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Chapultepec Food Life Mexico Mexico City Puebla Nuevo San Guillermo Travel

Oh, how I go back to the place I was first lost.

Mexico has such a potent presence in my psyche. She was the first place I saw a structure thousands of years old, the first place I lost myself in a world completely foreign from my own, the first time I walked the streets of a city with 32 million inhabitants where the majority were impoverished.… continue reading Read More
The Day She's Been Waiting For
Food Isla Mujeres Life Mexico Travel

The day she’s been waiting for.

I awoke on this our second morning and I knew this was the day. Our entire trip began with one simple request many months ago. I asked Maggie sometime last year what she wanted her big trip to be for the summer.… continue reading Read More
Food History Isla Mujeres Life Mexico Nature Travel

Sharks, Turtles and Iguanas oh my!

I awoke just before dawn and stepped outside to see our small Colonia street begin to wake up. Off the terrace, I could see a woman sweeping the sidewalk in front of her doorway. Another headed off to work. Further up, headlights lit up as a motorbike purred to life and rolled down the otherwise quiet street.… continue reading Read More
Featured Isla Mujeres Life Mexico Travel

Isla Mujeres – Woman Island

Many years ago, when I was the Chef at Sala in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. I had a bartender who worked for me named Rafael Barragán. We called him Sapo (frog). Because his weathered face and mushy features in his 60’s, gave him this undeniable resemblance to said creature.… continue reading Read More
Georgia Life Nature

Spring….Embrace It, Frolic In it, Soak In It’s Rays!

We have a saying here in the south, April Showers bring May flowers. To understand it is to live it. That transitional period in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and the Carolina’s that splits the temperate winter with the onslaught of Summer. That magical time we get to witness here in the beautiful southeastern United States, it’s beauty rivaled only by the majesty of Autumn.… continue reading Read More
Life San Diego Travel

Einstein Had It All Wrong.

I landed in San Diego Friday night at 11:30, and It’s been a while since I posted much content, so I was hoping a trip to Southern California would quickly get me back into the groove of writing. Ocean Beach, however, was proving to make writing a nearly impossible task.… continue reading Read More
Georgia History Life Travel

A Capital Morning.

It was 5:30 in the morning when my alarm clock belted out its revelry to wake and rise on this chilly early spring morning of March 28th, 2019. I arose at this earliest of hours not for work or pleasure, but to experience and be a part of a monumental moment in not only the life of Love Joy United Methodist church, but also in the life of my youngest daughter.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang History Life Travel Vietnam

The River Dragon Breathes Tonight.

It had been a long day at the Marble Mountains, and after a relaxing cup of coffee on the Han River, it was time to eat. We headed north up the avenue known as Đường Trần Hưng Đạo towards the apartment.… continue reading Read More
Da Nang Life Travel Vietnam

Ngũ Hành Sơn – The Marble Mountains.

When the elevator door opened, the site, I must say, was pretty impressive. I don’t know if it was the strange newness of everything to me. But I had a sense of awe almost everywhere I went in Vietnam. As I walked off the elevator, I passed by the ticket booth selling passes to return down the elevator.… continue reading Read More
Blog Da Nang Food History Life Travel Vietnam

The Lady of the Sea.

I have had some computer issues in my last days in Vietnam. This was mainly due to some adapter problems. To be honest, I probably could have found an adapter, but I had been so consumed by life in the young and prosperous city by the sea to be too concerned with it.… continue reading Read More
Blog Life Travel Vietnam

Home.

I haven’t been writing lately. I haven’t been taking as many photographs or focusing on the journey. I’ve been too busy living. Sometimes, the world is better seen through an unobstructed view. I have seen some beautiful places, and yes, I took some pictures in my last week in Vietnam.… continue reading Read More
An Lao Da Nang Food History Life Travel Vietnam

The Trek back to Da Nang and Living like an expat.

I was awakened at 4:30 and informed that we had to be about a mile away by 5:30 to catch our shuttle to Da Nang. It was the first time since arriving here that I was up before the sun, but not by much.… continue reading Read More
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