Gastrodestination Portland
To the left is a meal I had in Portland, Oregon Sunday. It was not the best meal I had while my wife and I were there on a weekend jaunt. But it was the gayest. Behold the “Gay Bar,” a… Continue Reading
Travel
Three-Stage Compromise On Screening
Every time airport security procedures are tightened, a margin of people who otherwise would have traveled by air decide not to. In some cases, they opt to travel by car instead. For instance, overall airline use declined when the TSA… Continue Reading
Precautionary Fondling
I’m not fond of the idea of a TSA agent feeling me up the next time I try to board a plane. Not that I think that the agent is really looking forward to it, either. But is the threat… Continue Reading
Now That’s Progress
After $4,300,000,000 in Federal funds are received, plans will soon be laid for the first length of track in California’s high-speed rail to be built in the Central Valley, thanks to Bay Area NIMBYs. Bay Area or Los Angeles area… Continue Reading
You Can Drive I-94 Faster
High speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison is projected to reach speeds in excess of 79 miles an hour. Ooh. Aah. Your tax dollars at work. $810 million of it, or about one-tenth of the total high-speed rail dollars in… Continue Reading
A California Adventure
Over the weekend The Wife and I took a wine tasting adventure in Santa Barbara County. We had a great dinner with some old friends at an event sponsored by my favorite winery in the region. I also got a… Continue Reading
Eyjafjallajokull Dirigibles
A volcano in Iceland, which last erupted for fourteen months straight and bears the utterly unpronounceable name Eyjafjallajokull, has begun erupting again, and scattered ash over most of Europe. Because this volcano’s ash contains a high silica compound, if it… Continue Reading
A Room And A Show
Reservations made yesterday for a hotel room in Las Vegas and a show while we’re there to meet up with my mother-in-law and her sister. The show (Penn & Teller) cost nearly twice what we spent on the room (Luxor,… Continue Reading
Visiting A Super-Secret Location
What to do with the large tax return the accountant tells us to expect? I have an idea…. … but I’ll have to see what The Wife thinks of my plan.
Miracles Of Modern Commerce
Grandma only turns 88 years old once in her life. And she’s had a shortage of real, just-for-her, birthday parties. So The Wife and I got tickets for a weekend trip to Milwaukee, which is why I’ve not been blogging… Continue Reading