This trip hasn’t been as long as some of the ones I’ve been on lately. It has kept up the trend of new destinations, though. I had commercialled through Paris before but never stayed there. A couple days ago I stayed, but only by the airport long enough to sleep. … Continue reading
Due to a totally unexpected string of circumstances, I wound up going to Bette Midler’s show in Las Vegas this past week and reconnecting (in person) with a musician friend of mine I who I haven’t seen since high school. It all started with a travel agent convention and Facebook… … Continue reading
Here’s a poem I came across today: Last night as I lay sleeping I died .. or so it seemed, Then I went to heaven But only in my dream Up there St Peter met me Standing at the pearly gates, He said, ‘I must check your record… Please stand … Continue reading
Though I won’t get to post this until I return home, I’m writing this on day 21 of my 22-day trip this month. I figured it might be better to just write all the ‘drama’ in one long post at the end of the trip. This, of course, is that … Continue reading
After a headline like that, I would expect to read, “there isn’t any.” In fact, I was subconsciously so convinced that there wouldn’t be jazz in Bishkek that it never even occurred to me to go looking for it. That’s okay, though, the jazz found me this time. We got … Continue reading
So obviously I’ve been busy. Here’s a summary of the latest: 1: As I previously mentioned, Marshall Fritz passed away on November 4th. I previously wrote about Marshall’s impact on me. I’m saddened by his passing but thankful to have been the beneficiary of his influence for well over half … Continue reading
I came out on this trip on Monday the 6th. It’s roughly half over now. Normally, I could say it’s had more ups and downs than the stock market, but the Dow set its biggest single day point gain ever while I’ve been on this trip, and it followed several … Continue reading
A lot happens before I ever jump in an airplane and go flying. I linked to some videos in a previous blog entry that a guy here at World made. The first one talks about sales, aircraft scheduling and so on. My involvement comes much later. But between sales and … Continue reading
On the bright side, I’ve had some success at being frugal… I started this trip going to Philadelphia, which isn’t really a great place to be frugal. The Philly sandwich at the airport Marriott where I stayed is $13 and lousy (real food costs much more). The cheapest glass of … Continue reading
Not quite a week later, I’m finally catching up on last weekend. A full weekend of Monterey Jazz Festival activities is clearly not enough jazz (hah!), so we decided to get in on some more. On Monday, we (Edi, Steve, Angel and I) went to San Francisco. We hit Pier … Continue reading
