New Jersey

Dallas, Texas

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Decatur, Illinois - Week 4

Decatur, Illinois - Week 3

Decatur, Illinois - Week 2

work 2

work

Decatur, Illinois - Week 1

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Boston, Massachusetts

Columbus, Ohio

New York City

The view from work this past week…
The view from my hotel room on the right. Fell asleep looking at the Statue of Liberty every night…
 

Anthony Bourdain on the end of No Reservations

A great piece. Makes me want to pack a bag. Now. This second.

New York City

New York, New York

Truth be told, most places I'm sent for work are ass. But every once and a while... That is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from my hotel room.
 

WTC, from the bar...
 

…Let’s see, last year saw London, Rome, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Monte Carlo, Livorno/Pisa, Gibraltar, Greensboro, McLean (VA), Syracuse, worked in Boston twice and drove from San Francisco to L.A. to Las Vegas. 

I start the year in New York City. I’m there for a week starting Wednesday. I’d like to spend a few weeks in Paris, but I’m not sure the budget will allow it. Same story with the Amalfi Coast. I’d like to roam around the mountains out west somewhere, go hiking, find a ridiculous old railway hotel, maybe? Montana? A train trip somewhere appeals to me. One of these, maybe? Could always fly over to see a Chelsea match?  I’ll probably be in Boston in March for a wedding. I’d like to spend more time in New York City. And, work is sure to send me to at least three or four paces this coming year.

Wonder where I'll end up? 

Anthony Bourdain and The Layover

Whether he's showing me one of, if not THE greatest bar in the world, Li Po in Chinatown, San Francisco, or THE greatest hotel, Chateau Marmont in L.A., or, just showing off my hometown, Chicago, there is no better guide than Anthony Bourdain, and few television shows better than, The Layover.

I travel A LOT, both for business and for pleasure.  The best advice, the most honest, the closest to how I like to travel, the kind of places I like to stay, to eat at, he ALWAYS knows best.  There is no better travel writer/guide.

Period.

Boston, Massachusetts

Greensboro, North Carolina