Sure, the view of Hong Kong from the bay is killer. But I've missed the discoveries I used to make wandering around spots like Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui, and the paths less investigated or traveled. Man Longs to Meander: Missing Hong Kong Locked inside during a January storm, with actual air temperatures cratering... Continue Reading →
Give me a clear patch of sky and a moderately-clear spot in the snow and I'll be bundled up and out with my scope. Here are the tools I consult to plan even the most spontaneous nights of observing. Tools of the Trade: Weather, Dark Sites & More By the time my family unwrapped our... Continue Reading →
What can you learn from a spin through your great-great grandparents' hometown, and a stop in the local historical society museum? Plenty. In this case, even though Thomas Morgan's namesake hotel hasn't stood on the corner of Chartiers and Main streets for 50 or more years, there just happened to be a scale model of... Continue Reading →
It's a lot harder to get lost on a run when the course is laid out for you and you're chasing people -- and they're chasing you. Plotting your own run in a new location? A tad trickier. Whoops -- I Did it Again I have an odd running habit. No, not the fact I... Continue Reading →
In Praise of the Rosewood Hong Kong, Champion of Hotel Luxury Throughout the United States, and around the world, many of us are nearing the end of a second week of social isolation. My world has narrowed to the walls of my house, maybe the walking perimeter of my neighborhood, and my commute is as... Continue Reading →
Hotel Room Design Flaws - Travelin' Dad My phone is a collection of photos I'm sometimes at a loss to interpret, later. There are the inevitable watch pics. I know, I know. But anyone into the hobby can tell you there's a place -- typically on Reddit -- for the elegant wrist roll, even whole... Continue Reading →
This was the beginning of a 4+ hour delay with a view: watching the mechanic disassemble the engine cover ... and keep disassembling ... was the visual cue I needed to change my flight. Yes, There’s an App for That - Dad About Town It was a perfect, clear-blue, sunny Saturday, tailor-made for taking to... Continue Reading →
Fine morning for a walking commute from the Tower Bridge, London. Sunshine on the Thames - Dad About TownIn my job I am blessed to be able to spend a few days or, at times, a week or more working from locales considerably far flung from my usual Midwestern town commute. As travel restrictions tighten... Continue Reading →
Dadding with Distinction: Drawn & Caricatured I'd guess, for most parents, to our kids we're merely caricatures of our real selves, anyway. But that's mostly true of the myriad glimpses different people get of us as we rotate through various circles: work, church, after-school activities, the neighborhood, and not to mention (but I just did)Â social... Continue Reading →
Lazy (Extra) Days in Nashville - Dad About Town After an early career as a journalist that afforded me titillating glimpses of the wilder parts of Sandusky, Ohio (the North Coast!!!) and the Chicago suburbs (Naperville! Downers Grove! Wheaton! Bolingbrook!!!!!!!!!) -- I've been blessed to upgrade from that scintillating travelogue to the farflung locales the... Continue Reading →
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