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The Edward Ware Thriller Series takes place mostly during World War 1 and World War 2. Malcolm Blair Robinson is the author of Hitler’s First Lady and often writes fiction about the same time period. I amquoting here from Malcolm… Continue Reading →

Eat Dinner While You Sail Under The Bridge We got about as close as you can to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge without traveling on the upper or lower decks. Where were we? On deck 3 of the Queen Mary 2… Continue Reading →

It’s Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in July at Cracker Barrel New Stanton: I’d just come ashore three days before. I’d been away a long time. But the last time I looked it was still summer in the USA. Why when… Continue Reading →

A Fireboat At Dawn: On July 14 at 5:30AM Queen Mary 2 sailed back into New York Harbor, crossing under the Verazzano Narrows Bridge. A fireboat greeted us as part of Cunard’s 175th Birthday Celebration. It was a grand sight…. Continue Reading →

Statue Of Liberty At Dawn: We got a stunning view of the Statue of Liberty at the end of Cunard’s 175th birthday celebration on July 14 when the Queen Mary 2 was docking at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. We were… Continue Reading →

We sneaked into Denny’s in West Mifflin outside Pittsburgh on Monday night just before the dinner hour. We got scared off on Sunday because of the crowds. We had the waitress all to ourselves while we studied the menu. But… Continue Reading →

Better Than Waterloo: We visited Valley Forge National Park today and drove around the park loop, acquainting ourselves with Washington’s winter encampment. We were driving through the area and had arrived at our hotel at King of Prussia early and… Continue Reading →

Best Western Plus King of Prussia Boasts About Its Non-Existent Seating: Best Western King of Prussia calls their breakfast “deluxe”. The sign in the parking lot evokes images of steaming omelettes, hash browns, sausages and bacon, and perhaps an assortment… Continue Reading →

A Noisy Breakfast at Ed’s: It’s getting to be a very annoying habit every time you enter a restaurant, you get blasted either by loud music, by television sets, or by both. Ed’s Steakhouse in Bedford, Pennsylvania may have been… Continue Reading →

Covered Bridges of Lancaster and Chester County: We saw a wooden bridge used in the old days of early Pennsylvania before they built concrete and steel-reinforced bridges. We came upon it suddenly at a turn of the road in a… Continue Reading →