A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.
On my last post I wrote about BBC journalist Lola Almudevar, a close friend of mine that was killed in Bolivia last weekend in a car accident on her way to cover political unrest in the city of Sucre. Needless to say, I have been thrown for a loop by the loss of my friend.
I [...]
I randomly checked my email this morning before hitting the road for a 10 hour journey to the Grand Canyon and found out that one of most dynamic people I have ever met died in an automobile accident in Bolivia.
Lola Almudevar and I met in Sucre, Bolivia last May. We were sitting with our [...]
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29th 2005 at 6:10AM
Bubbles and Warren, our gracious hosts in New Orleans, were in New Orleans throughout the duration of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. They found themselves without power for a total of 46 days. Luckily, their house is located in a higher part of town (near [...]
New Orleans, through and through, is a city that stirs a passionate emotion in its visitors. The music, the decadence, the never ending party, the rich history, and more recently the devastating Hurricane that virtually annihilated its inhabitants are interwoven into the fabric of the “big easy”.
My personal mission was to get [...]
Day 6 started out with a very pissed Dave Binck going to town on workers at both the Memphis Holiday Inn and Orbitz. He was double charged on his American express and was not happy. We had to sit at the hotel for about an hour and a half to straighten everything out. Dave was [...]
