Redlights and Redeyes

Been busy as of late…just nothing I can share.  Yet. Here’s something I snagged the other day at a barbershop while working on a completely unrelated story in Newtown – which has some rich history locally and is a constant reminder of the segregation that existed here.  Easy to forget when driving along the parade of [...]

I got a few requests to see the layout of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter pictures for The New York Times Travel piece the other day…so here you go. Nice little 7 column photo inside over a truk, plus a 6 column on the front.  So nice to see papers commit themselves to good [...]

I learned a few things today. 1.  You can, in fact, use Bud Light cans as antenna decor. 2.  Mud that smells like cow crap, probably isn’t just mud.           Crap. 3.  The bigger the truck, the more you have right-of-way. 4.  Aaaaaaaooooooo’s are loudly directed your way if you have [...]

I don’t even know what a Hippogriff is, let alone a Hogwart.  All I know is I don’t want to wake up with either on my skin. I do know that Harry Potter is HUGE with my daughter.  Convincing her that a 2-day Travel assignment for The New York Times (article here) to a sneak peek [...]