Category - Travel

In June of 1979, a man calling himself "R. C. Christian" appeared in a small Georgia town, commissioned the building of a bizarre granite monument built to exacting specifications. In addition to its precise seasonal alignments with the...

So now, I've tasted the elusive manna that is mofongo.Remember those little pre-packaged cakes American grocery stores always sell alongside cartons of fresh strawberries? The ones that are round and sweet and yellow, with a little indentation...

So, Clyde and I are in Puerto Rico. So far, we've seen the airport, the Dollar Rent-a-Car, and the Doubletree, along with a very dark stretch of Highway 26 (we went the wrong way by accident). But without too many problems, we stumbled...

I've actually visited some of Newsweek's "World's Worst Places to Work." Ho Chi Min city definitely qualifies as one of those "nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there" kind of places. 

A bit of video from our trip to Buenos Aires, in which our great guide, Pablo, brews up a little mate (say MAH-tay) for the table. (Click to open YouTube window)

While in Argentina, the Mira Vida Soho was our home away from home. The building itself is a 1930's mansion in Palmero Soho (Buenos Aires' garden district), but the interior has been lovingly restored, updated, and modernized. There are only six...