Piatt Castles

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Last weekend Amanda and I drove to Dayton for a nice visit with mom, dad and my cousin Lisa who we only see every eight years or so it seems. We planned our way home via one of the many castle-like structures that are scattered around Ohio. Mac-A-Chee and Mac-A-Cheek are within [...]

Flying Hotel

This is pretty cool. I always thought blimp travel was romantic and old school. Up there with dining cars on trains.
It would be neat if this was a sort of posh, throw back to turn of the century travel where you had no choice but to dress for supper. I’m [...]

Rail Fanning Home

Last year I drove back from North Carolina to Cleveland with a friend of mine who is huge rail fanatic (Rail Fans as they’re known, though “fan” probably means “fan”, not “fanatic.”)

Though I made fun him most of the drive back, and though it took 17 hours to get home instead of [...]

Hotel Dominion 1912

Amanda and I chose very well, apparently when we went to Quebec City for her birthday last year. A bit extravagant for a long weekend, but we’d never taken a proper vacation together. I see the draw, now!
It was Amanda’s birthday and I wanted it to be a complete surprise. I [...]

Bonjour du Quebec

I can write about it now since the surprise has been sprung. Amanda and I are in Old Quebec City for her Birthday weekend. The weather has been perfect so far and we’re just resting a bit after a looooong day of walking and site seeing. We shopped a bit and went [...]