The glories of an English Pub! This shot looks Dickensian in its darkness and shadow. You can almost feel Jack the Ripper stalking about the place….Pubs have changed a lot in the last few years
Canada
Canada —
Category Archives: Canada
Marketing Wisdom
I am about leave the dust of my homeland behind me….but wait…there’s more! More sayings of wisdom as I lope down towards the plane door…I am surrounded by marketing wisdom
London
Aahhhh the streets of London. Most of us walk around either looking down or straight ahead. For those who like buildings, UP is where it’s AT! I caught this fabulous mix of London homes as I
Fair Trade
Here is a sign of the times…a poster for “Fair Trade”…as I understand “Fair Trade” it is a “for profit” organization set up to make sure the lowest
When No Means Yes
As you will know if you read this blog regularly my New Year’s resolution this year was to spend 30 minutes a day teaching myself Czech (when I am in England). Well I thought I’d better give you an update,
Some True Facts* About America’s Railroads
For most of last year, I was working on the new edition of a book I wrote in the late 90s about train travel in North America. As you can imagine, there was a helluva lot of updating to do. In the course
Wahoo fishing at Matava, Kadavu Fiji Islands
Cool!
“Bite Me”
Matava Resort
Kadavu
Fiji Islands
www.matava.com
Czechoslovakian Folk Dance Book
I was browsing in a second-hand bookshop in England (as is my wont) when I came across a wonderful little book on Czechoslovakian folk dance. Not only does it contain some lovely colour plates of dancers
Coppers
I have always heard it said that it used to be a rule that Policeman had to be six feet tall. Then it became difficult to recruit nothing but six footers, so a tall helmet was introduced to make “Coppers”
This One Is Really Hard to Believe!
I have written here on several occasions about the idiots who drive around the gates trying to beat trains at grade crossings. Here’s another one … but with a twist.
Yesterday, in Detroit, a fire truck