Almagro is a classic old Spanish town. Comfortable, incredibly scenic with a healthy street life and an ample cast of old characters. One such local hero rode around the town with his best friend, a small puppy on the back of his three wheel bike that I found waiting for […]
Stuck in my room at the Parador Cuenca in Spain, I am probably missing one of the great meals of my life.Before I left the good old USA, I stopped by my regular newspaper spot in my home town of Northampton MA, the woman behind the counter proceeded to cough […]
Here is a link to Max Hartshornes new story , “Seeing Norway’s Fjord lands buy bus ,train and ferry” on Gonomad.com. Max and I traveled there recently and it was spectacular. This is just the first in a series of musings on our trip. Check back in.
The occupy Northampton rally against Wall Street yesterday in front of the Bank of America drew a constant stream of people throughout the day. It was peaceful and gauging from the amount cars and trucks honking in support, was a total success. Even the dogs came out to show their […]
The occupy wall street protests have spread to the pioneer valley. Today a group of students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts marched on campus to express their anger with an unjust America. Future actions are planned for tomorrow, 10/06/11 at 8 a.m. at Pulaski park in Northampton, […]
The 12 Mile Meal Celebrity Chef Throw Down at the Northampton Jazz Festival on Saturday featured three two person chef teams from local restaurants; Spoleto, Fitzwilly’s and the winner of the event Eclipse. All of the food used in the competition was from within a 12 mile radius of the […]
I arrived in Austria today after a full day of travel by train and plane from the hills of western Mass and as I expected it is beautiful. Our first stop was at the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt about 45 minuets from Vienna. It is a spectacular Palace and is […]
