219 stories
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When the elevator door opened, the sight, 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...
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...
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...
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...
In the early morning fog of the rising sun, the house was buzzing with everyone saying their goodbyes and heading home. Hai and his wife were headed back near Da Nang...
New Year's Day was not unlike at home. For the most part, it was a day of official rest for all and not much was going on. There had been plenty of food prepared, and it...
I was rocked awake by what seemed like a massive explosion right outside my bedroom window. As my mind recoiled back from the land of slumber, it began firing on all...
