Making Human Connections at Home and Away
Being a traveler can be isolating. Sure, you’re out there on the road, interacting with local people in fascinating places…
Tag: culture
Who Says You Can’t Go Back? A Return Trip
“You eat the food here?” That was the question our guest asked. Tad was an American guy we met at…
Lunch at Portland’s Beast with Friends
I write about the philosophy of stealing a day from fate because I believe it is an important part of…
Irish Whiskey Tasting in Midleton, County Cork
There’s a theory (you can look it up and read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers) referred to as the 10,000-hours rule, which…
Two Tales of Dublin
I lost my map of Dublin in the toilet of the restaurant where I ate breakfast. Or maybe I left…
The Time Dublin Gave Me the Cold Shoulder
I have entered an alternative Irish universe called Dublin and I don’t recognize it. At breakfast this morning at O’Malley’s…
County Cork History and Weighing in
My morning began with an early delivery of beer kegs, rolling down the sidewalk to the door of the pub…