Tag: USA

• February 19, 2026

  #58: Farewell NYC (Part I)

  “One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”  -Georgia O’Keeffe Three years ago I was walking along the cobblestone roads that line the affluent Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C. when the most enchantingly curious scene unfolded: A man had his car pulled over on the side of the street,…
• April 25, 2025

  #50: Oklahoma City: 30 Years Later

  “But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world.  A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm.” -William Cowper The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the temperature is rising.  Spring is in the air.  The annual excitement surrounding the end of winter goes back thousands…
• 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…
• September 4, 2024

  #42: Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA Recap

  This blog is a follow up to #41: The 2024 Olympic Games.  It was hardly a surprise that Team USA earned more medals than any other committee (country) in France this year.  The same was true for past Games in Tokyo, Rio, and London.  But for Paris 2024, it wasn’t the number of medals earned…
• August 9, 2024

  #40: Jordan

  Considered by many historians to be the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world, present-day Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan.  Nearly half the population of the country lives in the immediate area of the Biblical city which was once known as Philadelphia thanks to Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) so humbly naming it…
• July 13, 2024

  #39: London

  The center of the world.  At least, that’s what it felt like.  Coming from a relatively new country like the United States, the history of London England is too much to fathom.  Experiencing the traditions and architecture of “The Square Mile”, as the City of London proper is occasionally referred to, is something one could…
• December 9, 2023

  #29: APEC Leaders’ Summit

  “San Francisco is a lot of things.  It’s hippies, hipsters, vagrants, flagrants, artsy, fartsy, and more.  You name it, and it probably lives here.” – The Bold Italic Magazine In 1989, the growing independence and importance of the Asia-Pacific region was brought to formal recognition by 12 countries intent on combining their successes, ideas, and…