Virginia Civil War bike tour in October Back on the East Coast, my uncle, Louis Oberdorfer, his daughter Kathryn and her husband Joel and I set off for a week’s tour of Civil War sites in Virginia accompanied by 4 fancy bikes, a bike guide named Mike and his sagwagon helper, a history teacher named […]
California in September I first flew to San Francisco where my friend Mike O’Reilly met me. Mike lives in San Jose and is retired from Hewlett Packard. After retiring, he had the same idea that I did – get on a plane and travel. We met earlier in the year in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He […]
Saturday, March 25 My friend Lily and I explored downtown Seattle. It’s an international port city with a famous space needle and fun market along the waterfront. We happened to catch a Rhythm Festival at the Seattle Center. All the hippy dippies came out to drum and dance. It reminded me a bit of college. […]
Sunday, March 19 I have decided that if you have to change planes in a city, you might as well stop off and enjoy it. So I had lunch in Chicago with an old friend and went to visit the Chicago Institute of Fine Art. I have never seen such an enormous collection of impressionists […]
Saturday, March 18 I spent the day with my sister, Tanya who looked so great and full of life. It was really wonderful to see her. She decorated my suitcase for me – now I wont miss it in the airports and no one will dare steal it! Tanya’s work of art!
I stay with my godmother for the first 3 days. Her name is Mary Yates Wallace and I was named after her. Imitation is the ultimate form of flattery. One always hears that New York is such a happening place. Well, I hadn’t been in town for 24 hours when I shook hands with a […]