by dwayneperkins | Aug 5, 2010 | World Travels
I was on a train from Edinburgh, Scotland to London. We stopped in York, same York whose namesake is my hometown. I was tempted to get off and tour Old York but time and the cost of same day train tickets stopped me from disembarking in the York old. From the looks of...
by dwayneperkins | Aug 2, 2010 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels
I recently wrote a blog about the ubiquitousness of Tea in England. Not that I tested this, but I wouldn’t be surprised if one could order a cup of tea at a chicken fight in England. The hard part would be finding the chicken fight. Once found however, no one...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 28, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels
I have a thing for foreign currency. Other countries are leaps and bounds more creative with the design of their notes than we are. I also love that here in the states we say things like “it’s all about the green” or “it’s not about black and white,...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 22, 2010 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels
I recently drove a Cadillac Brougham from Oklahoma to Florida. Impressed? Did I mention it had no AC. Now you’re impressed and confused and some of you may be hot and perturbed even thinking about traversing the stifling Bible Belt sans AC. A picnic it was...
by dwayneperkins | Jul 14, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels
So I’m on a flight from Jacksonville, FL to Houston, TX on my way, ultimately, to the City of Angels. Which, my trip taught me, could also be called the city of no humidity and no mosquito ambushes. I was actually looking forward to seeing the smog cloud over...
by dwayneperkins | Jun 9, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, World Travels
One minute you’re at a bus stop in Birmingham, England enjoying the violin playing of a street musician. The next minute you’re at a bus stop in Birmingham, England watching break dancers break to violin music and you don’t care if the bus never comes.So, some...