Our chilly walk around Harlem took us past this sacred spot. Ella won amateur night here in 1934.
Category: Americas
Valentine Chocolate
Gasped at the “chocolat” prices, then headed over to Macy’s for American chocolates. My Valentine flies in today.
Midtown Manhattan at Night
View from my Midtown Manhattan room. Arrived at Penn Station this evening, almost 1,400 miles into my train journey.
Breakfast Rooms
A family sits around a breakfast table in a Cleveland Holiday Inn Express talking about family things. The teenager shrugs as Mom announces she’s going to redecorate his bedroom. The conversation pauses for a basketball segment on the local Fox affiliate. A rack of USA Todays announces the next war. I can’t say Americans are… Continue reading Breakfast Rooms
Breakfast, War, and Rock and Roll
Posted from this downtown Cleveland Holiday Inn Express. Breakfast, war, and rock and roll.
Cleveland, 2:05 a.m.
2:05 a.m., Cleveland. 20-minute walk to my hotel along empty streets.
Tiffany Dome
Explored Tiffany art glass, including this dome at a Chicago Macy’s. (I’m looking up, 6 floors below the dome.)
Iron Road to Gotham
This week I head slowly to New York City by Amtrak. In Life, Phase 3, you don’t have to rush or be perturbed by inevitable delays. Each night I’ll be in a hotel rather than a train, which gives me a chance to go walkabout in Chicago and Cleveland. My partner will join my in… Continue reading Iron Road to Gotham
A Free Hotel Night
A contrite email: “We overbooked, we pay for a 4-star hotel.” (My hotel tonight: Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton, $0.00.)
USA, Aruba, Japan 2015
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