by rickg | Jun 7, 2018 | charity, giving, Random Musings, Travel
I went to my first gay bar when I was 15. I didn’t go because I was gay, of course. I went because a friend identified as gay and they would let us in to drink, or at least that’s why my 15-year-old “I’m not gay!” brain told me. The...
by rickg | Oct 29, 2017 | food, Travel
I still can’t quite put my finger on what it is about Savannah but whenever I get here I sort feel like I’m home. There’s something about the history, the people, the scenery, and the general laid back attitude mixed with a healthy dose of mystery in...
by rickg | Sep 5, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
Friday certainly started dramatically. With Hermine having come ashore as a category 1 hurricane causing a lot of damage and the projected path taking it almost directly over the top of Savannah, the city was in a little bit of freakout mode. Everything shut down...
by rickg | Sep 2, 2016 | Drinks, food, Travel
One one eye obsessively on The Weather Channel app, I checked out of the hotel on Wednesday morning with a revised plan for the day. Originally I was going to do several offbeat museums in and around Atlanta and Georgia including the CDC Museum, the Waffle House...
by rickg | Aug 30, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, food, giving, Travel
We’ll get to the weather forecast in a bit, but first let’s talk about days 4 and 5. I started Tuesday morning the way all good mornings should start, with donuts. The place is called Sublime Donuts, located near the Georgia Tech campus. It has quite a...
by rickg | Aug 28, 2016 | 50 for 50 by 50, charity, Drinks, food, Travel
Georgia is a state of contradictions. On the one hand you have confederate flags flying from the backs of pickup trucks with NRA and Trump bumper stickers and on the other hand you have deep fried BBQ pork. You can see why I’m conflicted. I got here Friday...
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