We chose the longer trail, the two of us. The rest of the group opted for the short trail, as it was getting dark, and none of us had a flashlight. We crossed winding paths past large trees, across foot bridges, up hills and back down them…about a mile total. Darkness filled in around the [...]
If you grew up black and on the streets in the 1980s like I did, you’re familiar with the lyric, “Ain’t no love in Oakland, bitch.” Phoenix is just the opposite of Oakland. It started less than an hour after I landed, when someone I’d only met a few days prior (in person, anyway) invited [...]
I’ve always wanted to see San Diego. Mainly because I love Ron Burgundy and TOP GUN. So, when BlogHer announced last August that San Diego was where 2011′s conference was going to be, I went online and bought myself a ticket right quick. I even went two days early. I was most looking forward to [...]
My military conference concluded with a keynote speaker. Thirty seconds after he finished, I was in civilian clothes and at the Science Museum of Minnesota to see King Tut’s tomb. And after killing 3 hours with science and sushi, I saw Night Ranger, Foreigner, and Journey. And though I watched from afar, sober and solo, [...]
I signed up for a conference in St Paul, Minnesota, because I needed to perform some more active duty before the end of the fiscal year, and Minnesota is one of five states I hadn’t visited yet. So, now I’m down to four (VT, NH, CT, and RI). After the first day, I walked to [...]
