Steve (DOS) and I have been staying in the Hyatt Regency Tokyo for a few days, which is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. We are going on a cruise in a few days, and have limited time to…


Steve (DOS) and I have been staying in the Hyatt Regency Tokyo for a few days, which is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. We are going on a cruise in a few days, and have limited time to…

Well on my last quick post I said I wouldn’t have much time to post today due to our tour of Tokyo. Well I guess I jinxed myself by saying that, as our scheduled 10am tour by Viator was a…

A few years ago I held a subscription to Cruise Travel magazine for over 25 years, starting shortly after my first cruise on the tiny Bahamas Cruise Line’s Veracruz, which got me hooked on cruising for life. While unfortunately Cruise Travel…

We checked out of our hotel in Charleston, South Carolina on Friday morning, and next headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, where we stayed for one night. Our ultimate destination on this 3 week trip is to stay in Roanoke, Virginia…

Now that Spring is in the air, that means it’s time for the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. We had some friends visiting from out of town, so we stayed at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista Palace on Saturday night…

On Sunday we slept in a bit at our Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. As our flight wasn’t until 4pm, we requested (and were granted) a 2pm checkout which was nice, as we didn’t have to store our luggage.…

This summer Dos and I have been doing a few mini getaways; basically just overnight or weekend ‘staycations’ close to home. While I travel most weeks for work and it can be hectic, the weekend getaways are quite relaxing by…

I’m home for the next couple weeks, so I decided to organize my back office closet, which I’ve neglected for years. I store some of my winter clothes there, boxes of old paperwork I need to sort out and probably…