Tuesday, December 31, 2013 Our European Trip + 96 Random Thoughts Part 1 Jim, Lex & a Duck Named Seamus Introduction Collecting 750,000 American Airlines, 1,500,000 American Express and over 3,000,000 Hilton points it was time to cash in. The Love Goddess and I had turned 50 and it was time to start taking those […]

Wednesday, January 01, 2014 Paris impressions – Section A Our European Trip + 96 Random Thoughts – Part 2 Paris impressions – Section A 1. People are nice. “Sooosie Sooosie Soooososie you dumb American” with a scowl and a spit was what I expected the average Parisian would be like. Fortunately, I have been brought up to […]

Friday, March 08, 2013 Now Entering: End Of The World I'm at 30,000 feetish and I look to my left and I see mountain peaks puncturing the clouds. This isn't Colorado, this is taller! It was a majestic site, to be nose to nose (plus a hundred miles.) with these mountains. That's when it hit […]

Europa Thoughts 11-19 Saturday, January 18, 2014 11. Anything cold is challenging except for champagne. Air conditioning is different in France, and all of Europe, as we would learn. Our hotel rooms never got cold, but one of the neatest parts of the day was in the afternoon. The hotel would put out a silver bucket with […]

#1 Hot Photography Tip Learned #1 Lesson learned last night: The photo will be dark if the lens cap is still on the camera. Talk about feeling like a total dunce. At least I didn't ask Jess how to "fix it". Last night was a learning night though. We found a wonderfully secluded area that […]