by eric | Aug 25, 2025 | Food & Drink, Travel, USA Travel
Lenz Winery We are still members, and we love summer afternoons in their shaded courtyard. Friday, July 11 – A nice day with a breeze coming off vineyard, we brought my parents for a relaxed afternoon tasting. The Rose of Sharon’s were starting to bloom...
by eric | Jul 30, 2025 | International Travel, Noteworthy, Travel
We’ve been lucky enough to visit three of the four tennis Grand slam events: 2008 French Open photos 1, photos 2 2013 Australian Open 2014 US Open Missing from the list is Wimbledon, and we’ve been trying to get tickets for years… well, this April...
by eric | Jul 24, 2025 | International Travel, Travel
Prior to this year we had visited 3 of the 4 tennis Grand slam events; missing from the list was Wimbledon. We’ve been trying to get tickets for a while, entering the Public Ballot 7 of the past 10 years. While we still haven’t won the lottery, this year...
by eric | Jun 26, 2025 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Our original booking had us leaving Kathmandu at 2am, with a 4 hour layover in Doha before continuing on to the US. Not ideal, but workable. A few months later we received an email that our flight from Kathmandu was now leaving at 6pm, meaning we would have a 12 hour...
by eric | Jun 26, 2025 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
We spent two days in Thimphu, the capital city, and home to roughly 1/3 of the population. After a week in quite rural areas it felt a little strange to be in a more developed area again. As we approached the city we stopped to view Simtokha Dzongna across the valley....