's travels that included 300 images. About 50 in, I realized they had dumped their memory card and included every,…
Places: Bisbee, Arizona
In my mind, Bisbee, Arizona's center of gravity is located somewhere between the wild west days and the shutdown of the Copper Queen Mine in the '70s. Those challenging and…
Places: Death Valley Junction
The Amargosa Opera House stands at the corner of State Line Road and California Route 127, in a place now called Death Valley Junction. In the early 1920s it was…