Like other digital mouth-breathers, I instinctively pull out my phone if I’m in line at the supermarket or in a doctor’s waiting room. I even grab my phone and start scrolling when I’m stopped at a red light.
Like other digital mouth-breathers, I instinctively pull out my phone if I’m in line at the supermarket or in a doctor’s waiting room. I even grab my phone and start scrolling when I’m stopped at a red light.
Spare me any lectures about the vulgarities of the current president. I’m old enough to remember when President Clinton was getting blow jobs from an intern in the Oval Office. Yet people still lined up to be photographed with him and to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.
There were two places I wasn’t sure I wanted to visit while in Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum and Hỏa Lò Prison - the Hanoi Hilton. In the end I went to both.
I know the International Dateline exists to avoid confusion, but flying back in time has muddled my jet-lagged brain.
Vietnam is famous for its sidewalk cuisine, thanks in part to the late Anthony Bourdain who pronounced it some of his favorite food in the world and did an episode of “Parts Unknown” from Hanoi.
As we pedaled toward the boat launch after five hours on bikes, I remarked to one of our guides that the Vietnamese people seem very industrious.
“Yes,” he agreed, “They work very hard.”
Hold the Easter cards and presents. A flock of Peeps and a solid chocolate bunny are all anyone needs this weekend.
There are roughly 7.8 million people living in Vietnam’s capital and it seems every single one of them is roaring around town on a motor scooter. (Actually, the best estimate is that there are 4 million scooters in the city. That seems low to me.)
We all complain about the state of commercial air travel. But it beats a slow boat to China. Or Vietnam.
Is there a downside to buying deeply discounted airline tickets for a marathon flight? You bet there is.
As I sat in that church pew, in my black dress, I resolved to accept every wedding invitation.
This is good news. A reminder that cold case detectives never give up.
Somewhere along the way, since my days in support hose and a white uniform, a good tip increased from 15% to 20% even as the price of a meal soared.
The video was a tad pathetic. An old-time Democrat, a perennial bridesmaid, looking for his last hurrah.
Pay as little in taxes as is legally possible. It’s the American way.
For some reason, “The Highwaymen” has gotten under the skin of film critics who have called it “odious and dimwitted,” “vengeful, murderous” and “politically terrifying.”
Pharrell Williams has put his heart, soul and reputation into helping Virginia Beach change the last weekend in April from a fiasco to a festival.