With the NFL preseason starting, I thought it would be a good time to share. Growing up, my father and two of my uncles had season tickets to the New York Giants. Thus, my love for Big Blue was born. For eight Sundays and an occasional Monday each year, they…
A few years ago I decided to formally declare the mission of visiting all fifty states. Thankfully, I had a pretty good head start and I’m twenty-six states in. As things stand, I’ve finished the west coast (yes, I know there aren’t that many states that make up the west…
People often call England a “starter country” for European travel because English is the primary language. England, however, was not my first European adventure, France holds that title. But when one of my closest friends decided to move to London for a few years, how could I not take advantage…
My father was a Korean War veteran. Born in 1931, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on two different destroyers during the conflict. He had many stories to tell. As a Black man in the military in the 1950s, some were good, some were not. Were it not…
So, it’s our final night in Honolulu–and what a trip it has been! Tonight, we went to Oceanarium and it was delicious. We had no idea what we were getting into other than it was in the hotel with the big aquarium. Turns out, it was an awesome buffet. On…
I have completely lost track of days and dates. We booked several excursions at the start of our trip and I had to repeatedly check our tickets each day to make sure we didn’t miss one. Someone once told me that when you lose track of your days/dates, it’s the…
