I’ve been back for a little over a week now – it usually doesn’t take me this long to write about my trips, but I’m a Virgo and Mercury was in retrograde until recently, so cut me some slack. To sum things up, this was another great trip, which continues an historic run of amazing…
Category: Travel
Beleza E Paixão No Brasil
“Deus escreve certo por linhas tortas“ — Saint Teresa of Avila When I was a kid, I had this habit of putting stickers on my bed. More specifically, on the wooden headboard, where I could admire them whenever I wanted. There wasn’t a lot of room, and the stickers didn’t come off without leaving a…
Down by the Danube
Just back from my trip to Budapest and Vienna, and since jet lag had me awake at 4 a.m. yesterday and 5 a.m. this morning, I’m stealing these gifted hours to bang out a few hopefully-not-too-addled thoughts about my latest travels. This will not be the most coherent post I’ve ever written, but F it….
Prague
Just returned from my trip to Prague – I want to share my thoughts about it while they’re still fresh in my mind, so there will be no over-editing in this post. Unlike my trip to Paris last year, this wasn’t a return to the past, or a restoration of Self, or an exercise in…
ATX
Every year in March I attend a securities conference for attorneys and compliance professionals that’s held in a hotel resort somewhere warm, usually Orlando, Phoenix, or San Diego. The conference lasts four days, and my firm pays for everything. I always try to go because it’s a fun way to re-connect with colleagues who work…
Lost and Found in Paris
If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.— Ernest Hemingway The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun…
You Can Always Go Home Again
I just returned from a week-long vacation in New Hampshire with M. I hadn’t been home in at least two years, maybe longer. It feels strange calling New Hampshire “home” because I haven’t lived there full-time since 1992. But New Hampshire IS home to me and always will be. Why is that? Why do I…