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Travel

  • Travel: Am I Coming Home?

    Travel: Am I Coming Home?

    Seneca (with sunglasses) My favorite phrase currently is “I don’t know”. I say it with great pleasure in response to questions like: I say it most often to myself, as my brain runs off worried about this thing or that. I’ve always been a planner who also loves to let go and wander, explore, and Continue reading

  • Travel: Thailand

    Travel: Thailand

    NOT done yet – wait for more unless you want it now Just the highlights at this point, will write more and add photos but will share this first draft now. Jen and I spent a month there: Feb 2024. You might want to check more general thoughts here: <coming> Weather Visiting New York in Continue reading

  • Italian Food in Eight Easy Steps

    Italian food is tasty! And I’d say easy. It’s a layered architecture – you take tasty ingredients and add things that compliment the taste. Tomatoes + garlic + olive oil + grilled chicken + shredded parmesan. Yum! This is very different from Thai where you take many things that taste neutral to terrible by themselves and combine Continue reading

  • Travel Guide: NYC

    First off, I’m far from an expert. I’ve never lived there and don’t visit that often. I’m just posting my favorites here and will probably expand in the future as I know more. I’ll put events first since they might go away. You absolutely, positively, must go see, no, experience Sleep No More. Best if you’ve read MacBeth, Continue reading

  • Travel Guide: Kauai

    Several years ago I was fortunate to get a three-month sabbatical. And by sabbatical, I really mean time off. My first thought was a round-the-world trip to warmer climates in the middle of winter. But with the kids in school that would be challenging. And, more practically, three months of rigorous travel with kids 9 Continue reading