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Decadence: Wine Tasting in Las Vegas

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Throughout most of my adult life, I've lived relatively frugally.  I don't indulge very often in expensive habits…Skiing is one.  So it is pure decadent indulgence to fly down to Las Vegas for the Wine Spectator magazine's annual gourmet wine tasting.  Indeed, this was a new life experience for me.  I have my good friend Jeff to thank for the invitation and encouraging me to accompany him.

Making Music in Mumbai

Mumbai 2024 Blog #2

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INDIA VISIT OVERVIEW

Susan and I have completed one month of our seven-week visit to Mumbai, India.  This is the longest time that Susan will have ever spent in India.  In my approximately fifteen visits to India over the years, I generally stayed for around a month and twice for two months.  As a result of these many visits, we have many friends here, most of whom are musicians or music lovers.  Our goal for this seven-week stay was to enjoy our friends and the great food while playing as much music as possible.

Life Aboard the Viking Star

February 2022

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Several blog readers have requested a description of our cruise life. 

Jordan: Wadi Rum & Handicraft Photos

World Cruise, April 2022

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Wadi Rum is the landscape used in the hit movie The Martian (starring Matt Damon) and countless other movies.

What it means to be really poor in India...

February, 2015

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It’s often said that India is a land of contrasts, which I am happy to confirm and illustrate. India has some of the world’s richest people and many of the poorest. It has luxurious high-rise apartment buildings, surrounded by the huts and hovels in which the servants, maids, drivers, cooks, and workmen live who take care of their richer neighbors.

Jordan: Amman and Petra

June 2012

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We left our group tour in Turkey to begin a private tour in Jordan, via a two-hour flight from Istanbul to Amman.  As expected, there was a gentleman holding a sign with our names as soon as we entered the Amman airport immigration hall.  After purchasing a visa, changing some money, having our passports stamped, and collecting our luggage, we were introduced to our driver, Mazen, who would be our companion throughout our travels during our short four-day sojourn in Jordan. . .