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Northern Indiana is not the first place one thinks of when they want to get away from it all. However it’s probably a great deal more appealing than many realize. The long drawn out evening dusks are rivaled only by those I’ve experienced in France. I have fond memories of wrapping up a […]

In a bizarre technological snafu, my Mother found herself on the phone tonight with one
Bernie Williams, of the New York Yankees. It seems the Yankees are in Detroit this week and text messages directed to my cell phone are also routed to his. My mother sent me a text message as I was […]

This letter is hilarious. I’m actually quite happy about this, in one regard, as it has a lot of entertainment value.

But I’m also disappointed. As I said before, these guys are more likely to refund your money than to actually justify the charge. This tells me that they are making money with […]

Recently I wrote about my annoyance with the “resort fee”. Here’s the reply. I think it’s a little ambiguous.

I’ll let you know what I hear from the general manager.
Starwood

Well, I’ve been updating this web site since March and I thought you might like to see a report card.
This graph shows the unique visitor traffic each month. It’s only the 7th of July, and already, we’ve had over 500 unique visitors. And this year, we’ve had over 4,000. By internet standards, […]

Ok. Those who know me know that I can stray into nerdiness from time to
time. This could be one of those occasions.
Just figured out how to add to this sight from my cell phone. Next time
I’m hangin’ with the riff-raff on the Silver Line I can mail in a […]

It is quite difficult to find a better place to be on the fourth of July than Boston, MA. Imagine how it feels to walk past the graves of Samual Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere on your way to the Esplanade for the fireworks and the annual Boston Pops concert at the Hatch […]