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Category: Travel

The rappel tower

Posted on April 2, 2017April 4, 2017 by Clay

(Warning: Contains coarse language.) Heights have never bothered me very much. As a child, whenever my family would visit tourist attractions involving high…

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New Year’s Eve

Posted on January 2, 2017March 26, 2017 by Clay

Crowds of people are not my idea of a good time. I like my space and I don’t like noise. Crowds of drunk…

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Roadside discomfort

Posted on October 16, 2016March 20, 2017 by Clay

The worst roadside restroom I ever visited was in northwest Indiana. It was 1989 and a friend and I were on a late-night…

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Regarding melted cheese

Posted on September 25, 2016March 21, 2017 by Clay

When asked what my last meal would be if I knew I would die soon, I generally name lamb, raspberries and pears. The…

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At a fish restaurant

Posted on May 24, 2016March 20, 2017 by Clay

There is a restaurant in Paris that I like very much. Truth be told, there are a dozen or more restaurants in Paris…

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Remembering a special Good Friday

Posted on March 25, 2016March 20, 2017 by Clay

Three years ago I was living in Fitou in France during a period of decompression and introspection. The preceding autumn had been just…

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Dining alone

Posted on November 25, 2015March 20, 2017 by Clay

During one summer in the 80s I had a week’s vacation from my job selling shoes at Marshall Field’s, and after considering places…

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The first time I visited Toronto

Posted on October 24, 2015March 20, 2017 by Clay

I was 25 when I took my first vacation by myself. I lived in Chicago at the time and thought it would be…

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More travel rants

Posted on December 21, 2014March 25, 2017 by Clay

(Caution: contains coarse language.) In a previous edition we addressed situations in which travelers — aboard trains and airplanes, in cars and trucks,…

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Chicken fried steak and food in general

Posted on November 24, 2014March 25, 2017 by Clay

Food really gets me going. I enjoy eating it, cooking it, planning ways I will cook it, shopping for things I need to…

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