I spent the better part of this evening in Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners. Tonight was the first of three games I’ll be attending between the Mariners and...

When my daughter, Ilima, was about 10, we took a memorable trip   that combined train travel and my other passion —some say it’s an obsession – with the Boston...

I’m in Seattle now, to see three games between the Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners and to enjoy this marvelous city (as long as it’s not raining, which, according...

I’ll be away from home for the next eight days. First stop: Oakland, California, to see the Red Sox and the A’s in three games. Then overnight on Amtrak’s Coast...