After twenty years of traveling, we have been to over forty countries, almost every U.S. state, most national parks, and basically every major U.S. city. But there are still places out there to explore. “We have still, somehow, not been to San Diego,” Victor said. I vaguely remembered how. We […]
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“Dead bushes,” I muttered. “We need to do something about it.” It had been more than a year since the pandemic started and I was looking through the window of our condo at the lifeless branches dangling outside. “Why don’t we get rid of them and plant some flowers? We […]
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How do you spell “Victor”? How do you spell “Julia”? I did not know what I expected before visiting Rhode Island but learning a new language was certainly not what I planned for. But here we were, at the gift shop of the Sailing Museum in Newport, unexpectedly immersed in […]
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“Did you see what the license plate of our car rental says?” I asked Julia as we were pulling out of the parking lot of the Albuquerque airport. “What?” “Land of Enchantment.” “Well… that’s promising…” Julia said, but I could tell that she wasn’t sold yet. For many people, New […]
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Part II We continue with our stories from the major U.S. baseball ballparks. For Part I, please start here. 6. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati You realize Cincinnati is a baseball town when in a local art museum, just a couple of blocks from the ballpark, you see Andy Warhol’s […]
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