The Complete Outer Banks: Preparations
My family has been going to the Outer Banks since I was ten, when we rented a house in Corolla for a week and headed down in the Coniston Green family Discovery I. It was the year 2000, I had…
Read MoreFlagship Overland: The Design Aesthetic
I spent this weekend at Winter Romp, an annual gathering of Land Rover enthusiasts in Unity, Maine. I didn’t bring my truck with me this time; it needs new tyres, and quite a bit of other work. At the same…
Read MoreOn Riding the Bus
The bus is a concept that always sounds good on the Internet, but turns out to be not quite as fun in person. Who can’t be enticed by a $1 fare to Washington or Boston? That’s a tiny fraction of…
Read MoreA Queen Celebrates Her Diamond Jubilee
It doesn’t matter how many times I drive the Long Beach Freeway, every time I see those three funnels come over the horizon, my heart skips a beat. It takes dedication to something to fly across the country to celebrate…
Read MoreMaine Lighthouse Expedition 2009
This is a largely-unedited copy of the blogs I posted on an 8-day exploration of Maine’s lighthouses for my Spring Break in March 2009. A version of these appeared on an earlier incarnation of GregFitzgerald.net. 17 February 2009 Maine: Pre-Trip…
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