The METEOR CRATER near Winslow, Arizona, is the windiest place I have ever been to. So much so, that all tours skirting the impact crater’s rim on the day we visited had been cancelled, out of fear of tourists plummeting to their deaths, some 170 meters towards the crater floor! If I were being completely […]
The Invitation When one of my good friends mentioned that she was planning on having a 1920s theme for her thirtieth birthday party, I jumped at the chance of helping her with the party planning. Having visited one of the many “speakeasy” bars in New York, “Bath Tub Gin” in Chelsea last November, I already […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY, the most important of all US public holidays, has not been the same since 1975. The terror invoked by the iconic “DER DUM” of John Williams’ award winning score, has changed our relationship with the sea forever. Jaws’ absence from the movie makes it all the more powerful, the suggestion of his presence fuelling […]
Ain’t that a kick in the head The gamers amongst you may well recognise Nelson’s water tower from Bethesda’s 2010 instalment of the RPG, FALLOUT:NEW VEGAS. As the title suggests, the game is set primarily in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, in the aftermath of an apocalyptic nuclear war. Depicted as the stronghold of the […]
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