Steve (DOS) and I spend a nice Spring weekend afternoon in Milwaukee taking a brewery tour, and yes as the title says, it was by land this time, as opposed to a boat tour. We took a boat brewery river…
Day Three of Wine Touring and Lunch at VIK!
Today was our third and last day of wine touring thru the beautiful Chilean wine country. Like on previous days, we had a full breakfast at the hotel, which is especially important if you’ll be tasting wines most of the…
Happy Chinese New Year!
Yes, we celebrated the 2018 Chinese New Year in style in Singapore! In my last post I wrote about our day 1 private tour with Su Ling of Hello Singapore Tours, and now I’m continuing this post on Day…
Happy Thanksgiving 2017!
It’s Thanksgiving (as always) I’m celebrating with the family in Roanoke, VA. It’s a bit bittersweet this year unfortunately as both of my parents are in the nearby rehab center due to falls they had recently. My brother Andy and…
September week in Roanoke
We’re back home in Orlando now, after a busy week in Roanoke. We were in Roanoke, Virginia for a week visiting my family, and assisting my 84 year old parents. My Dad had a terrible fall, and is currently recovering…
Weekend in Roanoke visiting Family
On Friday afternoon I finished up my work-week in Chicago, and flew nonstop to Roanoke on a United Express jet. It was a nice flight, and quick too at just under two hours. So quick in fact we arrived 25…
Birthday week: Steve UNO turns 55!
Well, I turned the double nickel this week; another year older and another birthday out of town for work. I actually had a very good week away as I worked in rural Central Pennsylvania, not far from the Pennsylvania…
Riedel me this?
No, this is not a riddle from one of my favorite childhood movies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory. In the movie the Oompas sing a similar song with a riddle throughout the movie when one of the kids misbehaves. …
Last Business trip of 2016
Oh the joy of travel delays! What started off as a good business trip (and the last one for work this year), was tarnished by a lengthy delay in DFW Airport. I’m writing this from the plane, where I’ve been…
Lining up for the iPhone 7 Plus
This week I worked from home, which was nice as I was a bit worn out from the wonderful trip we had in Chile touring the wineries. Having a week break from work travels allowed me to catch up a…