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Restaurant review Pulcinella! January 26, 2026
The exclamation point is theirs, not mine. I learned of Pulcinella! from an almost year old review by the local restaurant writer Ian McNulty. (Do readers refer to his employer by its newspaper name Times-Picayune or do they say NOLA dot com? I suspect it’s an age thing.) Some in our pickle ball group here…
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Cycling to Lyman and Gillian’s wedding; January 6, 2026
My readers may know Lyman from his years of accompanying me on bike trips. Living in Austin TX for thirty years he was originally from New Orleans where he maintains family connections. His partner Gillian whom he met in Austin coincidentally grew up in Durham NC and we have found we have mutual acquaintances. Gillian…
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Cycling Miami forty-two years later; December 15, 2025
Tootie and I lived in Miami for eight months in 1983. This current bike ride brought back memories. On a December 2025 afternoon I was driving a rental car back to Miami after having cycled to Key West. My Bike Friday was in the back. On the outskirts of Miami coming up from the south…
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Cycling to Key West FL; December 12 – 14, 2025
In my seventy years I had never booked a flight for takeoff earlier than 6:00 AM. Nevertheless I was prepped for this spur of the moment Florida trip. With American Airlines credit card miles burning a hole in my pocket, destinations like Miami where there are nonstops from Raleigh/Durham seemed particularly enticing. It was freezing…