The Summit
I am in a very unique place at a near perfect time. Anyone care to guess where?
Eldorado Trail at Deer Creek
This is the best time of the year to visit Northern California – it is the only time that it is green! I couldn’t help taking a cruise past my…
West Coast Disparity
I had a stealth trip to the Tenderloin of San Francisco yesterday to show off a prototype CFRP product we are developing. I got lots of tips on how to…
Leg One – Washington DC to Salt Lake City
I flew comfortably from DC Regan National to Salt Lake City on an antiquated Delta Boeing 757 – fortunately in first class. Amazing how far behind the US Airlines (and…
Air & Road Trip
I lost count of all the trips from the east coast to the west and this likely will be not the last! I put this off a dozen times. I…
One More Frigging Week of Winter and my First Homemade Pizza – Crust & Sauce – Grade: C–
This is remarkably cheap & easy to do at home – but it can’t be done unless you are there two hours before you want to eat (because the dough…
3rd Attempt at Recreating the Sheboygan Hard Roll
For this attempt I upgraded to a real Baker's Half Sheet and a fairly massive Baking Stone to simulate a bakeries’ brick oven. Both helped. The problem is that I…
Low, Low Tide, Still, Glassy Waters and a Warm Fog over the Potomac
Funny how the first sunny 60° day in February feels just so, so glorious, but then the first 60° day in September feels like it’s just plain chilly!