Category Archives: Travel

ANDRETTA’S HAT – Video – 169 BAR

November 23, 2023 – 9:07 am

Sadly I lost that hat on a plane from Detroit in November 2021. Why Detroit. The Rolling Stones. Paint It Black you Devils

By Peter | Also posted in Traditions, VDO | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

TODOS SANTOS HORSE RACE by Peter Nolan Smith

November 1, 2023 – 4:02 am

In the autumn of 1992 I worked as a diamond salesman on West 47th Street for Richie Boy and his father, Manny. Business had improved under President Clinton and customers from around the USA traveled to New York for a good buy. That Christma Ms. Carolina had bought 2-Carat diamond studs in September. The blonde […]

By Peter | Also posted in photo-romans | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Sleep Sweet Sleep

September 21, 2023 – 6:33 am

written Sept. 21, 2017 Tourists in Northern Thailand flock to the convergence of the Mekong and Mai Klong Rivers in expectation of experiencing the notorious Golden Triangle. Most express deep disappointment that there aren’t any opium dens from which they can watch the flow of the Mekong River. A few harass the riverside shop owners for a […]

By Peter | Also posted in Drugs, Thailand | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Bertha Goes Whaling 1871

August 27, 2023 – 1:13 am

I want to be an angel And with the angels stand, A crown upon my forehead And a harp in my hand. The ship was sold in March, 1873. Capt. Hamblin, my father, had decided to give up whaling and go home. The ship sent home 895 barrels of oil and never went back to […]

By Peter | Also posted in 19th Century, family, New England, world | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

June 29, 1995 – Los Angeles – Journal Entry

August 8, 2023 – 10:21 am

Only four more days until I leave Los Angeles. I made no friends. No one told a joke or a story. I’m more than ready to leave. I came with nothing. I leave with nothing. Scottie and I remain friends and I do withJoel Bernard.. Time to go. The tempeeature is rising and the cloudless […]

By Peter | Also posted in 90s, California | Tagged , , | Comments (0)