Wed 6TH Feb 2013 Day 3 Tucumcari, NM to Flagstaff, AZ 11 hours – 740 Miles – 2 States NM+AZ The beautiful little bunkhouse that we stayed in last night fast east out across the New Mexican plains towards the rising sun and we wanted to make the most of it. We woke up at 5.30 […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 3"Tues 5TH Feb 2013 Day 2 Springfield, MO to Tucumcari, NM 12 hours – 700 Miles – 4 States MO+OK+TX+NM Day 2 was an early start. We had a long way to cover and didn’t want to be driving in the dark in the middle of nowhere at our destintation, New Mexico. The alarm went […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 2"A friend in need is a friend indeed…and if you get a great road trip out of it as well, that is a bonus. My friend Kristen Studard (K-Stud to her friends and anyone else she can persuade to call her that) told me some months ago that she was going to pack up […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 1"Recently my group of friends was shocked to hear the news that one of our most beautiful among us had been diagnosed with Cancer. The pesky thing, not content with making home in her breast, had decided you get up, wander around and settle in her lungs as well. Despite being confirmed as ‘triple positive’, […]
Read more "The Jackie O Show with Victor & Penny"I have some really funny friends. It is true. And occasionally I get to seem them to great things. At Entertaining Julia at the Town Hall Pub in Chicago the other week my friends Danielle and Tiff Puterbaugh, otherwise known as the Puterbaugh Sisterz, hosted an awesome night of comedy and music. Top of bill […]
Read more "I have funny friends!"My friend Amber knows shopping. She knows shopping in a way that only a woman can know shopping. She knows vintage, trendy, boutique, thrift. She knows shopping in a rails-of-clothes-and-stacks-of-shoes kind of way. The kind of way that means she will never have a closet large enough. Therefore, when I arrived in Nashville, TN a […]
Read more "My New Bow Tie"[Contd. from ‘Boston and Holyoak’] It it is not a long drive from Holyoak to Brooklyn and I made good time. The New York Skyline always takes my breath away a little. Even though I have spent so much time there over the years it is still a sight I enjoy. So much happened in […]
Read more "‘Beer and Back Again’ – The Final Leg – NYC, IL and Hospital!"[Contd. from ‘Motown to Batavia’] I was away from Amy and Daisy’s place early in the morning. I had a 7 hour drive ahead of me to get to Boston. It was boring and uneventful and allowed me to get another chunk of the Game of Thrones audiobook under my belt! I did however pass […]
Read more "‘Beer and Back Again’ – Boston and Holyoak"[Contd. from ‘Motown’] I left the studios and decided to get straight on the road again. After seeing the place where they were recorded I spent the next few hours listening to all my favourite Motown tunes. I had around 300 miles to cover today before I reached my friends’ place in Upstate New York […]
Read more "‘Beer and Back Again’ – Motown to Batavia"[contd from ‘Prologue‘] I was up and on the road early to make the hour-long journey East to Detroit. I have always heard a lot about the city from my friends that once lived there or had been there and I have to say that it has not always been that complimentary. On this trip I […]
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