Fasten your seat belts it’s going to be a bumpy night

Apologies to usurping Betty Davis’s famous line from Joe Mankiewicz’s “All about Eve” but our flight was both late and bumpy. Now I fly a lot as many of you know, so much in fact that some might consider it a lifestyle. Thus, I am not a nervous flyer and have been bounced around inContinue reading “Fasten your seat belts it’s going to be a bumpy night”

All roads lead to Rome …..or Atlanta if you’re flying Delta

Hello to all. We are 24 hours out from takeoff and hanging out in Kennesaw GA having had a nice drive through the fall colors from E. TN. I learned on my second overseas trip 4 years back that when flying international on Delta it is significantly cheaper to drive to Atlanta, spend the nightContinue reading “All roads lead to Rome …..or Atlanta if you’re flying Delta”

I’m not Stanley Tucci. Stanley Tucci is not a friend of mine :-). But we are ancestral neighbors LOL.

My apologies for riffing off a statement made by the late senator Lloyd Bentsen. First hello to all my friends, followers and visitors. It’s that time of year again and another hike is in the offing. As many of you may know, this season of Stanley Tucci’s “Searching for Italy” on CNN (a show IContinue reading “I’m not Stanley Tucci. Stanley Tucci is not a friend of mine :-). But we are ancestral neighbors LOL.”