Eagerly driving to the metropolitan city of Venice, I bypassed the Miramare Castle and Rilke trail, along the Gulf of Trieste, with a promise to visit on the way back; however, the autostrade was a white-knuckled drain that rivaled Atlanta rush hour.… read more
Croatia
Zagreb, Bunica, Rijeka, Umag, Vrsar, Rovinj and Pula
The idea was to motor away from Umag, after the Croatian Open, and visit the 2000-year old Roman amphitheatre in Pula; I thought there was no time to visit other villages on Istria’s coastline but luckily I did and then some. … read more
The Peabody Awards
From our announcement at GPTV to the big show at the Waldorf Astoria
Within months from being hired there I was, backstage with Walter Cronkite going over his speech, which I helped pen, amidst the clanging of glasses and silverware in the back of the house. … read more
The Atlanta Film Festival
Eddie Vedder and Josh Brolin
I was asked to conduct red carpet interviews and use the ISP network to help promote the event. As an Academy Award-qualifying, international film festival, going back to 1976, this opportunity was very cool.
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Turks and Caicos
Providenciales, Grace Bay, Long Bay Beach, West Caicos, Mangrove Cay, Pine Cay, Parrot Cay
During a summer on the archipelago’s most famous and beautiful island, I arrived to learn about, first-hand “more opportunities” with the owner of Paradise Photography whom I had recently finished a website project.… read more