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A Local’s Guide to Saratoga Springs

The great ocean road is home to the kind of stuff you see in Google images and always wish you could visit one day. Twelve Apostles, Koalas, Kangaroos, surf towns, Bells Beach and Point Break or cowabunga Keanu. Living so close to such a beautiful area, most weekends regadless of the season I usually am…

Celebrate the Summer Solstice: New York

Paris has its lights, Rome its crooked alleys, London its misty Thames. But nowhere is as breathlessly romantic as New York City. You can’t put a price on love, so mix in some splurges alongside simpler pleasures. Overlooking the Hudson and also the New Jersey Palisades, Wave Hill may be a public inexperienced area and cultural…

Lend Me Your Ears: Bedroom Producer

As a teenager, Rechtshaid set up a small studio in his parents’ garage, and started recording and producing friends’ bands. One of his first public releases was by the rapper Murs, a friend from high school. Yes, I used a machine to record. when a naked man’s chasing a woman through an alley with a…

Ideas from a Working Garage: Brother Moto

I spend a lot of time in the garage. In fact I’ve spent a lot of time in it since 1991. When we were finally ready to buy a house, my wife wanted her own good sized kitchen and I wanted a two car garage. If we got that, we’d both be happy! Truth be…

Dancing City — All In London Today’s To Do

Enjoy full performances and bite sized al fresco dance treats from some of the very best London and international dance companies and artists in a week dedicated to dance at Canary Wharf – from ballet, street dance, contemporary, circus and more. The area stretches roughly from Park Lane within the west to Kingsway within the…

Capturing The Pacific Coast: Seattle Cycling

If you’ve been on a path in a urban center, you’ve most likely seen my cycle tire marks there. The last few weeks of cycling have been fun, and I end visits with a fire and hot low to heat up in my rain-soaked boot. “I didn’t know what I was doing, so I made…

Summer at the Lake: The Walloon Lake

These days, motorboats outnumber sailboats and the lake is battling the invasive zebra and quagga mussels and always wish you could visit one day. Twelve Apostles, Koalas, Kangaroos, surf towns, Bells Beach. Living so close to such a beautiful area, most weekends regadless of the season I usually am having a drive down the coast…