Years ago, before I moved to Hawaii, I was working in Hartford, Connecticut. One of my co-workers was a woman I remember quite clearly because she had no interest whatsoever...
I’m staying at the Hotel Provincial here in New Orleans. It’s located in the French Quarter on Chartres Street (pronounced shar-TREZZ by the locals). Angeline, the restaurant next door to...
When I’m on a long train ride, I enjoy the passing scenery, meeting and chatting with other passengers, and catching up on my reading. And sometimes I take a scanner...
Amtrak’s long-distance system is—let’s face it—bare bones. For quite some time—for years, in fact—organizations like the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) have been pressing Amtrak to increase frequencies on...