Good Pix of Madison

In the Summer of ’09, we all went on a Segway Tour of San Francisco … which I can heartily recommend.  We spent 30 or 40 minutes being thoroughly trained (it’s easy!) … and then we went out in the Fisherman’s wharf area … where cars are moving very slowly owing to the foot traffic….

San Francisco has recently created a walking tour of the downtown area, the Barbary Coast Trail ™, bringing tourists and others face to face with the history of our town. It was modeled on Boston’s Freedom Trail, and gives the adventurous pedestrian an efficient and annotated path thru areas where the Gold Rush started, where…

Debi and I headed over to Frye’s to pick up a new computer to replace her aging laptop. As we got out of the car to walk into the store, we stopped for a moment to contemplate the Silicon Valley sunset.

We just came to terms with the seller of a condo on the eastern coast of Kauai.   Closing in mid-June. It’s a wonderful location, right in the middle of a park.  This picture doesn’t show the new Kauai Path that runs along the shoreline.  The beaches are amazingly white and nearly deserted.  Just north…

I watched the movie, Secretariat, last night. It was OK. Only OK. Watching the actual horse Secretariat, when he was running in 1973, was much better. This ESPN show from a decade ago really captures the story (in 5 short segments on YouTube). Interviews with all the players — owner, trainer, jockey, others — and…