Nomadical Sabbatical

In San Francisco, black holes will mysteriously appear in your pockets and all your spare change will immediately disappear.. it’s actually quite bizarre.  The reality sadly is less intriguing, there are just so many homeless people wandering the streets that invariably my change found its way into the bellies of some of these guys in ...

Denver is called the ‘Mile High’ city. Due to its altitude (approximately 5280 feet) above sea level, the nickname has also taken on fantastic new connotations now however, given that Colorado was the second US state to legalize marijuana, giving its residents (and me), endless joy in parodying various ‘high’ references.. what a state it turned out ...

Texas. The word conjures up images of guns, cowboys, fat people, pickup-trucks, George Bush and deserts. I like deserts… the rest… hmmm.. not so much. So what the hell am I doing in Texas? Well Austin, the states capital, is a little different, it’s pretty relaxed yet it buzzes with life, energy and music, (possibly ...

Still unsure that being called ‘A tall Drink o’ Water’ on the plane was a good thing or not I make my way to the taxi stand, ready to experience New Orleans in all it’s Jazzy charm. Taxi Driver: “ave yo hayd a po-boy b’for? Me: Umm no, I don’t think we have.. what’s that? Taxi ...

  Much like a cardiac patient, Williamsburg in Brooklyn has had somewhat of a change of heart in recent years.. What used to be a sketchy neighborhood of New York with a worse homicide rate than the Gaza strip and more crack than a fat guy tying up his shoes has evolved to become the trendy modern ...

Pop, pop, pop. What sounds a bit like firecrackers echo ominously across the street, sounding fairly close maybe a street or so over from us. A friend casually says: “Anyone else just hear those gun shots?” About this point I realized that the particular part of Brooklyn we had based ourselves in may have been a little ...

Winter is coming, and Boston is cold, really cold, it’s also really wet (no wonder it’s located in ‘New England’ it’s always bloody raining). It’s not quite snowing yet and the only cold that comes close to this in Australia is found in the self-serve freezer at your local bottle shop or in the icy ...