May 18
Blogathon 18
Blog Exchange
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Urban hiking in Tokyo (a.k.a. sight-seeing) is one of the delights of living in this megalopolis. We’ve cruised about the city by bicycle and loved it, but a great benefit of roaming on foot is that smaller details become apparent. This past weekend we made our way over to Yanaka for a day’s trek, and found ourselves
Continue reading Toyko: with Joan Bailey of Popcornhomestead
12th Street. in Paso, 1930
May 1 – Blogathon #1
We stayed at the Melody Ranch Motel but it was at the Vinoteca Wine bar (www.vinotecawinebar.com) in Paso Robles that we found the tunes. Dawn Lambeth & the Usonia Jazz band, which includes both her husband and his father, plays up-tempo American Standards to an appreciative crowd. This last translates to mean that we (husband and I—of
Continue reading On Jesse and Frank James’ Trail in Paso
On a recent road trip to the great State of California, food was the defining factor, in fact it was imperative. I mean what else will you do while traveling? Exercise? I think not. At least not when one of your companions is your mother, a relatively active woman of a certain age. I was hoping for more wine tasting when we were in Sonoma, but
Continue reading Drive and dine: hotspots from the road