Random Past Posts
New Orleans Mardis Gras 2014: Bon Temps* Riding a float in one of the big New Orleans Mardis Gras parades isn’t like you probably think. Everybody seems to ask me the same question: I’m sure I threw at least 2,000 strings of beads, cups, toys, or More...
Colombia 2015: Libertad y Orden Let's start with the first thing that comes to every American's mind when you mention the South American nation of Colombia. When I told people I was planning to spend a week or two driving around Colombia, virtually everyone expressed More...
Switzerland 2013: Jungfrau More pictures from the "Jungfrau" region of Switzerland. The area -- south of Interlaken -- is named for its tallest, snowiest peak. A few times during the past couple of weeks, I was on a bike, just laughing aloud – seemingly More...
Final Four Fortunately for me (but sucking for him), my friend Scott had tickets to the Final Four Championship game, but wound up being out of town on game day. I got to be Stacy's "date," and join the Merzes for More...