Tag Archives: travel
In Montreal
I’m in Montreal for the first time tonight. After watching a few travel shows spend time here I had to come. I’m told the cuisine is par excellence. I have yet to taste an of it however, because the night … Continue reading
Ahhh summer…
Went to “The Cove” to swim today with the fam. It’s a beach on the Nanticoke River, which empties a few miles away into the Chesapeake Bay. It’s a great place for kids since the waves are tiny. Definitely a … Continue reading
Filed under Gay Rights, Life, travel
The Tao of Travel II
This is a follow up to the previous post. Bourdain’s comments inspired me to think about some rules of travel… Here is what I wrote down in two emails and sent to some friends: I think it [what Bourdain wrote] … Continue reading
The Tao of Travel
I subscribe to a Yahoo! email group that is centered on Chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain has a travel show on the Travel Channel called, “No Reservations”. Recently Bourdain wrote what I consider a manifesto for people who currently enjoy travel … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Politics, television, travel, Writers
The Trip To Canada
Canada is always a welcome respite. It allows me to gleefully shuck off the burdens of my everyday 24 hour news cycle, crackberry and internet driven insanity and replace it with wonderful food, friendly people, Cuban cigars and lovely, smoky … Continue reading
Niagara Falls, Toronto, Points North
Niagara Falls was, well what I expected. It is beautiful and awe-inspiring, but unless you are a painter, photographer or some other visual-fetishist then it really just looking at the thing and taking note for a few pregnant pause moments … Continue reading
On The Move
Tomorrow morning I leave for Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada with Tom Sr. I’ve been there before, but he hasn’t so it will be fun to take him to see the glorious, thunderous water. From there we’ll head up to Toronto … Continue reading
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Terror Watch List 2: Babies Being Stopped in Airports
No, seriously, our government is stopping parents and causing them to miss flights because children who cannot even form complete sentences yet are named on the terror watch list. This sounds like shit that I was taught was happening in … Continue reading
I Miss Running With The Bulls
Last summer I ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. I know, you think it is crazy. Last year I felt unchallenged. I was in the middle of a press conference in Philadelphia hyping the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather … Continue reading
Filed under Europe, running with the bulls, Sports, Strange, travel
