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Tag Archives: St. Petersburg
Ultimate cool place to stay: an art gallery
It’s not quite a night at the museum, but it may be the closest thing: spending the night in an art gallery. You don’t need to be a celebrity or performance artist. There are a couple venues out there (and many … Continue reading
My only bad experience with lodging giant Airbnb
Ever since I was a minnow growing up at the Jersey Shore in Springsteen’s old stomping grounds, I fantasized about living on a boat. When I worked in TV news in L.A. and lived in a box of a studio … Continue reading
Posted in North America
Tagged Airbnb, boat rental, boat stench, Florida, houseboats, St. Petersburg
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Let’s Paws: Doggone great encounters
What’s travel without meeting new faces — preferably of the canine kind? Some dogs I’ve had the recent pleasure of meeting: Starbucks drive-thru, Raleigh, NC. Downtown Seattle. Pike Place Market, Seattle. Ditto. Ballard neighborhood, Seattle. Alki Beach Park, Seattle. Gas … Continue reading
Posted in Let's Paws: I break for critters
Tagged dogs, Florida, NC, Pets, Raleigh, Seattle, St. Petersburg, travel
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Behind the Iron Curtain, Vol. 1: Soviet Union
Reading about the unrest in Russia and realizing it’s only marginally better than it was when I was there 20 years ago. When it was still the heart of the Soviet Union, the USSR; a quilt of republics governed by … Continue reading
Posted in Europe
Tagged Leningrad, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Russian elections, Russian tourism, Soviet Union, St. Petersburg, travel
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