While in Flagstaff, Arizona, in October 2011, my wife and I wanted to hike a trail, but we didn’t want to drive out to the Grand Canyon — we’d both seen it years ago — and back to our hotel. We didn’t have time. I was attending the annual meetings of the National Association...
We had been in the car all day. We were starving and decided to treat ourselves with a fine meal. We made a fine choice at Cassidy’s House of Prime Rib, located centrally inside the Boomtown Hotel and Casino in Verdi, Nevada. My wife...
On the first two nights of a combo business trip and vacation, we stayed at the Boomtown Hotel and Casino in Verdi, Nevada, just west of Reno. When we pulled into the valet/registration area, there was no one there. At 8 p.m., that seemed...
Kind of hidden just a very short stone’s throw from where Coburg Road begins its rise to go northward over the Ferry Street Bridge and cross the Willamette River,...
One of the main reasons my wife and I took our recent trip, which I’ve detailed in several blog posts in the past three weeks, was to attend the...
After walking an initial lap with friends at the Peninsula Art Fest in Gig Harbor, Washington, we all headed to the Tides Tavern for lunch. This was the second...