Give Me Broccoli Rabe, or Give Me Death: 48 Hours in Philly

City Center Philadelphia around lunch time, with a Halal Pakistani-owned Halal food carts on the left Granted, I have not visited all the big metro cities on the East Coast yet. But in terms of feel and bustling energy that only a big city has, Philadelphia feels the most like San Francisco to me, with a little more age and space added in, not to … Continue reading Give Me Broccoli Rabe, or Give Me Death: 48 Hours in Philly

Stuck in the Middle With You: Keystone State Travels

As Abe Lincoln famously said, “Go Explore, Young Man” Leaving Pittsburgh and traveling eastward through Pennsylvania, we firmly had several National Parks in our sights as our main destinations. When it comes to the United States, the amount of and virtual age of this history tends to grow as you trek toward the Atlantic Ocean. On this trip, we ended up spanning the historical timeline, … Continue reading Stuck in the Middle With You: Keystone State Travels

Three Days in the Land of Three Rivers

The Point State Park Fountain, located at the confluence of rivers that gave Pittsburgh’s former Three Rivers Stadium its name. Heinz Field, current home of the NFL’s Steelers, lies across the Allegheny River in the background Pittsburgh, like many Midwest cities, finds itself in the long-term quest of reinventing itself A city traditionally known for its bustling steel industry and a blue-collar reputation, Pittsburgh has … Continue reading Three Days in the Land of Three Rivers

The Untimeliest of Sunsets

A sunset can be beautiful, even spectacular. Unless this big blue marble we reside on gets flipped off its orbit by some large celestial object, this planet’s inhabitants can expect this phenomenon to occur at dusk for the foreseeable future. Human beings might wish that sunsets on our life on this earth were equally as timely and regular. But mix in luck and circumstance with … Continue reading The Untimeliest of Sunsets