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Excelsior- "Ever Higher." Truddie Reif in New York

New York is a feeling and a place but when you say "I love New York" it's not a feeling, it's a verb-you have to do it!

Excelsior- "Ever Higher." Truddie Reif in New York

New York is a feeling and a place but when you say "I love New York" it's not a feeling, it's a verb-you have to do it!

Baja--Fortunate Sun

Black Elk Speaks

Baja--Fortunate Sun

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Blcak Elk Speaks - The Rain Dance works because the Indians never stop dancing.

Rome Sweet Rome and Monte Carlo

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Rome · Vatican City · Monte Carlo Rome Sweet Rome and Monte Carlo Ancient stone, sacred altitude, Mediterranean glamour and the curriculum that only movement can teach. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir “Ancient Rome is old—I hope I look this good when I am over 1,000 years old. Traveling is an activity, not an accomplishment. Yet the horizon keeps becoming a classroom.” 01 Ordinary World The Seasoned Student The Seasoned Student Standing on the deck of yet another cruise ship, I gazed out at the Mediterranean horizon and realized something profound: I had become a student of the world without ever enrolling in a single class. The gentle sway of the vessel beneath my feet felt familiar now—after sailing on almost every cruise line to nearly every corner of the plane...

Rome Sweet Rome and Monte Carlo

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Rome · Vatican City · Monte Carlo Rome Sweet Rome and Monte Carlo Ancient stone, sacred altitude, Mediterranean glamour and the curriculum that only movement can teach. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir “Ancient Rome is old—I hope I look this good when I am over 1,000 years old. Traveling is an activity, not an accomplishment. Yet the horizon keeps becoming a classroom.” 01 Ordinary World The Seasoned Student The Seasoned Student Standing on the deck of yet another cruise ship, I gazed out at the Mediterranean horizon and realized something profound: I had become a student of the world without ever enrolling in a single class. The gentle sway of the vessel beneath my feet felt familiar now—after sailing on almost every cruise line to nearly every corner of the plane...

Hotel California-Aye, Calypso, the place you've been to...

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Sunshine On My Shoulders, Makes Me Happy - John Denver I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane. Rocky Mountain High, Thank God I'm a Country Boy!

Hotel California-Aye, Calypso, the place you've been to...

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Sunshine On My Shoulders, Makes Me Happy - John Denver I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane. Rocky Mountain High, Thank God I'm a Country Boy!

Mexico Baja California Sur

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So A Blogger walks into a bar...  ¿Hay alguien que hable ingles? Cabo San Lucas locals speak English as a second language. Money is their first one. None of this "Starting Saturday, we will be closed Friday" No Spanglish. No pain in the English. Cabo is very "American". Not too long ago,(1980) going to anywhere else but the USA  meant disappearing from the world. With the cell phone, laptop, and a wireless connection, or ISDN, modem, depending on how wired or tired the particular place I have been in is, the locals are good to go and  so I am. Mexico on the Pacific side reminds me of Los Angeles a lot---the Valley, South Central,  even the South Bay. Just another neighborhood.

Mexico Baja California Sur

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So A Blogger walks into a bar...  ¿Hay alguien que hable ingles? Cabo San Lucas locals speak English as a second language. Money is their first one. None of this "Starting Saturday, we will be closed Friday" No Spanglish. No pain in the English. Cabo is very "American". Not too long ago,(1980) going to anywhere else but the USA  meant disappearing from the world. With the cell phone, laptop, and a wireless connection, or ISDN, modem, depending on how wired or tired the particular place I have been in is, the locals are good to go and  so I am. Mexico on the Pacific side reminds me of Los Angeles a lot---the Valley, South Central,  even the South Bay. Just another neighborhood.

Mexico-Cinderella Liberty

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It's fun to watch my fellow crewmates making the right mistakes--  Think Pretty Woman meets Cinderella Liberty FADE IN: She's 32. She drinks too much. She hustles pool. She's got a 10-year old mulatto son. She's got a different boyfriend every night. She's in trouble. And he's in love. A lonely  sailor falls in love with a hooker, with a heart of gold,  and becomes a surrogate father figure for her  son during an extended liberty due to his passport being lost.

