Last week I spent some time trekking through the strange landscapes of southern Utah and saw some things I have never seen before. I’ve circled the globe three times, but there are parts of the U.S. that are definitely unique and this area is one of them. Perhaps that’s why my stay at Ruby’s Inn …

Last week was kind of quiet on here because I was enjoying a bit of the wild west, USA, for the first time. I spent a few days in St. George, Utah, a great place for outdoor activities and fiery scenery. It’s only a two-hour drive from Las Vegas, so easy access to a strange …

I reported a while back that the magazine Budget Living had folded. I noted that this probably had something to do with the fact that advertisers want to reach the aspirational, free-spending, debt-to-their-eyeballs folks, not people who are careful with their money. Sure enough, here’s a quote from the old Budget Living editor, from a …

Back in March Kent St. John posted a photo he took in an Oslo airport. Hello Kitty, Superman, British Airways, and Ché: Wow, this hero changed the world so much that he’s right up there with a fictional superhero and an airline logo. I won’t go into the stupidity of wearing a Ché t-shirt around …

Back from a long weekend in a beautiful spot a few hours north of my home, in Lexington, Kentucky. It’s the land of great bourbon and great breeding–in horses that is–and this time it really is “something in the water.” The limestone in the soil and the water makes for good horses and good whisky, …