Archive for the 'Travel' Category
A Run for the Roses (Part 3)
• December 4, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Kentucky, Music, Travel
Tags: 35W, a real journey, AM radio, buckwheat pancakes, Bud, Carefree Highway, Cathedral Hill, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Christopher Cross, country ham, CTS, Ellen, Gordon Lightfoot, Hoosier National Forest, Illinois, Indianapolis, Iowa City, James Brown, Japanese restaurant, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Lynn, Mary Hopkin, road trips, St. Paul, Truth in Savings, Zen-like thinking
A Run for the Roses (Part 2)
• November 27, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Kentucky, Travel
Tags: 1968 Chevy, Bardstown Road, Beth, Blue Bird Cafe, Bud Morris, Carefree Highway, Charlie Morris, Cowboy Junkies, Dennis Hopper, Ellen Birkett, Faye Morris, Gordon Lightfoot, Hilary, Hollywood Town Hall, I've Been in a Funk Ever Since My Wife Went Punk, Ian, Iowa City, Kentucky Derby, Loop, Lynn Birkett, Randy Newman, Run for the Roses, Sea Hero, The Jayhawks, the road, Tom Chris, Tupelo Honey, Van Morrison
A Run for the Roses (Part 1)
• November 15, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Kentucky, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: 12-ounce Coors beer, AM radio, Arrested Development, Bardstown Road, Borderlines, Bud Morris, Cherokee Park, Churchill Downs, Cricketeer jacket, Eastern Parkway, Ellen Morris, Essen Haus, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandpa Adams, Grandpa Maupin, Highway 61, Huey Piano Smith, instant coffee, John Goodman, Johnny Rivers, Joshua, Kelligan's Cafe, Kentucky Derby, La Crosse, Louisville, Lynn Birkett, Madison, Marcy, Midwest Creole, Mint Juleps, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Mr. Wendal, New York, NRBQ, Peachtree Street, Statue of Liberty, Steve Ferguson, Tennessee, the road, Tony Curtis, wanderlust, wedding
Strongest of the Strange
• November 8, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1967, 1993, 2019, creativity, Depression, Family, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: Charles Bukowski, Christmas morning, Clinton era, Colin, Ellen Terry screenplay, Eric Wulfsberg, John Gottschalk, New Morality, poetry, Thérèse Williams
The Year That Changed My Life (Part 6)
• April 14, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1989, Great Britain, Travel, Writing
Tags: Abi, Addison Road, American Express, AYH Auction, Bill Lockyer, Boston, Chester Place, Compton, Covent Garden, East Croydon, Ellen Terry screenplay, Found Drowned, Gatwick, Green Park, Guinness, Hilary, Holland Park, Kensington High Street, Leicester Square, Lindsay, Little Holland House, London, Maple House, Mayfair, McEwan's Scotch Ale, Melbury Road, Michael Robbins, National Portrait Gallery, Oxford Street, Pimlico, Richard Jefferies, Seven Stars Pub, Simpkins, St. Barnabbas Church, Surrey, Tass, Tate Gallery, Tell Me My Heart, Theatre Museum, Tottenham Court Road, Toynbee Hall, Trafalgar Square, University of Guildford, Warren Street station, Waterloo station, Watts Gallery, Wood Green
The Year That Changed My Life (Part 4)
• March 24, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1989, Great Britain, Theater, Travel, Writing
Tags: Bath, Bearflat, Brighstone, Bristol, Bristol Theatre Department, Cambridge Lodge, Christopher Robinson, Cowes, Edward William Godwin, Ellen Terry, Endymion, Farringford, Ibsen, Isle of Wight, Jane Tapley, Keith Barker, London, Midsummer Night's Dream, New Orleans, Newport, Our Country's Good, Portland Square, Richard J. Hutchings, Sheridan House, tandoori, Tennyson, Tenterden, The Briary, the Old Vic, The Wandering Moon, Theatre Royal, Western Daily Press
The Year That Changed My Life (Part 3)
• March 4, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1989, Great Britain, Hopkins, Travel, Writing
Tags: Albion Hotel, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bath, Bedford Road, Brian Hinton, Brighton, British Wallace Shawn, Buddy Holly, Cambridge Lodge, Cameron House, Dimbola, Disneyland, Ellen Terry, Farringford, filmmaking, Freshwater, G. F. Watts, Hastings, Isle of Wight, Julia Margaret Cameron, London, Moorlands Manor, Mrs. Wright, Portsmouth, R.J. Hutchings, Reade's, Ryde, screenplays, Southampton, Tennyson, Tenterden, The Briary, The Hard, Totland Bay, Virginia Woolf
