We’re just back from La Ciaspolada, the snowshoe races in Fondo, Italy. This is the second year we’ve gone for Snowshoe Magazine. We had a really nice time hanging out with the coach of the US Snowshoe Racing team, the runners, and their families. Nice folks, they made us feel included in spite of our …
Here’s the thing about Innsbruck. If you’re just passing through, you’re going to have to choose: the mountains or the city. The city is full of diversions — museums, shopping, historical buildings and monuments. The mountains, well, we don’t know. We chose the city, you see, in spite of the fact that Ski School Innsbruck …
Never in a million years would I have thought I’d find someone in Austria, not to mention in our town, to play the uke with. Silly me. Believe it or not, we may turn up a third player before we get together again. SUPA, we’ll rumble ya in a round of Muss I Denn and …
January: We take a bath under a crescent moon and then go for coffee. February: England is exactly as you imagine it to be. A green and pleasant land, indeed. March: The culinary adventure known as the Jackson Street Crawl begins. April: Matzoh isn’t so bad. Really. May: Work could be going better. I’m just …
I’m all about trusting the locals. When someone who lives in the area suggests it might be a good idea to [verb] at [place name], well, what the hell, right? They’re the local, they know better. In general this serves the good natured traveler well and you’ll end up [verbing] the [superlative adjective] [object] you’ve …
In a few days, Austria assumes the EU presidency. There’s a PR frenzy around this event of course, including a partially state funded billboard project that shows, among other things, a three way where the participants are wearing masks of Jaques Chirac, George Bush, and the Queen of England. The organization responsible for posting the …