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Travel, Travel Tips

Have eReaders, Tablets, Etc Made Travelling Easier?

I travel a lot – for work, for pleasure, for family, and because my wife says I need to visit the in-laws once a year (sigh).  I’m also a book and magazine nerd / hoarder making travel a dredge.  I constantly over pack.  I dread the thought of being stranded for hours in an airport with nothing to peruse but the overpriced options at Hudson Booksellers or sitting through slow breakfast service…

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Eating, Food, Travel

Eating My Way Through My Hometown

WARNING!!!  If your New Year’s Resolution is to lose weight, then you probably don’t want to read this post.  But, if you have the will-power of a vegan at a Brazilian steakhouse, or don’t mind gaining a few pounds from the words alone, then you should be alright. I swear, every time I visit my hometown of Niles, Ohio (smack dab between Youngstown and Warren) I gain at least five pounds.  This…

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Blogging, Travel

A Refresh for 2013

My blog sucks.  WordPress made me well aware of this fact when they sent out the Your 2012 in Blogging email.  Like a dog getting spanked with a newspaper after shitting on the floor only to then have his nose rubbed in the shit like he didn’t know why his ass just got beat (he knew), I was reminded how abysmal my readership is. I had 7,700 hits in the past year…

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Charlotte, Travel

Whitewater Center Thursday Night Riverjam

Upon moving to Charlotte six years ago, we quickly learned that Thursday nights were for live outdoor music.  Back then, it was Alive After Five at Wachovia Plaza where a mesh of young bankers would gather on hot summer nights; men still dressed in their blue button downs and women in their almost workplace inappropriate black skirts each with ice cold domestics in hand to a background of live cover music.  For…

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