Burundi 2019… Burundi 2019: Prologue 8 May 20198 May 2019 Those of you who have been following along for some time now will remember a series of articles written and posted from a little country in the center of Africa…
Food… A Dinner in the Past: Jessop’s Tavern (New Castle, DE) 4 Mar 20194 Mar 2019 If it's history you're looking for (and you're keeping your search inside Delaware), Old New Castle is the place to go. It was settled by the Dutch in 1651, and…
Food… This Time, the Restaurant Came to Me 25 Feb 2019 Rather than going to a restaurant this week, as I was snowed in, I've elected to do a bit of writing about a recent development in restauranting: app delivery. But…
Fun… Still Standing After All These Years: Newgrange and Tara 27 Nov 2018 Those who have been following along already know that I was absolutely floored by society and structures that predate anything I've seen before. This is why I've saved the most…
Travel Irish Road Trip 19 Nov 201819 Nov 2018 Through this series, I've mentioned how Ireland feels older than anywhere I've been in the U.S. It'd be tragic to have gone all that way and not seen some proper…
Fun… Guide to the Not Free Museums of Dublin 8 Nov 20188 Nov 2018 My grandparents were the driving force behind this vacation, so we did things a bit differently than I would have had I been alone. Perhaps the biggest difference was the…
Food… The Guinness Storehouse Tour 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 I'm sure that you've heard that Guinness tastes better on its home island (The Emerald Isle, of course) than it does here in the States. I was curious as to…
Travel National Museums of Ireland 12 Oct 201812 Oct 2018 Growing up in the United States, it is easy to lose perspective on what the word "old" actually means. There are ruins about, sure, but I visited an Irish monastic…
Guides… A Day in Charleston 2 Oct 2018 An easy two-hour drive south of Myrtle Beach is a town with a rich, storied history. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, and the ensuing…
Fun… Myrtle Beach Part Two 20 Sep 201827 Sep 2018 Just because I didn’t have a meal I enjoyed on the Myrtle Beach Strip doesn’t mean there isn’t one out there. The next time I’m in that neighborhood, I’ll absolutely…