Tag: Food

• November 29, 2025

  #56: The Heart of the Alps

  Success was found in Zurich, Switzerland in Blog #45, but unfortunately there was a bust in Hallstatt, Austria in Blog #48.  What do you say we return to Europe and give Austria a second chance?  After all, large foreign countries are no different from the United States in the sense that there are multiple regions…
• August 15, 2025

  #53: You Better Belize It (Part III: San Pedro)

  This is the final in a three-part series that began with Blog #51: You Better Belize It (Part I: Mainland) and continued with Blog #52: You Better Belize It (Part II: Hopkins). Madonna’s famed hit La Isla Bonita (Spanish for “The Beautiful Island”) makes multiple references to the whimsical island of San Pedro, a place…
• March 9, 2025

  #49: Music City

  Smashville, Nashvegas, the Buckle of the Bible Belt, Gnashville, the Birthplace of Country Music.  Pack your boots, we’re headed to Nashville! The Union Station Nashville Yards, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, ended up being the perfect selection for respite.  The hotel has high enough ratings (4.6 on Google, 4.5 on Tripadvisor) while maintaining moderately low…
• November 25, 2024

  #45: Zurich

  As the largest city in Switzerland and a worldwide financial hub, Zurich lives up to a reputation described by one travel agency as “A sophisticated city with cosmopolitan luxury and an incredible atmosphere.”  Statements like these are commonplace on the websites and brochures of hospitality industry businesses looking to claim a percentage of a person’s…
• October 4, 2024

  #43: City of Roses

  The city of Portland, Oregon was the second in a multi-part Pacific Northwest travel series I undertook in 2024, with the first being Seattle, as told in Blog #35: Emerald City.  Both trips were just as much social experiments as they were cities I had always wanted to explore.  Sadly, both were also equally disappointing…
• March 24, 2024

  #34: Pretzels and Beer

  Continued from Blog #33: Munich Security Conference Hallway reputation.  Personal brand.  Leadership shadow.  Regardless of the buzzwords we use to describe the way others think about us in the workplace, a bad reputation can be hard to shake.  The concept isn’t exclusive to humans, either.  Amsterdam banned the smoking of cannabis in public in an…
• May 12, 2023

  #16: Academy Life Part IV

  “An army marches on its stomach.”  Inconclusively and ironically attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. As outlined in Blog #15, our training facilities and amenities have relatively little consistency.  The availability, proximity, and type of lodging are combined with budgetary limitations and enrollment quantity to be the driving force behind the accommodations offered to us at a…
• March 17, 2023

  #12: Leaving D.C.

  “I think the tough times are finally behind me. There will always be bad things, but my life is good. It is as I want it to be. It’s good.” -Sera, played by Elizabeth Shue in the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas. What is your travel style?  I know men who refuse to check a…