A week after the October snow storm that devastated my area of Massachusetts, I finally had time to down load my images from a tour of Paradores in Spain I was on the week before the storm. I love Spain. The food was fantastic, the Paradores were beautiful and I […]
By any standard, this has been one hell of a week in Western Ma. The rare October snow storm that caused wide spread power failures for millions of people in the Northeast downed thousands of trees and left many in Western Mass without electricity, heat, food, or gasoline. Thousands are […]
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 […]