7 Quick Takes Comes to Booked

Since all of my takes seemed travel related this week…I thought I would do this thing over here… — 1 — Yes, we are travelling this week.  It’s not exactly the most relaxing journey I’ve ever taken in my life.  I was talking to my neighbor on Sunday.  He noted the unfailing signal that we [...]

Me & I-85

…know each other quite well now.  Now that I’ve driven up and down it for about 20 hours total over the past couple of days. The first stage was a brief leg on Saturday, which involved a stop in one of my favorite downtown areas: Greenville, South Carolina. I was traveling with my daughter,  who’d [...]

Colonial Williamsburg

        We recently spent a few days in Williamsburg. It was the first time I’d spend any actual sightseeing time in the area, and I was (as usual) alternatively impressed and bemused. Impressed, first, because that part of Virginia is really beautiful and so meticulously maintained. The “Historic Triangle” of Williamsburg, Jamestown [...]