California dreaming, 2000
Contents It was our first visit to the States barring a few days in the North East in 1980. NEXT
2000-25
Eat your heart out
Previous | Contents | Next Before Canada, a little segue into food. It’s fair to say that sometimes we don’t so much sight-see when we travel as progress from restaurant to restaurant. This trip was no different. I’d always wanted to drive across America — and yes, I know that every generation ... Read more
A whine lover’s tour of SW USA
Previous | Contents | Next Those of you with a literary bent will not be surprised to hear that I was reading Tom Wolfe at the time. Others will notice that it’s pre-iPhone and pre-mobile internet, and that take-out coffee hadn’t arrived in New Zealand yet. ~ IanWell, gosh — we’ve been ... Read more
South Cal.
Previous | Contents | Next I first wrote home a few days into the trip. When I re-read it now I recall how struck we were by South California — it was just like we’d seen on TV. What strikes me now is how much things have changed in the past 25 years. I ... Read more