On Foot in London
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, London | Leave a Comment
As a Monty Python fan, London in my minds eye is a city of silly walks: eccentric lopes, tortured tangos and Teutonic goose steps. It is really quite opposite that, in fact. That’s why the Pythons were funny. Last week in London, Pat and I settled into an apartment off Fleet Street and toured [...]
Democracy and Debauchery
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, Culture, Misc., News, Travel Biz | Leave a Comment
Oh, we Americans are a wild and crazy bunch: toiling hard and productively, spreading democracy by day…partying hard by night. Or is it partying day and night? According to a new report on travel trends, we Yanks are binge drinking, G-string snapping “debaucherists,” longing for the eternal spring break. This report, put out by the [...]
Hi Tack Tourism: Strolling Around Fisherman’s Wharf
Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under California, Costa Rica, Culture, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
“Oriental Art” Store During a conference this weekend at San Francisco’s Fishermen’s Wharf, I took a stroll to get some fresh air and descended down the rabbit hole of tee shirt shops and tacky tourism. I have lived in or near San Francisco most of my life and never go to Fishermen’s Wharf…for [...]
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