23 January 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Colombian High Society

Colombian High Society

This is the tale of how I attended a private party at a Colombian city’s most exclusive country club during the city’s busiest time of the year. This was no ordinary party, though. In attendance were dozens of international beauty pageant contestants, comandantes, national TV stars, and executives. Oh, and me hehe. During the Feria [...]

22 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Luxury on the Balearic for a Fistful of Pounds

Luxury on the Balearic for a Fistful of Pounds

Since the global recession began in 2008, I’ve upgraded to strictly luxury holidays. Most people have cut back. I’ve put on the Ritz, at least twice a year, for the last few years. I’m sorry if your retirement account lost money over the past few years. We were most likely on the other side of [...]

21 January 2011 ~ 3 Comments

London Calls Me, and I Answer

London Calls Me, and I Answer

Readers, I must confess something to you: I love British food. I know that every world traveler is supposed to pooh-pooh British cuisine as bland and boring. I’ve just never found that to be the case. I’m fond of meat pies. Some people get squeamish when they even think about eating kidneys. My mouth just [...]

19 January 2011 ~ 6 Comments

Food Review: Colombia

Food Review: Colombia

A few years back my aunt and uncle were excited to take me out to dinner. They chose a nice Mexican restaurant they thought would be the perfect place since it would be like the food from my past trips to Colombia. Of course the only similarity between Mexican and Colombian food is that the [...]

18 January 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Betting and Baby Back Ribs At Super Bowl XLV

Betting and Baby Back Ribs At Super Bowl XLV

The Super Bowl is always an event at my household among my friends. Ordinarily, we gather ’round my 60-inch flat screen TV, drink cheap beer, and eat heaping plates of nachos from our favorite local Mexican restaurant. Not this year, though: we’re headed down to Texas for Super Bowl XLV. Right now, I have no [...]

18 January 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Internet Chatter

Internet Chatter

Recently more people have taken notice of this site and I think that’s a pretty great thing. People care enough about what I am doing to read what I write. For instance, in the past 31 days 85 people have come to this website after searching for my full name on a search engine. My [...]

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