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The EconoLodge is an older, cheaper property whose chief virtue is that it’s located right across the street from the most popular restaurant in the whole area — Kranberry’s which is an interstate stop in itself. By itself it’s not… Continue Reading →

Also you should see the Queen’s Room on the ship and all the paintings of Her Majesty that abound on Queen Mary 2. She and Prince Phillip are everywhere. It looks very fancy. This is where they have high tea… Continue Reading →

I tell my friend in Austria, “There’s no history here in Arizona, just rocks.” Texas Canyon, just east of Tucson on I-10, right after the Thing and before you get to Wilcox, may not be the Grand Canyon but it… Continue Reading →

Editing books takes forever. I always read them through once myself. Then I read them aloud to a group. I’m thinking of sending the first 50p to Writers Digest for a copyedit for $100.00. This all has to happen before… Continue Reading →

You Can See St. George’s Lighthouse Better From the Queen Mary 2: We spent all day on July 10 docked in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia while the Queen Mary 2 was in port celebrating Cunard’s 175th anniversary. You… Continue Reading →

We spent all day on July 10 sailing around the harbor at Halifax while the Queen Mary 2 was in port. You can see a lot more from the water than you can on land. For one thing, you can’t… Continue Reading →

We Didn’t Have To Look Up At The Royal Liver Building: We got an unexpectedly wonderful view of this World Heritage Site building on July 4 when Queen Mary 2 docked here as part of its 175th anniversary re-creation of… Continue Reading →

Pier Head Liverpool: Three Graces Make Good Background For Snapshots: The Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building, and the Port Of Liverpool Building are part of the World Heritage Site at the Liverpool Waterfront or Pier Head where we tied… Continue Reading →

The last night in Germany when we were poised on the outskirts of Hamburg to make a beeline for the Queen Mary 2 the next day, we decided to do something different for dinner. We headed out into the country… Continue Reading →

9/11 Remembered In Pittsburgh: My parents had the strange experience of being in downtown Pittsburgh at one of the department stores on September 11, 2001. They were getting ready to leave and they were told that a plane was headed… Continue Reading →