So I’m back in Philadelphia for Thanksgiving and decided to spend a whole week instead of just a few days to enjoy the city a bit and see some friends. After I graduated from college,…
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Photo of The Week: Everything is Bigger in the US
Well, after making my monthly trip to the super market (I try to go weekly), I was in the home cleaning aisle looking to stock up on some paper towels when I saw this behemoth. It’s equal to 2.5 rolls…
Dominica: A Peace Corps Awakening
The Below is a guest post from a good friend of mine, Brian Longin, who is currently a Peace Corps Volunteer in the small island nation of Dominica…. The island of Dominica is rich in…
Last Minute Reflections on Mexico at the Cancun Airport
My Grand Return Here I am, sipping on a 5 dollar beer in the Cancun airport, surrounded by Americans with sun poisoning and hair braids. Their oblivious grins of content as they sit in Tommy…
Give Thanks
So another Thanksgiving has sprung up on us, well me at least. I use such a verb because in Florida, there is not much of a build up that would hint at the fact that…
A New Chapter on South Beach
Painting of all the Shultze and Weaver completed buildings, thought it was cool they did the Biltmore (lower left) as well as the Waldorf. New Ride! So it has been 3 weeks since my fateful…
Buenos Aires in Surround Sound
After another delve into the deepest catacombs of my hard drive, I retrieved a poem I wrote when in Buenos Aires for the Summer in 2008. The Sound of Nothing What is silence? Is it…