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Teardowns in Charlotte, March 22, 2017
I needed to drive 140 miles to pick up Tootie and Kathryn from an evening arrival at the Charlotte airport. Using the opportunity I got to Charlotte early, parked the car, took my bicycle out of the trunk and spent most of the day looping though the streets of Charlotte. I took lots of…
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Food tour: Orlando to Tampa to St. Petersburg, March 6-10, 2017
The weather was nice and Amtrak fares are low and refundable, so I took the opportunity to go down to Florida once more. Tootie drove me and the folding bicycle to the Cary NC Amtrak station. It was FOOD that seemed to be the center of all the major experiences on this trip. …
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Oceanfront Virginia Beach to Downtown Norfolk, and back (with slight assistance) March 17, 2017
Although she now lives in the Westminster Canterbury retirement complex on Shore Drive, my Mom Eleanor Marshall still owns the small oceanfront house at 83rd street in Virginia Beach. My sister Jane and her daughter Annie are currently living there. Despite the fact that I have not really lived in Virginia Beach for over…
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The West Bank, Sunday February 19, 2017
Back in the day we used to mock the area across the Mississippi River from New Orleans by wryly calling it The Best Bank. Over The River on The West Bank usually meant working class suburbia, shipyards, and industrial areas. Even though Tootie and I lived in New Orleans for nearly seven years in the…
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