I got the email halfway through breakfast: “Would you like to join Jim and Marianna for lunch at Aura?” I knew we had a 1pm meeting, but my plan was to eat my big breakfast laid out before me and have lunch after we met, so this curveball threw me for a loop. Then I […]

There was not one club sandwich in all of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. So many sports, no clubs; I was disappointed and hungry. The flight from St. Paul MN to Dallas TX to Jackson WY starting at 4:30am didn’t leave me in the best state. At least we were upgraded on the first flight (thanks to […]

The ride from Guilin to Yangshuo was an easy hour and a half.  A gorgeous hour and a half. An hour and a half that we wished had been slowed by traffic. Sprawling karst formations, lush greenery, bountiful farm land… it was wonderful being in the heart of China’s most beautiful countryside, especially coming from […]

“Beef noodle chicken rice?” the flight attendant asked me on our trip down to Guilin. “Beef noodle” I reluctantly replied and immediately was delivered a steaming tin-foil pan of ground beef slurry over dense, brick like noodles. Yes, I thought, I will wait till we arrive at our western hotel before I eat today. 4 […]