Walked around a place smelling of lush tropical vegetation and aviation fuel. Airside at Honolulu HNL.
Category: Americas
Kauai 2019
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We All Win
Walked through “Little Mogadishu” (the Cedar Riverside neighborhood) on my way to buy groceries. As with earlier immigrant groups, the Minneapolis economy benefits from Somalis working hard for better lives for themselves and their families. We all win.
Hennepin Medical History Center
“Discovered” the Hennepin Medical History Center hidden in a basement of Hennepin County Medical Center
An Atlas Obscura Walk in Chicago
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An Atlas Obscura Walk in Chicago
Guide books often funnel people to over-loved places. Atlas Obscura, “the definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders,” is a good resource to locate uncrowded, off-beat places to spice up a walk. The information is crowd-sourced, so it needs to be treated with caution. For example, a “machine gun nest” near our home is simply… Continue reading An Atlas Obscura Walk in Chicago
Michelle and Barack’s First Kiss
Walked in search of history, including the site of the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction (1942), a 2.5 ton cosmic ray detector that flew on space shuttle Challenger (1985), rotting in an alley, and the site of Michelle and Barack Obama’s first kiss.
An All-Expense-Spared Trip
Posted An All-Expense-Spared Trip to Chicago.
An All-Expense-Spared Trip to Chicago
On Sunday I submitted my 2018 tax return. I’m eagerly awaiting a $2 refund from the Feds. The tax refund got me into a parsimonious frame of mind. I decided to assemble an inexpensive trip. Incentives for a cheap trip The stars were in alignment: An email from Hyatt Hotels warned me that a bunch… Continue reading An All-Expense-Spared Trip to Chicago
Chicago 2019
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