I am standing in the IHop waiting to be seated.  An IHop is not a dance hall nor a kiddie zoo with rabbits, for those who live outside t...

Here is another take on people that help us. I first met Oscar about 4 years ago when we were putting in our lawn to this new house. (The...

Part II on the Rally to Restore Sanity:   When we arrived at the metro station our first clue that we might have to eventually walk was ...

(This is not the town in the post below.) It was already 8:45 A.M. and the air was just starting to warm up.  I am normally an early riser...

As I have written at least once before, the magical thing about travel is that you have an increased opportunity to meet interesting and di...

Travel provides the opportunity to see common things in a new light. When in unfamiliar territory, people-watching becomes an opportunit...

Our country neighborhood recently got a new restaurant...an Olive Garden.  Now if you live in the city you are thinking...yeah, big deal?  B...