Traveling Tips

Many aspects of planning a Paris getaway are a lot of fun. From selecting hotels to mapping out the places you absolutely must see while you’re there, you’re sure to relish a lot of the steps that you take to prepare for your adventure. Other steps may not be as much fun, but they’re often […]

The fear of flying isn’t uncommon, around 20$ of us are affected by acrophobia to some degree. It’s a phobia causing fear and panic, and in extreme cases nausea at the mere mention of aviation travel. In the past this wasn’t a big issue, but with a shrinking world, most will use an airplane to […]

Reading an old Time report (in a waiting room, they need to update their reading material!) that Mexican drug traffickers are using American national parks and forests for marijuana plantations. Reading the piece shed light on a mystery that has intrigued me since 1994. On November 2 of that year, my wife, Cathy, and I […]

Let me tell you what happened to me in Amsterdam the other day. I drive there from my home in the southern Netherlands, near Maastricht, for my interview at 11. I get there at 10 and park in a huge lot, nearly empty. From my film can I dump out all the eligible euro muntjes […]