Mexico-Cinderella Liberty

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It's fun to watch my fellow crewmates making the right mistakes--  Think Pretty Woman meets Cinderella Liberty FADE IN: She's 32. She drinks too much. She hustles pool. She's got a 10-year old mulatto son. She's got a different boyfriend every night. She's in trouble. And he's in love. A lonely  sailor falls in love with a hooker, with a heart of gold,  and becomes a surrogate father figure for her  son during an extended liberty due to his passport being lost.

Mexico-Is It Safe? Marathon Man

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Drilling For Facts Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about. Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : Tell me what the "it" refers to. Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Generation RX I took a bite out of the Apple, the forbidden fruit for so long and bought an iPhone. Is that PC? I remember in Starbucks back in Third World America USA , some barista in Santa Monica freaked out when he saw me using a G1 google android in 2OO8. He rolled his eyes and  called me a Republican,( the Daddy Party).  Is that a bad thing?  My English teacher from Comsewogue High School, GW Stroud wrote on my facebook page,  after I went public with my endorsement for ¨Today I voted for Mac¨, advising me to go all the way, buy a Hybrid, get a perscription for medical marajuana an...

Mexico-Is It Safe? Marathon Man

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Drilling For Facts Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about. Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : Tell me what the "it" refers to. Creepy Nazi Dentist : Is it safe? Ed : Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it. Generation RX I took a bite out of the Apple, the forbidden fruit for so long and bought an iPhone. Is that PC? I remember in Starbucks back in Third World America USA , some barista in Santa Monica freaked out when he saw me using a G1 google android in 2OO8. He rolled his eyes and  called me a Republican,( the Daddy Party).  Is that a bad thing?  My English teacher from Comsewogue High School, GW Stroud wrote on my facebook page,  after I went public with my endorsement for ¨Today I voted for Mac¨, advising me to go all the way, buy a Hybrid, get a perscription for medical ...

Mexico Sking Powder

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Snow Patrol The mills of  God grind slowly and fine- It's all powder now. Skiing in powder, say many skiers, is the ultimate ski experience. The feeling of lightness, ease, and grace is incomparable. No this is not Mexico  but Norway.

Mexico Sking Powder

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Snow Patrol The mills of  God grind slowly and fine- It's all powder now. Skiing in powder, say many skiers, is the ultimate ski experience. The feeling of lightness, ease, and grace is incomparable. No this is not Mexico  but Norway.

Cabo-Afternoon Cowboy

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Cabo San Lucas · Mexico · Same Hat, Different Day The Elixir Cabo-LG: Life Is Still Good Dylan, ageing backwards, guacamole revelation, and the Pacific-side reminder that growing old is mandatory but growing up remains optional. See Full Image Cabo San Lucas Mexico Watchtower Life Is Good The Elixir Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir “There must be some kind of way out of here,” I wrote last year. Apparently not. “Said the joker to the thief.” All Along the Watchtower has always carried Dylan’s audacity at manipulating chronological time. At the conclusion of the last verse, it is as if the song begins again and the power of myth returns. My own ageing is regressive these days, not progressive. I am the Bob Dylan of the fifty-somethings. Growing old is not optional. Growing up is. Field Signal Same Hat, Different Day Return travel is not repetition when the traveller has changed. The Journey Equation Memory + Return + Mischief = Li...

Cabo-Afternoon Cowboy

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Cabo San Lucas · Mexico · Same Hat, Different Day The Elixir Cabo-LG: Life Is Still Good Dylan, ageing backwards, guacamole revelation, and the Pacific-side reminder that growing old is mandatory but growing up remains optional. See Full Image Cabo San Lucas Mexico Watchtower Life Is Good The Elixir Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir “There must be some kind of way out of here,” I wrote last year. Apparently not. “Said the joker to the thief.” All Along the Watchtower has always carried Dylan’s audacity at manipulating chronological time. At the conclusion of the last verse, it is as if the song begins again and the power of myth returns. My own ageing is regressive these days, not progressive. I am the Bob Dylan of the fifty-somethings. Growing old is not optional. Growing up is. Field Signal Same Hat, Different Day Return travel is not repetition when the traveller has changed. The Journey Equation Memory + Return + Mischief = Li...

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