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Turnpike turn-on

Turnpike turn-on

I enter the roadway at Stony Ridge-Toledo. A “full interchange” as I find out later from some printed information by the folks at the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. All I know is I was heading south on I-75 out of Michigan, crossed into Ohio and continued to follow the signage toward Cleveland. Now, I suddenly find myself approaching a toll gate. A machine spits a pre-printed ticket at me when I come to a … Read entire article »

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The High Life tour

The High Life tour

You don’t have to drink beer to appreciate getting the inside scoop on how beer is brewed, as I recently discovered during my 90-minute tour of the Miller Brewing Company in Cream City, aka Milwaukee, Wisc. There’s tons of relevent stuff to take in during the insightful indoor and outdoor walkabout around this gigantic plant located nine minutes from downtown. … Read entire article »

Analog survives digital avalanche

Analog survives digital avalanche

A couple nights ago I roll into Astoria, Oregon just before 9 pm. This is pretty much where U.S. Route 101 ends before it crosses over the Columbia River and continues into Washington state. I’m tired but drive toward the center of town keeping an eye open for a place to crash. From the corner of my left eye I … Read entire article »

The Highway Man

The Highway Man

Well, this was different! I pulled over at some random spot along eastbound U.S. Highway 2 just a few miles outside of Cut Bank, MT to fill a bottle with cold water from the cooler and take in the scenery around 9:30 am local time. Cars are few and far between. I suddenly see a guy in the near distance walking in … Read entire article »

Living on the Fringe in Winnipeg

Living on the Fringe in Winnipeg

When I woke yesterday morning some 40 miles from the Canadian border, I had no idea I’d catch a one-woman stage show with a Vegas connection in Winnipeg later that evening. But then again, I didn’t count on meeting four Canadians at a McDonalds in East Grand Forks, MN the day before who would tell me about the Fringe Festival. So … Read entire article »

Duluth and the coincidence of the Edmond Fitzgerald

Duluth and the coincidence of the Edmond Fitzgerald

Before today, I thought Duluth was just the brand behind Men’s Buck Naked Performance Boxer Briefs. I was wrong. Among the many new things I’ve learned about the city of Duluth in the last 48 hours is that it’s positioned along the western edge of Lake Superior and that the Edmond Fitzgerald – that ill-fated iron ore freighter Gordon Lightfoot … Read entire article »

Matt Goss is Sinatra, New Vegas and Telecaster cool

Matt Goss is Sinatra, New Vegas and Telecaster cool

At last night’s show in The Gossy Room at Caesars Palace, I couldn’t help noticing Matt Goss wore a wristwatch on his left hand, but his right hand was bare. My thinking is that someone who generates such high levels of energy, exertion and output during the execution of his day job would want to record every calorie and footstep on a wearable fitness tracker. … Read entire article »

Big laughs from Little voices at Tropicana Las Vegas

Big laughs from Little voices at Tropicana Las Vegas

It’s the 1950s. Ottawa, Canada is the mise-en-scène. Imagine a middle school homeroom full of students when at once the class clown draws a bead on the teacher and attempts – covertly or otherwise – to imitate the adult figure at the chalkboard. Ensuing laughter from the back row? Teacher mulling over disciplinary action? Fast-forward a handful of decades to the Laugh Factory comedy theater inside … Read entire article »

How water defined Guanajuato, Mexico and Venice, Italy

How water defined Guanajuato, Mexico and Venice, Italy

We arrive in Guanajuato, Mexico on Federal highway 110 late at night under a heavy rain. Despite our road fatigue and slight disorientation at the town’s driving challenges posed by a maze of curvy, ever winding streets that take a quick dive underground and then later resurface, we embrace our destination instantaneously. In fact, we think we’ve arrived in Europe. … Read entire article »

Offbeat road & rail weekend on SoCal Amtrak awaits adventurous Las Vegans

Offbeat road & rail weekend on SoCal Amtrak awaits adventurous Las Vegans

Adventurous Las Vegans will want to take advantage of an offbeat, quick but memorable road & rail weekend aboard Amtrak California’s Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner passenger trains. You’ll have to leave the Las Vegas Valley early but I-15 will most likely be void of traffic as you zip through the Mojave Desert on an early Saturday morning toward Union … Read entire article »