Ellen's Stardust Diner

Ellen’s Stardust Diner

I was in New York recently and was introduced to Ellen’s Stardust Diner, an institution located at 1650 Broadway since 1987. The staff at the diner – which serves traditional diner food – are all in New York looking for parts in Broadway shows, and all audition to work at the diner by showing off…

Barbuda

A trip to Barbuda

The “Barbuda” part of Antigua and Barbuda is often overshadowed by its larger partner, to the extent where I have been asked if I meant Bermuda or Barbados when I mentioned visiting Barbuda, but this smaller of the two islands is quite spectacular.  It is smaller than Antigua, and much less populated, with the 2011…

New Year in New York

New Year in New York

New Year seems a long time away, it currently being the middle of July with the sun shining, but for some reason, I have been reminded of a New Year in New York.   I spent the New Year to welcome both 2012 and 2013 at home, which in recent years has been quite a…

Our helicopter in the Grand Canyon

Breakfast in the Grand Canyon

For many years, I thought that Las Vegas was not somewhere that I would enjoy visiting, that it might be a bit tacky and plastic and not really for me. I had the opportunity to visit for the first time a few years ago, as some friends were heading there, and I agreed to go…