Sometimes, fooling around with a serious hobby is all anyone needs. You don’t have to be able to afford great toys but it doesn’t get in the way, either. Try this: I spent the past weekend with a lovely...
BIG TIME RETIREMENT HOBBY PART II
Those of you who do not happen to have 60 foot yachts may be amused by this follow up. I went all the way to Bermuda to sail on this guy’s huge boat. On arrival, learned that the boat...
TRAVEL…MORE CONSEQUENCES
Flying across the country and back is like being in bed for a couple of days…you’re whacked when you get back. I just went to San Francisco for the weekend (to see my former wife Joan turn 70 up...
NICE BIKES
I went to my friend, Michael’s, bike store in Millerton N.Y. yesterday to look for a good bike for a pal who’s riding an old beater. I am meeting his train at noon today and dragging him straight to...
HARRY’S SEROTTA BIKE FITTING
This blog is just for bike nuts. Harry and I spent a happy two hours yesterday while he got "fitted" for his new all-titanium Serotta. Part of it was like a college entrance interview…lots of questions about how you...
DOWN IN BERMUDA
This comes under the broad heading of "Whining In Paradies" but I had to make a two-day/one-night, business trip to Bermuda over this weekend. Had to. And the trip raised, in a more pleasing context, the endless question of how...