Pittsburgh, Google Maps, and a Singular Obsession
Michael Gallagher As stated before in previous posts, I am having a love affair with Google Maps. My most recent concoction is Pittsburgh, with placemarks of places I know and love. I…
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Negroni
Since, judging by my posts, I am an imbiber, I offer you this. Negroni 1 part gin 1 part Campari 1 part sweet red Vermouth Orange slice 5 parts yum.
Dublin, as in linn, as in forest, as in honeymoon
Dublin I have wondered about you ever since I received a book of photographs of Ireland when I was young. I have wanted to walk your streets, laugh at your…
Bellini at Harry’s Bar
While on our trip to Venice, we will be stopping at Harry’s Bar, one of the more famous bars in the world, to try a drink invented at the bar…
I love Google Maps
Not to jump on the Google bandwagon or anything, but I absolutely adore Google Maps. For your viewing pleasure, and as a testament to my neurotic love of planning, I…
Archetypes for travelling
Couldn’t you just write a story from this one photograph? Foreign currency. Passport. Alien Registration Card. Frequent Flyer Card. Imagination. Priceless. Is anything so symbolic of motion and restlessness as…
Clever little statue
Clever little man perched high. Calculated rhythms of the passers-bye Blind you to these raptures of earth for all that is worth. The fevers of the heart, passioned bickering, despair…