Boat Ride on Horsetooth Reservoir – In A Colorado Minute (Week 179)
Just west of Ft. Collins, Colorado, lies Horsetooth Reservoir: the oasis of water, hills, plants, rocks and stunning views of the sky in all conditions. While I had visited the man-made lake (built…
Flushing Meadows World’s Fair (Queens) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 90)
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens hosted the World Fair in 1939/40 and 1964/65 and still features several iconic and slightly extraterrestrial seeming structures left from those fairs. Among the structures at the Flushing…
Good-Bye, New York City – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 196)
The day finally arrived this week: Scott and I (with more fun distraction than help from Whiskey) packed up our apartment in Brooklyn and said our good-byes to our NYC friends and totally…
World Cup 2014 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 216)
The FIFA World Cup 2014 started on June 12th in Brazil. And just in time, Scott and I arrived in Berlin, Germany, to watch and celebrate with friends and strangers all over the…
Horsetooth Mountain – In A Colorado Minute (Week 180)
Overlooking the city of Fort Collins is the distinct Horsetooth Rock atop Horsetooth Mountain in the foothills of the Colorado Front Range. As you see the rock formation from below, the appropriateness of…
San Francisco Bay Area (California) – In Another Minute (Week 233)
The San Francisco Bay Area (or simply, Bay Area) in California consists of the cities San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. And I love it! It’s what I suspected ever since I saw…
Thanksgiving In Brooklyn – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 31)
For the second year in a row we had the most amazing Thanksgiving at Alex’ and David’s apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Thanksgiving was never all that special to me because I didn’t grow…
Pawnee National Grassland – In A Colorado Minute (Week 181)
When you turn your back on the Rocky Mountains in the west and head east from Fort Collins, Colorado, you suddenly find yourself in a completely different landscape: the Pawnee Grassland – a…
