The Adventures of Travel Penguin

For the first time in years we were able to get inside the US Capital. You have to take a guided tour to get into the Capital, I can rememb...

I was wondering around the US Capital on Tuesday and I came across the special entrance, too bad I left the jacket home. We had to dodge a ...

We survived hours of seemingly endless meetings. I swear one speaker lacked a pulse and was only being held up by the government salary he...

We are off bright and early Tuesday morning for a conference in DC. It is going to be hot enough to melt members of my species, and DG ...

I just love lunch with a view, fresh grilled seafood is a plus. Meritt's daughter's should try this one on the boyfriend to find...

We made it to Saturday. Time to relax. No reason to panic. It will all be ok . One way or another we always make it through. I am sure ...

DG has had a very long and exhausting week. And he has one more very long day to go with 5 hours on two panel presentations for a major s...

The building over my shoulder to the right, with the clock on top, is the world headquarters of Boeing . I understand that they have convinc...

Here I am hanging out in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend, I wonder if that is Mahala's long lost ro...

We are headed out to sea in September. WH and DG are taking a cruise to Alaska in September to help DG recover from the sorrow of turni...

It is the end of a long week and here I sit contemplating . Here are some of my pondering : Have we really survived the week, or is this som...

They may have taken away our manicure scissors, but we still find a way to fend off the airport idiots. You know the kind, the ones who don...

Here I am in St. Mere Eglise last summer. This would be a good weekend to watch the movie "The Longest Day." TR

You would think after all we did in Scotland last summer they would at least reward us with a decent single malt. Oh well, it sure was bet...

Sorry, no picture for this one. We made it home just before midnight last night. US-less Air has done a good job of redeeming themselves. Ot...

DG and I are off in the morning for a quick trip south, flying into Savannah Georgia. DG gets to go get paid for talking for a day about...

Other then the lack of ice filled water ways, the other drawback of nesting in Lexington, Kentucky is a lack of museums. When we get away f...

Happy Birthday to certain fuzzy woodland creatures, find someplace nice and indulge yourself. TR

Hundreds of the finest retail merchants in the world and not a single feather grooming shop in the lot! TR

Deep dish is real pizza , none of the thin cardboard that you have to fold in half to get any traction, but something that is five times as...