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Da NangNovember 13, 2019

"And Search For Her As For Hidden Treasures"

I once spent many months in captivity reading every object that contained letters. Discarded bottles, faded papers, the rusted signs of commands that dotted the...

RecipesOctober 30, 2019

Gluten-Free Southern Fried Chicken

If you grew up in the South or in the U.S. for that matter, then fried chicken is ubiquitous. These days it can be found on the corner of pretty much any town in...

AtlantaOctober 17, 2019

A Stellar Arrangement

I’ve spent much of the past week working on a new project. Building travel guides piece by piece. First for Atlanta and then for the rest of the world. I expect it to be...

CaliforniaOctober 8, 2019

Floating Museums Old and New, OB Street Market and Late Night Brews

Before we begin, I must make a few confessions. This morning's early events are a bit foggy. For you see, yesterday ended after Imperial Beach, but I can’t seem to...

CaliforniaSeptember 9, 2019

Exploring The Republic Of Rolando’s Breakfast Fare

After a fun day on the water finding a few whales, we sat and watched the sun set on my brother and sister-in-law's balcony. The sunsets are truly spectacular in San...

MichiganAugust 18, 2019

Lake Superior, Marquette And The Maritime Museum.

The largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area and third by total volume. It is the farthest north and west of the Great Lakes, the highest in elevation and...

FoodJuly 3, 2019

The Night Markets and Returning To Hội An

As I've discussed previously the heat is blistering here. In Southeast Asia one of the many beautiful things that is either directly or indirectly caused by an attempt...

FoodJune 3, 2019

Playa Centro and Taqueria Erika

After a couple of intense days of exploration and adventure it was time to slow things down. We were, after all, in paradise and it seemed a waste to rush it all away....

An LaoFebruary 5, 2019

A Conversation About Food 2: The Duality of Consumption and the Lure of the Jungle.

I wrote in my earlier entry about the food and what I had discovered. What I wrote was only part of the picture. It's a far more complicated and layered reality than I...

An LaoFebruary 5, 2019

I Could Not Have Imagined

I awoke from my jungle nap sometime around 4. I had, at this point, given up on keeping up with things as trivial as time. A handful of things were important here: was...

An LaoFebruary 1, 2019

A Conversation About Food.

This conversation had to happen, so pull up your chair and listen closely. We’ll probably move around a lot, so try to stay with me. Vietnam is a land not for the...

HanoiFebruary 1, 2019

Zen And The Art Of Balancing Anything And Everything On A Motorbike.

Now that I've gotten the boring statistical data I find fascinating out of the way, let us talk about the reality, that is, life on two wheels. You can not imagine the...