May 2009. Lo and behold Nashville’s striking albeit kooky Batman Building, a cheeky reference to the skyscraper’s resemblance to the caped crusader’s signature mask. Built in 1994 on a design from Earl Swensson Associates Inc., this 33-story building is not only the tallest in Nashville, but in all of Tennessee. During my visits to Music City […]
Read MoreMay 2009. Catching some live music is an absolute must for any visit to Nashville, USA’s self-professed Music City. The easiest and cheapest way to do this is to head for the line of honky tonks and dive bars down on Broadway. Most didn’t even have a cover charge, just walk on in, grab a beer […]
Read MoreMay 2009. If you’re looking for a tasteful souvenir of your time in Nashville, there really is only one choice when it comes to authenticity. Forget all of the souvenir tat down on Broadway, head straight for Hatch Show Print, a one hundred and thirty eight year old Nashville institution that serves as both an historical […]
Read MoreMay 2007. When I excitedly told a friend of mine that I was going to “music city” he pointed out that although Nashville would definitely be a cool trip, it was ultimately “the wrong kind of music” on offer. A bit cheeky perhaps, but he did have a point. I’ve never been much into country music, certainly not […]
Read MoreMay 2007. I was wading through my old New York photos when a question suddenly hit me like a well-fired arrow: Did I go to Madame Tussauds?!? With the grisly evidence staring me right in the face it was obviously a rhetorical question, though one that nevertheless spawned a much more pertinent query: WHY? Well, let’s […]
Read MoreMay 2007. Looking for a different, some might even say peculiar New York experience to sink your teeth into? I’ve always been fascinated by the mythical world of the gospel church, thanks in large to movies like Sister Act, Bruce Almighty and The Great Debaters. Imagine experiencing this kind of full-blooded “praise the looooord” joyousness in person in […]
Read MoreMay 2007. I’ve been a huge Beatles fan for pretty much as long as I can remember. I grew up with those seminal records playing in my house as a kid and when I became a collector myself one of the first things I did was work my way through the fab four’s discography, one […]
Read MoreMay 2007. Coming to New York City? Got your tickets for The Statue of Liberty? It’s amazing how many people don’t know that their ferry tickets include entry to Ellis Island and its historical Immigration Museum. Perhaps even more incredible is the number of people who say: “Oh, is that worth doing?”or, “Yeah we didn’t […]
Read MoreMay 2007. New York City’s Battery Park is a 12-acre oasis on the southern tip of Manhattan, home to a series of fine gardens and statue memorials. Known locally as The Battery, the park served as the city’s immigration arrival depot in the 1850s, long before the construction of the Immigration Center on Ellis Island. […]
Read MoreReading from China? This travel report contains a YouTube video, which can only be viewed with a VPN! May 2009. If truth be told some of these old travel reports are really tricky to put together. Take an old visit to a baseball match for example, a sport I know virtually nothing about, which took […]
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