Author Archives: JonPaul
Destination: Down Under—Aussie (IN)Hospitality
#11 Because Red Kangaroo Books in Alice Springs proves the exception to the rule that all Aussie’s are friendly, which just made me love it even more.
Vancouver Vixen
Oh, Canada. How I’ve ragged on you over the years as slightly uninteresting (Quebec, excepted), and not just border the US, but bordering on boring. So in June when the hooligans of Vancouver took to the streets chagrined by a hockey loss of all things, I wasn’t dismayed. I was intrigued. A little bit of spunk on the Pacific West Coast, evidently. Spunk that was in full bloom when I visited recently and got my “grind” on.
Destination: Down Under—Diorama Delights
#12 Because I’m a sucker for a cheesy diorama and Alice Springs delivered with tableaus of flying doctors & pioneering women.
Destination: Down Under—Juicy Rump
#13 Because the restaurant at the casino made famous by Priscilla Queen of the Desert is called The Juicy Rump. No kidding.
Destination: Down Under—Aboriginal Art
#14 Because I conquered my worry about purchasing Aboriginal art at Darwin’s Maningrida Arts & Culture gallery.
Turn on a Dime—The Socialite (part 2)
Before I even knocked, the castle-like doors parted and Frank, a beefy security guard and former NYPD officer, greeted me. He had been monitoring my approach via a network of security cameras. I was escorted into an entryway with gleaming white marble floors, an imposing staircase and, everywhere I looked, pumpkins. Big, real pumpkins. And cobwebs. And tombstones. And bats. It looked like the set of a Halloween-themed Broadway production. Frank could sense my surprise.
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