A Travel Assistant

Planning a trip but not sure when to go where? Timing can make or break a vacation. I love looking ahead to plan out my year of travels. Sometimes I just randomly pick a spot but more often than not I do some research about the where and the when so I can time it just right. I may pick a place to go for weather preferences, or cultural events, or sometimes scientific reasons like Iceland's total eclipse this year (see August entry). Here's a month-by-month breakdown of some

Introduction I am quite certain most of you have had your share of remote work given the impact of the Covid pandemic 5 years ago. We have all had our ups and downs with the experience , some more than others. The "I am not a cat" lawyer was probably the funniest example of how remote work can go awry. Even prior to the pandemic though I had already worked for a year in a remote capacity and was the first to do so in our company. Things didn't ways go so smooth for me eithe

A trip along the famed silk road from west to east.

Nestled in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater stands as one of the most iconic pieces of architecture in American history. This extraordinary house, designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, doesn't simply sit near a waterfall—it hovers dramatically over one, defying convention and redefining the relationship between human habitation and the natural world. The Vision Behind the Masterpiece In 1935, Edgar Kaufmann, a successful Pittsburgh