Mary Anne and Steve’s Travels

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Genoa Bay

All you folks who’ve been to Italy listen up! This small bay on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island is not GEN-oa Bay, it’s Ge-NO-a Bay. Get it right. Don’t annoy the locals. Not that anyone around here is easily annoyed. Genoa Bay is a friendly place

by Steve

Almost Thinking Alike

Greg and Marlene Kleven are former owners of a Nordic 32, as are we. We’ve traveled together as far as Dent Island. They bought a Nordic 37, we bought a 40. We kind of think alike. Until now. I’m drinking coffee while tied to a dock in Sidney,

by Steve

News from Your Author

We’re moving! We’ve been looking for several years for the right place outside of the city. It’s been difficult because there’s a lot about urban life that we enjoy. But we either need more of it or less of it, and we’re not prepared to

by Steve

A Little Jack

It seems like I’ve heard about Lynchburg, Tennessee forever. I can thank the Jack Daniels advertising department for that. To the casual observer, there’s not much to Lynchburg; basically a single block of shops and restaurants. But what is there is attractive and the surroundings are classic southern

by Steve

Fairyland

Fairytales. Like kinky sex, sweet cocktails, and Jerry Lewis movies, they seem fun at first but can turn on you in an instant. No one plumbed the dark depths of these happy tales better than Stephen Sondheim in his musical Into the Woods. Well, almost no one. Let’s not

by Steve

Joe-Jah

“Joe-Jah” is how a friend of my parents, Hettie Bates, pronounced Georgia. She was a force of nature, loud and funny. I was told she was issued one of the first IBM Selectric typewriters because she could type so fast that she would jam the keys on a conventional electric

by Steve

The Towing Museum

Susan assured me that we would not want to miss the National Towing Museum during our visit to Chattanooga. She was right. Who wouldn’t like to see the very first tow truck or a collection of beautifully-restored examples? Not to mention the Towing Hall of Fame, honoring members of

by Steve

The Coker Museum

Pardon me, boy Is that the Chattanooga choo choo? Track twenty-nine Boy, you can gimme a shine Glenn Miller and his Orchestra from Sun Valley Serenade I bet you’ve seen lots of old cars. I’m not talking about a ten-year-old Corolla, I mean ones made before 1940. Did

by Steve

Nashville Cats

Nashville cats, play clean as country water Nashville cats, play wild as mountain dew Nashville cats, been playin’ since they’s babies Nashville cats, get work before they’re two –The Lovin’ Spoonfull The lower end of Broadway Street in Nashville is a lot like Spring Break in Florida. Except

by Steve

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