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I [Heart] New York

I love New York. Even Times Square. Even the fact that I can’t wear flip flops without my feet turning black. I love the 40$ salads, the scaffolding on every block, and the piled up heaps of trash that make you wonder how the city even works. I love the bum in the pink tutu who […]

Review: Vickers Brothers Whisky; South Carolina Backwoods Recipe

First published on WorldwideDelicacies.com I usually squeeze one drop of juice direct from an orange slice into any glass of whisky to soften the hard edge. Hey, that’s just how I like my whisky. I was reviewing Vickers Brothers South Carolina Backwoods Recipe so I tried it unadulterated, and it didn’t need that drop. It’s almost as if […]

Best travel booking sites and mobile apps

Best Travel Booking Sites and Apps (2014)

I’m a somewhat frequent traveler and have been for some time. Over the years, I’ve found many exceptional resources in terms of booking engines and planning sites. Those listed below have helped me get on the road at one time or another. Some, I’ve been using for years, others, are brand new to me and have proven […]

Soweto, South Africa & Forward Acts of Peace

Sometimes, you accidentally hire a guide who turns out to be the best guide that you could possibly hire — the one with the inside scoop. He or she knows exactly where on the back roads to take you, and whom to take you to, as well. We hired that guide at midnight the night before our outing […]

Author Philip Roth at his Stand Up Desk

Why I Love My Stand Up Desk

It turns out that opting to use a stand up desk at a government office can create a stir.  But why? Thomas Jefferson stood at his “tall desk” while conceiving architectural blueprints for buildings such as the Virginia State Capitol. Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck used one, as did statesman Winston Churchill, as does Donald Rumsfeld. […]

Piegan Camp, 1900 by Edward Curtis. Image courtesy University of Washington Digital Image Collection

The First Translated Version of Chief Seattle’s Speech on Preservation of Land

To begin, I’ll note that there is some dispute about the origins of Chief Seattle’s famous speech/letter about the preservation of land. As one (the most famous) story goes, Chief Seattle of Washington State’s Duwamish tribe sent a letter in 1854 to President Franklin Pierce — a plea to stop the selling of native land […]

Adaptation of Chief Seattle’s Speech; a Letter to President Franklin Pierce

The most well known adaptation of Chief Seattle’s letter to President Franklin Pierce was written by a screenwriter from Texas named Ted Perry in 1970.  This adaptation has been long been believed to be the original letter that Chief Seattle sent to President Franklin Pierce in 1854.   The first translated version of Chief Seattle’s […]

William S. Burroughs

The Bad Boy of American Literature – William S. Burroughs

American writer of experimental novels, who lived long times in Mexico City, Tanger, Paris, and London. Burroughs’s homosexual themes in THE NAKED LUNCH (1959) and the frankness with which he dealt with his own experiences as a drug addict sparkled the last major obscenity trial in U.S., but won him a following among writers, musicians, […]

The Collectable Paintings of Tomasz Rut

  Tomasz Rut is regarded as one of the leading contemporary figurative painters alive and was named in 1999 by the Robb Report as one of five most collectible living artists (along with Chihuly, Clemente and others.)  More recently, in October 2011 specifically, two of his paintings were blessed by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI before finding a permanent home […]