Daniella Esturillo, the general manager of Gillmore and daughter of its founder Francisco Gillmore told us funny stories at dinner. She is one of those superenthusiastic people with a child-like bright smile and wide open eyes that find a silver lining in even the darkest of times. When the earthquake […]
The Santiago General Cemetery in Chile, (Cementerio General de Santiago), rivals the great resting places of the world. Often compared with the Recoleta in Buenos Aires, it is larger, the size of 80 football fields. Many of Chile’s past Presidents and heroes are buried here, except of course Augusto Pinochet, […]
Sloss furnace in Birmingham Alabama operated from 1882 until 1972. It produced pig iron from its huge blast furnaces. The narrow cat walks tunnels and rusted metal machinery is on a scale that is intimidating when you think of the power that was unleashed when it was all running. The […]
In 1963, members of the Ku Klux clan planted a bomb at the 16Th street Baptist church that was at the center of the civil rights movement in Birmingham Alabama. The bombing killed four young Afro American girls. Today the church in Birmingham is part of the Civil Rights District. […]
Alabama. Ray Scott is a big man. He has a big house, a big hat, he catches big bass. Above all he has a huge personality that is infectious. He is a man with a million stories of his long life and as many jokes, all of them funny. He […]
Alabama is a barbecue lovers heaven. In the small neighborhood of Homewood just out side of Birmingham, there is an unassuming little place called Saw’s, short for “sorry ass Wilson’s after the owner Mike Wilson, where I had the best ribs I have ever tasted. I was not alone, it […]
Birmingham Alabama; The Alabama Auburn football game was quite a spectacle. Over 100,000 fans packed into the stadium. It was cold and loud and I loved every second of it. The Fans are really into football here in Birmingham, I commented to Max who was with me at the game, […]
I stayed in the Meridiano Sur, Petit Hotel for two nights last week in Santiago. Located in Providencia, the heart of a cool section of the city with plenty of street life and restaurants. It is only two blocks from the Manuel Montt metro stop. The Meridiano has 7 rooms […]