Archive | July, 2013
The Haunt of My Heroes — Café Odeon, Zürich
My favorite places in the world are those which transport me to eras of history that I am inspired by or curious about — in the case of Café Odeon, it is where my artistic heroes spun great works and rulers caffeinated their power. Odeon has seen the faces and heard the voices of history’s […]
Free in Washington, DC
In June 2013, Kiplinger named Washington, DC the 6th most expensive city in America to live in. The LA Times named it the 6th most expensive American city to travel in. Whether you are living here or traveling here, it’s going to be relatively expensive. But, the good news is that there are ways to […]
Dog Sledding in the Arctic North
In 1925, a deadly outbreak of diphtheria threatened illness upon the people of a small town in northern Alaska. The anecdote needed to combat the illness lived more than 2 thousand miles away, at a lab in Seattle, Washington. U.S. officials knew that they needed to act fast and smart to save the people of […]
Becoming a Horseman — Mongolia
When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. – William Shakespeare …………. When I signed the form and sealed the envelope that would confirm my spot on a […]
World on a Fork 