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La Seu d’Urgell – Finding Marilyn Monroe in this Ancient Spanish Town
Spain abounds with well preserved small cities and towns that, if they were located anywhere else, would draw a large number of tourists to their unique sites and atmospheres. However, with the irresistible pull of the Toledos, Segovias, Rondas and other better known places, they just get lost in the shuffle. Such a place is the […]
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Makai Golf Course – Playing Golf with Albatrosses and Nenes
This post on the Princeville Makai golf course is the first of nine on Hawaiian golf courses from a visit Alison and I made a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post I described how we came to stay at the Hanalei Bay Resort in the […]
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Kauai – Welcome to Hawaii’s Famed Garden Island
This the third post from a trip to the four main islands of Hawaii that Alison and I took a few years ago. The posts have been updated for accuracy as of 2021. We spent the first full day in Hawaii in the Waikiki area hiking up to Diamond Head. We will return to Oahu, […]
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New Orleans Post Katrina – Why We Must Not Forsake NOLA Again
This article came about as a result of a visit to New Orleans in late January 2008 some two and a half years after Hurricane Katrina. Although the trip was ostensibly for depositions of experts on a large commercial litigation file I was engaged on, I was most anxious to see how far the city […]
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Gros Islet, St. Lucia – A Great Place to Visit on Independence Day
Recently close friends asked us to share a week with them at East Winds Resort in St. Lucia. While we are not great fans of all-inclusive resorts, we agreed because it was rated #10 for all resorts worldwide by Trip Advisor and more importantly, it was in St. Lucia. It had been a life long desire to […]
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The Royal Hawaiian – Royal Treatment at Waikiki’s Pink Palace
This is the first of twenty-five posts on a visit to the four main islands of Hawaii a few years ago. All posts have been updated and the information in them is correct as of 2021. So let’s get started in Honolulu and our first stop at the Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki. We left a […]
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Saddleback Mountain – This Great Maine Mountain is Back
It had been more than 15 years since we had skied Saddleback Mountain and we were a bit leery of accepting an invitation to go back. This ski resort just outside the resort town of Rangeley in western Maine has been around for almost 50 years and at one time was a serious contender as […]
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Brussels – Is This Europe’s Most Overlooked City? Here’s Why it Might Be
My legal practice occasionally provides the opportunity to travel abroad and such was the case in October 2011 when I had to spend a few days in Hamburg. Rather than fly directly there via Heathrow my wife, who often accompanies me on business trips, and I decided to try something different – take the Chunnel […]
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Caladesi and Two Other Fabulous Florida Gulf Coast Islands
I have been visiting Florida’s Gulf Coast for longer than I care to admit, but I will admit that I love it here – so much so that our winter retreat is on Sanibel Island. Over the years we have used it as a base to explore many of the barrier islands that stretch all […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz