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My Alpine Adventure May 2012
In May of 2012, I flew to Geneva to meet up with my friend Alex who lived nearby in Annecy, France. The plan was to drive together down to Monaco to watch the Historic Races featuring cars that have raced … Continue reading
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Truckin’ With Dead & Company At Fenway Park
On Sunday, June 18, Carolyn and I went to a Dead & Company concert at Fenway Park. Many thanks to Carolyn’s brother, Steven Fortuna, for supplying us with tickets. We were seated roughly where Xander Bogaerts usually plays shortstop for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead & Company, Fenway Park concert, Jerry Garcia, John Mayer
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Follow In My Wake: Dennis Connor And Stars & Stripes 1987
This story was originally published on Ecoworldly While visiting Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, I had a chance to sail on Stars & Stripes 1987, the 12 Meter yacht that played such an important part in America’s Cup history. … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Cup 1987, Dennis Connor, Hilton Head South Carolina, Stars & Stripes 1987
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Magical Orta Steals Our Hearts Away
We spent 10 days of our Italian idyll exploring the country’s Lakes Region. Much like the Finger Lakes in New York, the northwest corner of Italy near the Swiss border has a number of deep gashes in the landscape carved … Continue reading
A Day Trip To Varenna
Rick Steves is my guru. He has made himself into the go-to guy for travel information about most of the world’s top tourist destinations. Rick Steves is a brand. He has books, videos, a website, and a booking service. He … Continue reading
We’re Back! Tales Of Our Italian Adventure — Lake Como
Three weeks in Italy. We must have seen it all, right? Not even close. In fact, we didn’t see a tenth of what Italy has to offer. This amazing country — so modern in some respects — still retains much … Continue reading
Our Grand Tour Is About To Begin!
For the past twenty years, our travel plans have been constrained by the public school calendar. Next week, as students all across America go back to class, we will decamp for the sunny climes of northern Italy. First, we will … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinque Terre, Ferrari, Italy, Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Monza
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Our Roamin’ Holiday Is Getting Closer
Carolyn retires at the end of June. For 20 years, all our vacations have been planned around her school schedule. Now for the first time in a long time, we get to go where we want, when we want. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernina Express. Ferrari Museum, Cinque Terre, Italy, Lake Como, Milan, Monza grand prix
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Four Men And A Boat
On the Wednesday after Labor Day, I went sailing from Newport to Block Island with three other men, Pete Noonan, Ken Anderson and Steve Carney. Back in the early 60’s, we all went to school together at Moses Brown … Continue reading
Shelter Island
Carolyn has family who live on Long Island and we like to get over that way once a year if we can. The eastern end of Long Island is divided into two forks that look sort of like a swallow’s … Continue reading
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