Author Archives: boogkb

Woke to rain and cold and lots of rain. 39°. Reasonable start time at 9:45 and 10 AM. Three levels of hikes offered. Jeff did middle level. Sharon did alleged 4 mile (5.5 on watch). During dinner found out that … Continue reading →

Taxi ride to meeting. Driver, Nigerian, says war only impacts gas prices. His family in Nigeria not much affected as everything there is a total mess: no electricity or water. Corruption. House has ground well and diesel generator. Road Scholar … Continue reading →

Slept until noon again. Maybe jet lag? Walked along the Ring Road over to the Chetham library and pass this interesting place for breakfast, but it’s actually 1:30 in the afternoon Brunchfast included a proper porridge and very bad hair … Continue reading →

The blog was published last night UK time, but for some reason, did not get distributed by email. Jet lag: we slept until almost noon Heat wave continues: Manchester at 70F. If you walk through that archway now, you’ll find … Continue reading →

We start with a few days in Manchester, followed by a hiking trip in the areas pictured, London for a while, the Queen Mary 2 to NYC and onto RI. Easy flight. I rarely watch movies but I wanted to … Continue reading →

We saw a rusted out gardening cart, but there was no signage so I don’t know whether it was art or an abandoned rusted out gardening cart Return visit to chelsea passage, this time to eat chow fun. However, they … Continue reading →

A day of wandering the hood followed by dinner at John’s- a tradition. Wednesday Chores for leaving done and trip to Trinity church to hear their restored organ. A concert. We came to hear this renovation of the organ. Details, … Continue reading →

The village Halloween parade is tonight. We will be seeing it from sixth Avenue not far away. Found a new place we like: a tavala calda. Note the little pumpkin pastry above: almond mousse base (“dirt”), almond cake, chocolate mousse … Continue reading →

When we got to Newark airport, the line to get in through immigration was probably an hour and a half long due to they’re being only one or two immigration desks open. Fortunately, we had global entry. Global entry now … Continue reading →

Early morning departure from the ship for late departure from the airport; there’s lots of time look around HND Modern airport with many shops nicely arranged on the second and third floor.  The airport even has two onsens.  … Continue reading →