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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We arrived at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium about 7:30pm. 16 of us: 13 professionals, 2 curious bloggers, and me. Our guide led us on a tour and told us about the various horrific events that occurred on each of the 5 floors we’d be exploring all night, so that the […]
