A Month in Siena 10/16/2023
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My series of travel book reviews
A mix of authors, destinations, publication dates, and languages
Backseat Cities
Backseat Cities: Travels Through Places People Only Live In is the story of my travels to mid-sized cities overlooked by travelers and the travel industry—places which, fairly or not, "take a backseat" to big tourist destinations like New York and small towns such as Carmel.
- Lafayette, LA: The Heart of Cajun Country
- Cleveland, OH: Columbus's Hot Sister
- Rochester, NY: The Jewel in Western New York's I-90 Crown
- Boise, ID: The Land of Lincoln and Happy People
- Tulsa, OK: A Perfect Four-Day City
- Des Moines, IA: Skateboards and Great Food
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The Piraget novels
The first of the Piraget novels is The Sacred Lily, set in Paris, 1814, where we meet Lucien de Piraget, Frédéric Lafargue de Rochefort, and Olivier Bertrand as they try to restore Louis XVIII to the French throne.
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About
Some basics
A brief biographical sketch
Travel
Pardon the saccharine and the obvious, but travel is everything
France
France deserves its own section
Reading
The bullshit of daily life? I'd rather read.
Music
Let me take you back
Television
I watch a lot more television than movies
Soccer
The only sport that matters
Food
As a travel writer, I have to talk about food
Dumb stuff
You will not feel smarter after reading this
Minimalism
Trying to live simply
Other Interests
I've only driven a Ferrari once
Get off my lawn
A few brief rants
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