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Category Archives: San Diego
RTW: An Amtrak ride Northeasterners can only dream about
If you’ve ever been on an Amtrak train anywhere along the route from DC to Boston on a weekday, you know the drill. Crowded, rushed, commuters glued to their laptops and cell phones, working, working, working. Or on the way … Continue reading
RTW: A B&B room’s friendly ghosts
As the saying goes: “If these walls could talk .” They can’t, of course. Or so I thought. Until I stumbled onto something during a stay at a B&B in San Diego. The Little Italy Inn has a long history. … Continue reading
RTW, Encinitas, CA: Extra, extra; read all about it
No, this isn’t a balcony at Club Med; it’s the patio at the library in Encinitas, CA, about half an hour north of San Diego. And extra points for having MAD magazine. What, me worry? Not in a place like that. … Continue reading
San Diego: Learning to play an ancient sport — bocce
What do you get when you move a bowling alley outside? Bocce. I’ve lived in Philadelphia and New York, cities with large Italian-American populations. And in fact, I lived in Italy — spent a college semester there. But I never … Continue reading
San Di-Doggo
San Diego has really gone to the dogs. Of all the places I’ve ever seen (including New York, which thinks it’s tops in everything), it’s the dog-friendliest. To the point that they rule. As it should be. How did I … Continue reading
It’s a paw world after all…
The amazing dogs (but then, all dogs are amazing) I met along the way on my RTW trip.
San Diego: Father’s Day and The Great American Pastime
I’m definitely my father’s daughter when it comes to baseball. Since it was such an integral part of his life, it was inevitable that it become ingrained in me, because I liked being with him. And most of his spare … Continue reading
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RTW: The best gelato in San Diego’s Little Italy
With San Diego’s Little Italy boasting so many gelato places, where’s the best place to get a fix? planetlippstone is all over it — and it’s all over my clothes. Lots of tasting — all in the name of research, … Continue reading
RTW: San Diego’s Little Italy: That’s Italian
Note: I’m staying in the Litte Italy section of San Diego. Didn’t know San Diego had a Little Italy? Neither did I; that’s why I visited and wrote this story for The Huffington Post a while back. I decided to return on my … Continue reading
RTW: Baaack in the USA; I’m baaack in the … oh, sorry, Bruce
Happy to report no glitches with my round-the-world tickets. Except for one flight that I found out was delayed even before I got my tickets, no problems at all. Actually, there was one small thing that had nothing to do … Continue reading
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