by dwayneperkins | May 22, 2010 | Funny Editorials, World Travels
I recently wrote a blog about a run-in between a bus driver and passenger in Birmingham, England. The passenger had the last word as he said, “Welcome to the real world” just before exiting. I guess my question is did hearing that statement usher in the driver’s...
by dwayneperkins | May 21, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels
I was recently on the metro train in Rome. The one in Italy not New York. The Rome metro is awesome. Italy only has a few lines on their metro but the subway cars don’t have doors at either end in between. Just a circle that each car can swivel on. So if the train is...
by dwayneperkins | May 20, 2010 | Funny Editorials, World Travels
I’m writing this blog from a Bed & Breakfast in South Africa while Vampire Weekend’s plays from my laptop speakers. I have their song “Horchata” on loop, in lieu of not having any. South Africa is home of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It always makes for a great story...
by dwayneperkins | May 19, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels
So today I did my P90X routine in a small park in London., well more like a big garden with a nice lawn. The Plyometrics routine consists of a lot of jumping. I was staying in a 200 year old rickety building and not sure if the people below me were in the mood to hear...
by dwayneperkins | May 18, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels
So two weeks into my World tour and I’ve finally decided to call it a World Tour. I was reluctant to use that moniker as there’s no affiliation to Live Nation, No ticket stubs, backstage passes, groupies or crowds waving lighters but I am touring the world doing...
by dwayneperkins | May 17, 2010 | Funny Editorials, World Travels
While crossing the street here in London is still a dangerous proposition for this fast walking New Yorker who’s still looking left for traffic coming from the right, the ubiquitousness of tea almost makes up for the life size game of frogger I must play every time I...