July 2019 I was travelling back to Iraq after summer vacation and Perry Place in DC was not available for an easy stopover that summer,...

Al Roof Restaurant, Gali Duhok. September 2019 Ironically, a relative of the owner of the Rooftop Bar [see: Rooftop Bar], Ryan, opened a...

This is right down the street from the Condo we used to own in Hoboken. I used to regret letting it go, now... I guess it really was a...

Pan Am Worldport (from internet - in its glory days) [from FB post: October 27, 2011] First off... let's talk AIRPORTS. I was in JFK,...

August 2017 When I lived in Japan I was shocked at how little Japanese learned in their history classes about World War II and the...

August 2020 Coming full circle On my forced layover in Istanbul during the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic I took multiple long walks...

July 2016. The tower is known to have existed by the 1st century, built or perhaps rebuilt under Trajan, possibly on foundations...

March 2016 Walking around the palace in Muscat [see: palace] these two old forts came into view, Al Jalali on an island and Al Mirani on...

Beit Betek, Abha. January 2017 [from FB post: October 26, 2013] Invited to dinner by colleagues last night (non American). "What would...

Jim Mack's Ice Cream, Hallam Township. June 2018 [from FB post: August 23, ,2012] My very good news for the day. Back in May, my Mom...

Newport Bridge. July 1979 Newport Harbor. July 1979 The Rose. July 1979 Bowen's Wharf. July 1979 Cliffwalk. July 1979 The Breakers -...

Dubai Marina. October 2013 [from FB post: October 19. 2013] Different points of view.... but still enjoying the same scenery. I remember...

Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial. November 2021 How odd to say that I have passed through the station over a hundred times...

Applebee's, Jizan. December 2013 [from FB post: October 17, 2016] I have just learned I am now to be paid on the 5th day of the Islamic...

September 2008 Don't touch the water! With water from the stream Galadriel filled the basin to the brim, and breathed on it, and when the...

Mmmmm.... appetizers! at Roberto's. October 2013 Italian in Dubai Before Eataly opened a branch in Dubai, I craved some authentic...

NEPAL (October 1991) The bus from Gorakhpur to the Nepali border at Sonauli was disgusting. Very local, there was no other option. Even...

PROLOGUE Law school is hard. I saw Brian sacrifice a lot to make it through Columbia with high marks while working on a high-profile...

Bakalan, Central Java. March 1997 My friends in Bakalan, right on the border of Central and East Java, told me that there would be a...

March 2015 Getting it right, for a price Souq Waqaf is the "traditional souq" (market) for tourists in Doha. If traditional Qatari life...