January 2023 It was an overcast cold and chilly Saturday, my daughter and I decided to risk the rain and go for a nice hike for the day. We headed north of Atlanta for about an hour to Stone Mountain to hike up to the top. This is the only mountain around for miles and…
Category: Sights to See
West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Canada
North America’s Largest Mall One stop destination for entertainment and widest variety of retailers. More than 800 stores and services including 11 world-class attractions, 2 hotels, and over 100 dining venues. Check out the photos from my visit…
Cross Country Road Trip
October 2022 This past October we did a five day drive cross country. Almost 2500 miles, saw beautiful scenery along the highways from northern Nevada thru Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and finally to Georgia. The cross-country drive east starting along America’s loneliest Road Highway 50 is spectacular, wide open, and way out…
Empire State Views, NYC NY
July 2014 Years ago a co-worker and I were working in New York City near the Empire State Building. When we completed the work he convinced me to pay the $50 for a ticket to the top of the building. I was reluctant to spend fifty bucks on an elevator ride but it turned out…
Porto’s Bakery, Burbank CA
August 2022 Stopped by LA’s most famous bakery a few weeks ago, Porto’s (since 1960). They have some delicious amazing baked goods, got some to bring home. It was hard to decide what to get, everything the have is made right there onsite. Gotta love fresh baked desserts! Porto’s is an institution in Southern California…
Huntington Beach, CA
March 2020 Huntington Beach California. Used to live about 15 miles from Huntington Beach and as a kid took the bus often during the summers to head to the beach with my boogie board to hang out in the surf and sand with friends all day. HB has a beautiful beach front with lots of…
New York, NY
January 2022 NYC – New York City, the big city, the place where they say if you can make it there you can make it anywhere. It’s not a city for the timid. It’s a concrete jungle, it’s cold, it’s callous, it’s beautiful. New York has a great history, it’s a cornucopia of cultures, a…
Stargazing in Nevada
Dec 2020 The star of Bethlehem was visible this week for the first time in nearly 800 years. The “star” is made up when the planets Jupiter and Saturn align just right to appear as a single very bright star. This is the star that the wisemen followed that famous night on Christmas Eve to…
Fantasy in Lights
Fantasy in Lights show at Callaway Gardens in Georgia
Space Shuttle Launch, Cape Canaveral FL
Sept 8, 2000 In late August 2000 I was sent to Cocoa Beach Florida to work at NASA Cape Canaveral for a few weeks to work with another vendor to troubleshoot a storage network problem at their data center. Ended up being there for three weeks but it was one of the best trips I’ve…
Travels in China
Back in 1999 I was sent to Beijing China by my company to train a few local companies how to use and sell our computer storage products. China is a place I would have never gone on my own, never ever had a desire to see the country. Being sent for work brought on a…
Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago IL
November 2018 Since 1934 the Billy Goat Tavern has served up food to Chicagoan’s at 30 N. Michigan Ave and was made famous by Saturday Night Live’s John Belushi and cast in the late 70’s. The Billy Goat Tavern become a famous icon in the city and the saying Cheezborger Cheezborger Cheezborger, No Pepsi… Coke…
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